Issue 11 2021

42 Acquisition International - Issue 11 2021 Founded with a mission to end the cycle of poverty in Africa, Expertise Group utilises more than 10 years of financial and legal expertise to support businesses in Africa achieve accelerated growth and development, thereby transforming lives for those within the businesses and the wider communities too. Growing Africa The task that Expertise Group has set itself is no mean feat: to end the poverty cycle in Africa. However, its offering of financial and legal support to growing SMEs across the continent, that has earned the firm numerous titles like Leading Business Taxation and Investment Lawyer of the Year, Burkina Faso, has proved that if anyone is up to the task, its Expertise Group. Founder and President Mahamady Zango tells us more. ounded with a mission to end the cycle of poverty in Africa, Expertise Group utilises more than 10 years of financial and legal expertise to support businesses in Africa achieve accelerated growth and development, thereby transforming lives for those within the businesses and the wider communities too. Founded by President Mahamady Zango, who brings with him over a decade of experience in advising in legal and corporate matters for national and international businesses across a myriad of sectors, the Burkina Faso-based organisation takes a profound and multidisciplinary approach to the solutions its offers. The firm offers SME’s and larger companies services in corporate governance, legal and tax advice, financial and strategic advice, investment advice, human capital management services, and management of merger and acquisition operations. The array of high quality and professional services offered by Expertise Group are complimented by a unique experience that centres on the group’s commitment to supporting the companies it works with, helping them to overcome their growth challenges in the most efficient and proactive manner. It is unsurprising therefore that Expertise Group has been lauded time and time again. In 2017, the group’s quality of services was recognised by the Swiss Business Initiative Directions (BID) with the Prix Century International Gold Quality ERA Award. In 2018, the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University selected and celebrated Expertise Group in the Seed Transformation ‘Programme. In the same year – and two successive years after – the company was awarded ‘Meilleur Cabinet Juridique et Fiscal de l’Année au Burkina Faso’ by Acquisition International. This year, AI is celebrating Expertise Group once again with its award for Leading Business Taxation and Investment Lawyer of the Year, Burkina Faso. For Mahamady Zango, fundamental to the excellence that his company has become recognised for is the people. “Human capital is the raw material of our industry, and the quality of our services is closely linked to the quality of the women and men who make up our teams,” he says. A team comprised of Africa’s leading experts in its fields of intervention, Expertise Group is shaped by values of excellence and quality. Mahamady prioritizes the investment of time and resources into maintaining this high standard within his team. At the same time, Expertise Group is putting its efforts into expanding its services and expertise, with the launch of an investment fund in addition to its current offering, in order to better its support to SMEs facing financial challenges within their growth projects. “Beyond the non-financial services that we offer to SMEs, we want to add financial F Sep21386 services that will provide medium and long-term financing to SMEs, and we believe that this mode of financing is much more suitable than traditional financing channels,” Mahamady explains. Thus, as Expertise Group looks ahead, it is with optimism and ambition. Driven by its mission to reduce and eventually end poverty in Africa, there is little doubt that we can expect to see big things from Expertise Group in the years ahead. Company: EXPERTISE DROIT ET FISCALITE (EDF) Contact: Mahamady Zango Web Address: https://expertise-holding.com/