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Title: Afsar Ebrahim – Executive Director, KICK Advisory Services (1)


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Afsar Ebrahim East Africa is poised to attract
major interest from foreign investors
  • Having served as the Deputy Group Managing
    Partner in an international accounting firm,
    Afsar Ebrahim has now founded a boutique advisory
    firm, KICK Advisory Services, born of his 30-year
    experience in the financial consulting domain. We
    speak to him to understand what motivated him to
    start this venture, which is likely to prove a
    major pillar of support to corporates as they
    seek specialised partners to improve their
    liquidity and restructure their balance sheets to
    strike the optimum balance between debt and
    equity in a post COVID-19 context. Moreover, with
    his vast experience of working with countries in
    East Africa, Afsar notes that KICK is in a
    unique market standing to help clients expand
    into these growth economies which are well
    positioned to attract major interest from foreign
    investors.

2
What motivated you to start KICK Advisory
Services?
  • There was a gap in the market requiring a
    specialised firm offering be-spoke solutions that
    can create value for shareholders. Mauritius as
    an IFC of substance needs more specialists to
    broaden the service offerings to international
    clients. Also, the current volatility in the
    economic environment means that CEOs need a lot
    more focused assistance to be able to deliver on
    their agenda. All these factors have motivated
    the setting up of KICK Advisory Services.

3
Do you feel that the current context of
volatility and uncertainty facing businesses
with liquidity problems and cash flow issues
unfortunately becoming the norm calls for a
greater emphasis on corporate finance, and
restructuring solutions in particular?
  • The current volatility and lack of visibility
    oblige businesses to focus on their financing.
    Obviously, there is a liquidity crunch which is a
    short-term challenge but the overall climate
    warrants a holistic approach to an optimum
    capital structure. This requires careful
    evaluation of the cost of equity against the cost
    of debt, more so given that the cost of debt is
    currently at its lowest level. However, the
    financial risk associated with debt remains as
    high as it has ever been because of stringent
    regulations. Hence, the need for an intelligent
    approach to equity, bearing in mind the trade-off
    between cost of equity and cost of dilution. 

4
The business name KICK Advisory conveys a sense
of dynamism, with Ensure our clients kick
themselves from good to great being your
corporate tagline. How will you ensure that your
business lives up to this dynamic and visionary
tagline?
  • KICK is the enabler to score, the enabler to win
    and to get results. The colors of KICK reflect
    the colours of victory it is indeed no
    coincidence that our colours are similar to those
    of MAN United. 
  • We ensure our clients kick themselves from good
    to great and we shall make a positive difference
    with our commitment, passion, integrity, honesty
    and, finally, the personal touch that we bring to
    all our endeavours.

5
KICK Advisory will offer corporate finance
solutions to firms wishing to establish
themselves in India, Dubai and Africa. What are
the key reasons behind the focus on these three
geographies?
  • We have an extended network with sustainable
    knowledge and experience of the market in various
    continents. Therefore, we are well-positioned to
    accompany our clients to expand their business,
    be it in Africa, India or Dubai. We are looking
    at cross border transactions and we firmly
    believe that outbound investments into Africa
    will accelerate. There is a lot of capital
    available with funds that are located in Dubai
    which are Africa-focused, and we intend to tap
    into these funds.

6
In particular, with Africa being one of the few
regions globally to have been somewhat spared the
worst of the COVID-19 crisis courtesy of its
youth demographic dividend, how is KICK Advisory
Services positioning itself to target firms from
the continent?
  • My track record in Advisory has been primarily
    been in East Africa and its an environment which
    is going to attract major interest from foreign
    investors. So, KICK has been positioned through
    its strategic alliances to take advantage of
    these opportunities by leveraging on this robust
    network.

7
Finally, what would be the main insights you
would like to share with businesses that are
struggling with cash flows and contemplating
engaging experts to support them on the corporate
finance front? 
  • First and foremost, companies in difficulties
    should not hesitate to invest in securing the
    services of professional advisers who are
    experienced in turnarounds.  The current
    situation requires a different mindset to be able
    to come up with innovative solutions.  
  • In addition, no business operates in a vacuum and
    with Mauritius being an export-oriented economy,
    be it for goods or services, it is imperative
    that both clients and advisors are very much
    aware of the international context.

8
What is the range of solutions that KICK Advisory
Services offers in the corporate finance space?
  • We offer the following solutions in the corporate
    finance space
  • Valuation  
  • M A Advisory     
  • Fund raising          
  • Working Capital Requirements    
  • Strategic Consulting          
  • Business Restructuring Services 

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