About Us

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Our Story

Nations Capital is a boutique financial advisory services and private equity investment holding firm that was established in 2001 with the express aim of promoting Investment Banking amongst black professionals and servicing a client base whose demographics were fastly changing in line with the business demographics of the country in a post apartheid South Africa. Nations Capital is 100% black owned and managed.
Our team of highly qualified and experienced professionals boast a total combined experience in financial services that is in excess of 55 years with an impeccable track record in the fields of Corporate Finance and Financial Advisory Services over the past 12 years or so, that includes servicing clients such as Eskom, City of Joburg, National Department of Public Enterprises as well as Black Empowerment (BEE) Groups such as Ngululu Bulk Carriers, AWCA Investment Holdings and Amka Group amongst others.

Nations ability to unpack an investment opportunity, analyse and package it to suite the various funding institutions that it has strong relationships with, sets it apart from its competitors whilst speed of execution is a significant competitive advantage.

  • Solution Oriented Approach
  • Award Winning Support Team
  • Traceable Track Record
  • Experienced Professionals

Focus Areas

Nations Capitals’ ability to unpack an investment opportunity, analyse and package it to suit the various funding institutions with which it has strong relationships, sets it apart from its competitors whilst the speed of execution is a significant competitive advantage.
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Consulting Services

This unit concentrates to a larger extent on business consulting. These include detailed business plans, Due Diligences, Economic Value Add (EVA®) implementations, Internal Audit Services as well as Financial Consulting Service

Investments

Nations Capital Group participates in investment holding through its investment vehicle Nations Capital Projects. Through this vehicle the company owns equity in the following entities, in some instances through special purpose vehicle (SPV) with other consortium partners.

Corporate Finance and Advisory

This is the transaction management unit of the organization, which has overseen transaction well in excess of R8bn since the company’s inception in 2001. Through carefully acting in the interest of its clients as trusted advisors.

Our Leadership

Our team has built and run global businesses. We strive to provide entrepreneurs and investment partners with insights and relationships. Beyond providing capital, we help entrepreneurs build their businesses by opening doors to potential customers and partners, finding great talent and providing access to investors and advisors from around the world.

Managing Director | CA (SA)

Lwazi Koyana

Lwazi is an accomplished Chartered Accountant with an impressive track record of over 20 years of experience in investment management and corporate finance. He has expertly overseen transactions that totaled nearly R8bn with Nations Capital Advisors, serving as either Lead Advisor or Co-Advisor with an Alliance Partner. Lwazi's financial structuring and transaction management skills are highly valued in the industry.

He started his career as an articled clerk with Coopers & Lybrand after qualifying as a CA in 1994. At Syfrets Managed Assets in Cape Town, he worked closely with the Chief Investment Officer to manage South Africa's first socially responsible unit trust, the Community Growth Fund. He later founded Infinity Asset Management where he served as Managing Director, increasing assets under management to R4 billion in less than four years before selling the business in 2001.

Recently, Lwazi joined Dogon Group Properties to lead Corporate Governance and work alongside his wife Sindi to create and build the South African BEE Real Estate Academy. His extensive experience and leadership skills have been invaluable in his impressive career in the investment management and finance industry.

We Provide the Best Service in Industry​

Guiding Ethos

Nations Capital is a boutique financial advisory services and private equity investment holding firm that was established in 2001 with the express aim of promoting Investment Banking amongst black professionals and servicing a client base whose demographics were fastly changing in line with the business demographics of the country in a post apartheid South Africa. Nations Capital is 100% black owned and managed.

Integrity and Honesty

Our investment team is our most valuable asset. As an intellectual capital business, where human capital is of utmost importance, we pride ourselves by recruiting staff that possess the utmost integrity and requisite qualifications. Thorough background checks are done prior to hiring and a strict monitoring of staff behavior is undertaken.

Professionalism and Staff Development

Our Ongoing staff development program and the manner in which we interact with clients and execute mandates is done in a way that will leave our clients with a high level of satisfaction at all times.

Empowerment Responsible Citizenry

In line with the government’s policy of Black Economic Empowerment, Nations Capital is doing its best in terms of ensuring that not only its staff are empowered but also the vast majority of the previously disenfranchised who up to now have not really participated in this process.

Empowerment

In line with the government’s policy of Black Economic Empowerment, Nations Capital is doing its best in terms of ensuring that not only its staff are empowered but also the vast majority of the previously disenfranchised who up to now have not really participated in this process. We see our role as one of where we can facilitate the broad based participation in the empowerment process.

Confidentiality

The cornerstone of our philosophy at nations is the preservation of the integrity of client information. It is of utmost importance to us that clients have absolute confidence in us keeping vital information completely confidential until a public announcement is made. The nature of our work is such that we deal with sensitive client information and we acknowledge that.
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