Green Business Toolkit
The operating manual for building an investor-ready green business in Africa — six modules from incorporation and governance through revenue models, financial modelling and strategy.
Foundations
3 modulesGovernance
Board, policies and controls
Build investor-grade governance from day one: board composition, charters, core policies, AML/KYC and a climate-reporting cadence investors can audit.
Open moduleIncorporation
Where and how to register
Country-by-country incorporation playbooks for South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana and Rwanda — entity types, timelines, cost, and holding-company structures investors expect.
Open moduleVenture Studio
Build-and-scale operating model
The operating model for African venture studios: idea pipeline, shared services, founder equity splits, capital stack and portfolio economics.
Open moduleCommercial
2 modulesRevenue Models
How green businesses earn
Revenue playbooks for green businesses — subscription and PAYG, B2G and donor-funded sales, carbon-linked revenue, and green procurement wins.
Open moduleFinancial Modelling
Models, unit economics, KPIs
Three-statement modelling tuned for climate KPIs, plus an interactive unit-economics calculator for LTV, CAC, payback period and gross margin.
Open moduleToolkit completion checklist
Work through the six modules until every line below is true. That is the bar most African climate investors apply at first diligence.
- Company incorporated with a clean, investor-ready cap table
- Board or advisory board in place with a written charter
- Core policies adopted (finance, HR, AML/KYC, safeguarding)
- Revenue model documented with proven unit economics
- Three-statement financial model with 24-month runway view
- Green business model canvas completed, including impact block