How do you structure a business and its deals to build sustainable companies in Africa?
If you are:
- An entrepreneur in the structuring or growth phase
- A leader involved in strategic decisions or deals
- An investor or a key player in financing in Africa
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ABOUT THIS EPISODE
How do you structure a business and its deals to build sustainable companies in Africa?
Across Africa, many projects emerge with a strong vision, a real market… sometimes even significant funding. And yet, many businesses remain fragile. Some fail, others stagnate few become truly sustainable because a company’s strength does not lie solely in its funding. It lies in its structure.
In this episode of Le Terrain Parle, Youssouf Carius offers a practical and strategic perspective on the invisible mechanisms that determine a business’s long-term sustainability: legal architecture, capital structuring, governance, and deal logic. A conversation grounded in the realities of structuring, trade-offs, and decision-making that shape companies over time.
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Our Guest Expert
Youssouf Carius
Youssouf Carius is co-founder of Pulsar Partners, an investor and expert in structuring large-scale projects and deals across Africa. Former Chief Economist and later Vice President at Bloomfield Investment Corporation, he has developed deep expertise in investment strategy, governance, and financial engineering tailored to pan-African realities.
Through his various roles and board mandates, he operates at the heart of the decisions that shape companies: capital structuring, strategic trade-offs, governance, and long-term value creation.
