The creation of the management company Danpullo Capital, officially announced on July 22, 2026, in Douala, materializes the strategic alliance with the British firm Kessner Capital Management, a London-based specialist in private credit and structured financing founded in 2024. The joint entity aims to secure the family's portfolio of assets while injecting targeted capital into the economic fabric of Central Africa. The British partner brings the expertise of its founders, former executives from J.P. Morgan, BNP Paribas, and Bloomberg, as well as the financial support of the private credit fund launched in September 2025 with the backing of the Swiss investment company NFG SA.

The rapprochement between the Cameroonian conglomerate and the London-based financial engineering firm responds to a imperative to rationalize cash flows within its subsidiaries. The new entity relies on Kessner Capital's alternative financing vehicle, capable of providing capital in local currency and foreign exchange in capital-intensive sectors such as agro-industry, renewable energy, and technology. This direct investment architecture, already tested by hedging operations in the gold sector in Ghana, allows for bypassing the cumbersome classical banking credit. By entrusting the selection of risks and the technical setup of operations to an institutional third party, the group secures its margins and prepares the self-financing of its future infrastructure projects.

The initiative directly supports the expansion trajectory of the holding company Bestinver, whose development plan includes a global investment program of 500 billion FCFA dedicated to the launch of the airline company Danpullo Air Line. This industrial plan provides for the construction of two private airport platforms in Douala and Yaoundé, whose development work is scheduled to start in September 2026 with a view to operational commissioning by 2030. The new patrimonial structure will underpin the mobilization of these resources on a diversified portfolio of assets including the Sodecoton subsidiary, the Aéroports du Cameroun, and the Nexttel telephone operator owned with Viettel Global. The group's solidity also relies on a real estate patrimony spread across France, Switzerland, Nigeria, and South Africa, where it owns the iconic Marble Towers in Johannesburg as well as two commercial complexes in Cape Town.


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