Our Story

Built on roots.
Driven by return.

The story of a generation that left, learned, and came back.

Our Identity

“Se wo were fi na wosankofa a yenkyi.”

“It is not wrong to go back to fetch what you forgot.”

Akan Proverb

Legal Framework

Republic of Guinea-Bissau
OHADA Uniform Acts (AUSCGIE)
West African Monetary Union (WAEMU)
Investment Code, Law no. 3/2011

Sankofa Capital Group was founded by Guineans of the diaspora, a generation raised in Europe, educated to international standards, who made a deliberate choice to return. Not to visit. To build.

The name Sankofa carries one of Africa’s most resonant philosophical ideas: that understanding where you come from is the foundation of knowing where you are going. For us, this is not metaphor. It is biography. We grew up between two worlds, and we chose to bridge them.

We bring European-standard rigour, global networks, and institutional discipline to Guinea-Bissau. We also bring something no outside investor can replicate: belonging. We know this market from the inside, its institutions, its communities, its opportunities, and its challenges, because we were born into it.

Sankofa Capital operates across manufacturing, hospitality, real estate and strategic investment, with a Pan-African philosophy that places long-term national value creation above short-term extraction. We do not simply invest in Guinea-Bissau. We are Guinea-Bissau investing in itself.

What We Stand For

Four Pillars of
the Sankofa Philosophy

01  ·  Nation First

Investment decisions with the nation at their core.

Every investment decision is evaluated first through the lens of national benefit, job creation, import substitution, infrastructure development, and local economic multipliers.

02  ·  Pan-African Solidarity

Part of a larger continental story.

We situate Guinea-Bissau within the broader Pan-African economic movement, building institutions that strengthen regional integration and African self-determination.

03  ·  Global Standards

International quality, local ownership.

We operate to the highest international standards of governance, transparency, and environmental responsibility, demonstrating that African-owned businesses can and do lead the world.

04  ·  Long-Term Value

Building for generations, not quarters.

We reject extractive short-term thinking. Our investments are designed to compound, in value, in community impact, and in the institutional strength of Guinea-Bissau over decades.

Our Partners

The Founding Team

Four partners. Equal stakes. Shared commitment to building something that outlasts all of us.

Noir Investment Club LLP

Institutional Partner · 25%

A UK-registered investment club bringing institutional capital, European networks, and structured investment governance to the partnership.

Issa Embaló

Capital Partner · 25%

Guinean entrepreneur with deep local institutional relationships and strategic vision for the development of Guinea-Bissau’s private sector.

Ricardo Monteiro

Property Partner · 25%

Owner of the Sankofa Works factory premises. Contributes real estate assets and local operational expertise to the partnership structure.

Ivair Correia

Capital Partner · 25%

Capital investor and strategic partner contributing financial resources and complementary expertise to the Sankofa Capital portfolio.

Our Commitment

“We do not simply invest in Guinea-Bissau. We are Guinea-Bissau investing in itself.”

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