About Us

Building pathways for Africa's long-term growth

Operating at the intersection of capital, strategy, and execution, we connect investors, governments, and project sponsors through the structures that make African infrastructure investable and deliverable.

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Why We Exist

Africa does not lack opportunity. What is missing are the structures required to connect that opportunity to capital, governance, and delivery capability, and we exist to bridge that gap, helping transform infrastructure ambitions into investable and impactful realities.

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Our Vision

To become Africa's most trusted infrastructure finance and management institution

Our Mission

To connect capital, governance, and execution in ways that unlock transformative infrastructure opportunities across Africa.

Our Brand Promise

We connect capital to opportunity through disciplined structuring, trusted governance, and measurable execution

Our approach

Connect. Bringing together capital, opportunity, and expertise.

Structure. Designing frameworks that improve investment confidence.

Mobilise. Supporting the attraction and deployment of capital.

Deliver. Creating the systems required for successful execution.

Our Northstar

Everything we structure, every partnership we enable, and every opportunity we unlock is guided by one ambition: to build an institution trusted by investors, governments, partners, and the people shaping Africa's future.

Meet the team behind IFMC

Experienced leadership.Shared purpose

Elder Urum Kalu (UK) Eke, MFR

Distinguished financial services leader with 35 years’ experience across banking, capital markets, governance, investment oversight, and executive leadership, including former Group Managing Director of FBN Holdings Plc.

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Elder Urum Kalu (UK) Eke, MFR

CHAIRMAN
Isaac Ogu

Founding Managing Director and CEO of IFMC, with deep experience across corporate banking, infrastructure finance, power projects, structured debt, capital markets, and energy sector advisory.

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Isaac Ogu

MANAGING DIRECTOR / CEO
Mr. Ola Sanni

Chartered Accountant and finance leader with over three decades’ experience across investment management, oil and gas finance, corporate governance, and business building in Nigeria’s energy services sector.

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Mr. Ola Sanni

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Dipo Makanjuola

Petroleum sector professional with over three decades’ experience across audit, consulting, petroleum trading, shipping, cargo logistics, terminal operations, and energy technology solutions.

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Dipo Makanjuola

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Adebayo (Bayo) Folawiyo

Serial entrepreneur and executive with nearly 30 years’ experience across industrial enterprise, downstream oil and gas, petroleum storage infrastructure, retail energy, commercial operations, and board-level business growth.

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Adebayo (Bayo) Folawiyo

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mahmud B. Tukur

Award-winning business leader with over 30 years’ experience across energy, maritime, infrastructure, and technology, including transformational leadership in listed companies and major downstream energy operations.

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Mahmud B. Tukur

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Seyi Willoughby

Investment banking and corporate finance professional with over 20 years’ experience across structured finance, midstream and downstream energy, project finance, strategy, risk oversight, and advisory.

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Seyi Willoughby

INDEPENDENT NED
Umma Yusuf Aboki

Infrastructure and investment professional with over 25 years’ experience across banking, public sector leadership, PPP advisory, investment promotion, structured finance, governance, and infrastructure development.

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Umma Yusuf Aboki

INDEPENDENT NED
Patrick Mgbenwelu

Infrastructure and project finance leader with 36+ years’ experience across investment banking, project financing, institutional advisory, and ICAC oversight for major Nigerian infrastructure transactions.

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Patrick Mgbenwelu

EXTERNAL INDEPENDENT MEMBER
Ken Etim

Senior legal adviser with 34+ years’ experience across energy, projects, infrastructure law, M&A, BOT/PPP structures, power purchase agreements, and legal documentation risk oversight.

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Ken Etim

EXTERNAL INDEPENDENT MEMBER
Doyin Osuntogun

Capital allocation and analytics professional with 12 years’ experience across operations, supply chain, post-merger integration, strategic planning, and data-driven investment decision-making.

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Doyin Osuntogun

EXTERNAL INDEPENDENT MEMBER
Infrastructure

Let's build what comes next

We bring together the people, capital, and structures required to deliver transformative infrastructure.

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