We know what asset finance feels like from the borrower's seat.
Finance Africa was created by entrepreneurs — people who've built and financed businesses themselves. We know what asset finance feels like from the borrower's seat: the moment a deal hangs on whether the bank says yes, the cost of every week of delay, the difference between a financier who understands your business and one who doesn't.
We exist because that experience should be better.
We help public and private sector organisations grow and expand by providing responsive finance for movable assets. As a reliable source of funding, we help businesses free up cash flow for operations — instead of tying capital up in asset acquisition.
To facilitate the growth of Africa's public and private sector through responsive access to asset rental finance.
That's a deliberately broad mandate. The continent's businesses need patient, flexible, structured capital — not just money, but financing structured around how they actually operate. That's what we're built to provide.
Three principles. No exceptions.
Experience over algorithms
A credit score doesn't tell you whether a business will succeed. The people building it do. We invest time in understanding both.
Integrity over volume
We'd rather decline a deal honestly than approve one that doesn't fit. Long-term relationships are built on judgement, not throughput.
Inclusion as strategy
Black female-led. Level 2 BEE. The only Level 2 BEE asset rental finance company in South Africa. This isn't a tagline — it's why the company exists.
The People Behind the Promise
Meet Our Leadership Team
Decades of combined expertise in asset finance, corporate governance, and business development — united by a shared commitment to unlocking opportunity.
Karl Bauermeister
CEO
Thoko Mokogosi
Director
Prof. Thabang Mokoteli
Non-Executive Director
Chris Harito
CFO — South Africa
Ready to start a conversation?
No commitment. No script. Just a clear conversation about what's possible.