Graymont Strategic Advisory closed the first half of 2025 with a meaningful jump in market entry mandate volume, against a macro backdrop in which Ghana's foreign direct investment registrations through the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre rose sharply. GIPC reported 76 projects with combined FDI value of US$862.96 million for H1 2025, up 381.91% from H1 2024's US$179.07 million.
The Graymont Advisory mandate pipeline through the period covered foreign companies evaluating Ghana entry across manufacturing, energy, and technology, three of the sectors GIPC named as central to the period's investment volumes. Mandates typically span market sizing, regulatory mapping, partner and counterparty assessment, and structuring advice for the eventual operating entity in Ghana, with cross-border coordination where parent-company decisions sit elsewhere in the region or further afield.
GIPC's H1 2025 numbers reflect a few large-ticket transactions alongside broader project-count growth. General trading attracted the largest single value contribution at US$622.92 million, while manufacturing led on project count with 32 of the 76 registered projects. For advisors, the project-count growth is the more durable signal of activity than a single sector's headline value, because it represents a broader spread of decisions across the investor base.
Sector-specific demand patterns within Graymont Advisory's mandate book reflect that diversification. Manufacturing enquiries have been particularly active, both from companies establishing production operations in Ghana and from companies evaluating Ghana as an export base for the wider ECOWAS market. Energy sector mandates, particularly in commercial solar development and supporting infrastructure, have continued to grow alongside the regulatory developments encouraging clean energy procurement. Technology sector mandates span both software companies evaluating market entry and infrastructure operators evaluating regional investment.
Beyond sector composition, the H1 2025 mandate book has shown a meaningful shift in the geographic origin of clients. European and North American clients remain the largest source by count, but Gulf Cooperation Council clients have grown into a more visible share of new enquiries, reflecting the broader Gulf capital flow into sub-Saharan African markets as part of portfolio diversification strategies. The Gulf clients bring different commercial expectations and structuring preferences, and the advisory work has adapted accordingly.
Graymont Advisory has been deliberate about taking on mandates where the firm can add documented operational value rather than acting as a generalist introducer. The combination of in-country presence, group operating context across multiple Ghanaian sectors, and structured engagement processes has been the differentiator clients cite when selecting Graymont Advisory over more generic alternatives.
Looking ahead, the mandate pipeline through H2 2025 and into 2026 has continued to develop in line with the H1 trajectory. The firm's institutional capacity has been scaled accordingly, with senior practitioner additions and structured onboarding for new mandates that allow the firm to take on additional work without compromising the engagement quality that defines the practice.