Dedicated service - Passion for success

Advisory in Project Finance

About Us

Valanjo Sterling brings together, on a project by project basis, a team of highly skilled professionals in multidisciplinary areas of expertise, with the goal of assisting power project developers to bring their ideas to successful completion.
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Our Vison

Our vision is to be a partner of reference of public and private operators in Africa by bringing value to the implementation of infrastructure and development projects through the provision of skills, capacity and knowhow in the fields of finance, project finance, commercial contracting, economic and social development  and networking.

OUR KNOWHOW

Our advisory services focus on financial structuring, fund raising and business development. We assist project sponsors and project developers achieve their fund-raising goals in the energy and infrastructure sectors.


Why Choose Us

Dedicated service
Commitment, resilience and professionalism are all paramount in the execution and delivery of our work.
Attention to detail

Details do matter. Strategic and innovative thinking makes all the difference in competitivite environments.

WE KEEP OUR PROMISES

We do not make promises that we can't keep.

Runner crosses the finish line victoriously

Our main areas of focus and expertise

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BANKABLE FEASIBILITY STUDIES
Assistance with the structuring and project management and coordination of bankable feasibility studies.
EARLY STAGE CAPITAL
Assistance with the rasining of early stage development capital.
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CAPITAL RAISING & STRUCTURING

Assistance with the structuring of debt, equity and mezzanine financing.

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CONTRACTUAL DOCUMENTATION

Assistance with analyzing and efficiently structuring project contractual documentation to minimise operational risks.

Renewable Energy & Power Generation

Valanjo Sterning has multiple on-going mandates with power gerenation and renewable energy developers in Southern Africa. Amongst others, Valanjo Sterling arranged the debt and equity financing for:

   - Arandis Power, 120MW HFO thermal power plant (Namibia)

   - TeraSun Energy - 50MW solar PV power park (Namibia)

   - Parsons Power Park - 3x10MW solar PV (South Africa)

Founder

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Jennifer Stride

Jennifer has a BSc (Honours) in Economics, Mathematics and Applied Mathematics. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst. She has worked and consulted to numerous financial institutions in the capital markets arena. She headed interest rate structuring for First National Bank’s derivatives operation, which included developing the corporate bond market. She has substantial experience in structuring financial investments for institutions, heading up a boutique financial services operation’s institutional marketing.  She is a shareholder and co-founder of a Black Economic Empowerment women’s company in South Africa that holds a stake in Sasol Oil, and mineral prospecting licenses. She consults to companies requiring finance, execution skills and empowerment in the energy,  infrastructure & other sectors. Jennifer is the founder of Valanjo Sterling, board director, and consults extensively in the infrastructural finance arena. She has successfully structured, tendered, raised and/or risk managed over R10 billion of debt and equity.