A Specialist Independent Advisory Firm
For The African Gold Market.
African Gold Advisory is recognised for its uncompromising standards in due diligence, transaction verification, and fraud prevention across the African gold market. Led by practitioners with over a decade of direct field experience, we are uniquely positioned to provide international investors, trading houses, and institutional buyers with the verification, oversight, and operational guidance required to operate safely in one of the world’s most opaque commodity markets.
Built From Direct Field Experience
African Gold Advisory was established after years of direct operational involvement in African physical gold markets.
Our work has involved real transactions, on-ground verification, counterparty engagement, field testing, cross-border execution, and exposure to both legitimate supply chains and sophisticated fraud structures across multiple jurisdictions.
This experience revealed a consistent problem: foreign investors and trading firms were entering high-risk transactions without independent expertise on the ground.
African Gold Advisory exists to solve that problem.
Bespoke. Independent. Accountable.
We believe that protection of capital is not built on standardised checklists. We take a bespoke approach to every engagement, structuring our work to address the specific risks and complexities of each transaction.
We are paid by our clients alone. We do not accept commissions from sellers, refineries, or buyers, and our recommendations are accountable only to the client paying our fee. This independence is the foundation of every assessment we make.
Whether you are an individual investor, a private trading house, a family office, an institutional buyer, or a state-related entity, we are equipped to support you with document review, transaction verification, on-ground due diligence, independent assay oversight, and export compliance, both within Africa and through to the destination market.
We earn no commissions from transactions. Our fees are fixed. Our advice is not influenced by any outcome other than protecting your capital.
Every judgement we make is grounded in direct, first-hand experience, not research from a distance.
We will tell you if a deal looks legitimate. We will tell you if it does not. Our value depends entirely on the accuracy of our assessments.
7+ Nations. Direct Experience.
Our operational knowledge is country-specific. Each market has its own regulatory framework, its own fraud patterns, and its own network of actors. We know each of them directly.
West Africa's most significant artisanal gold producer. Complex regulatory environment with high fraud prevalence and high legitimate opportunity.
East Africa's largest gold exporter. Robust formal mining sector with strict export regulations requiring careful compliance navigation.
Gold export regulated exclusively through Fidelity Printers and Refineries. A distinct regulatory framework from all other operating nations.
Emerging gold market with active artisanal mining. Evolving regulatory environment requiring current, specific knowledge to navigate.
Commercially active market where licensing and export procedures require precise navigation to protect otherwise legitimate transactions.
A key regional hub for gold refining, assaying, and trade. Serves as a gateway market and compliance reference point for transactions across southern Africa.
An active gold-producing nation with a growing artisanal mining sector. Regulatory frameworks are evolving and require current, country-specific knowledge to navigate correctly.
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Whether you need a rapid document check or full on-ground representation, we can help.