Advisory · Transactions · Investment — Africa & Europe
Read the continent before investing in it.
BCH INVEST GROUP is an independent advisory and investment boutique, founded and led by Benoît Chervalier. Fundraising, financing and debt restructuring for public and private entities operating across the African continent.
60+
mandates completed
40
African countries engaged
25 years
of experience
Benoît Chervalier
Founder
Our Services
One network, three businesses.
Advisory & support
Sovereign and corporate financial strategy, dialogue with lenders and donors, debt structuring.
Transactions
Fundraising, mergers and acquisitions, project finance in energy, mining and transport.
Investment
Equity stakes in Europe and Africa, alongside entrepreneurs and industrial groups.
Backed by investment bankers and experts from the international financial institutions, the firm operates as a network. For any information on the mandates carried out — more than 60 mandates in close to 20 countries — please get in touch.
Menara · July 2026
Bizweek Africa · June 2026
What Africa is waiting for is the freedom of its own choices
Sika Finance · May 2026
La Tribune · March 2026
African countries must urgently strengthen their own capabilities
Le Temps · December 2025
African and European countries have every interest in joining forces
REF · MEDEF International — Paris, August 2026
President of Botswana — Paris, April 2026
Africa Forward (employers’ federations) — Nairobi, May 2026
The book
Ce qu’attend l’Afrique
Local resources, global tensions — éditions de l’Aube
70
talks
16
cities
8
countries
4 000+
people
Rich encounters and exchanges, across 16 cities and 8 countries.
In bookshops or on Fnac · everything about the book
Now also in English
“A Must Read Book” — recommended by a wide range of international media.
Flyer — French
Flyer — English
Reviews & media
The book in the press
« A must-read book. »
Opinion Internationale
« A remarkable book. »
Global Africa
“A lucid and enthusiastic analysis.”
Le Temps
Europe 1 — C’est arrivé demain
04.2026
06.2026
09
2026
06
2026
Afrique francophone : opportunités & stratégies
Addleshaw Goddard · Paris
05
2026
Sommet Africa Forward
Nairobi
Teaching & academia
A chair in “Business and Industry in Africa”
Fifteen years teaching the finance of African economies and geopolitics, at Sciences Po and then ESSEC — and, since 2024, the first Africa chair created on the continent, on the Rabat campus, in partnership with Africa Global Logistics, IBL Together and Vivo Energy.