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Danladi Verheijen, co-founder of personal fairness agency Verod Capital Administration, is bullish on the schooling sector in West Africa. Final 12 months, Verod offered its stake in TAG West Africa, which operates Lancaster College Ghana. The establishment presents college students a UK diploma at a fraction of the fee.
“There’s numerous demand for schooling,” Verheijen says. “Households will do something to make sure that their kids get a high-quality schooling. They’ll make all of the sacrifices which might be obligatory to try this.” The trick, he explains, is backing operators who can construct sturdy manufacturers and earn the belief of fee-paying mother and father.
However conventional schooling is capital-intensive – campuses, lecture rooms, workers – and that makes it sluggish and costly to develop. For Verheijen, know-how presents a means round these constraints. “Most certainly the best way to satisfy the scholars the place they’re is by way of know-how.”
For extra, take heed to our full interview with Verheijen: From beverage cans to gyms – Verod’s funding playbook for West Africa
