Optiva Capital eyes $5bn diaspora investment with new product
Investment immigration wealth management company, Optiva Capital Partners Limited, has launched a new product to attract about $5b in diaspora investment into the country.
The new product tagged Diaspora Investor Direct Investment was unveiled at an event on Friday
Highlighting the importance of the new product, the Chairman of Optiva Capital Partners, Franklin Nechi, said that DIDI is “Our unique product to attract diaspora funds and investments into the country. The objective is to stand in the gap for Nigerians in the diaspora who seek to remit funds home for investment purposes because most of them are afraid of losing their funds to unscrupulous persons or agents, so we bridge that gap.”
According to him, Nigeria’s diaspora fund ranked amongst the top five globally.
“Our target is to use the Optiva Capital structure, infrastructure, and wealth management skills to get five per cent channelled into productive investments that will yield good returns at home for Nigerians in the diaspora,” he said.
On the modalities for implementation, Nechi explained that first, you have to get Nigerians who “seek to build homes to send their money so that we help them bridge the gap of trust and dishonest third parties. We help the diasporans to create an enabling environment that will ensure that they track the progress of their sundry investments. With DIDI we shall help investors manage the risks associated with repatriation of funds back to the country for sundry investments ranging from property development, farms, to cottage factories.”
The Optiva Capital chairman reiterated that the company had already created structures that would help Nigerians in the diaspora to manage businesses back home end-to-end, including setting up farms.
“For each project or investment that every diasporan wishes to make, Optiva Capital Partners has offered to help in land acquisition, proper registration of titles, and eventual setting up of the business,’’ he added.
According to him, the wealth advisory firm also offers an opportunity for the safety of funds and investments, and as such the DIDI is intended to bring into the country about $5bn in investments.
In the delivery of DIDI and its other services and products, Nechi emphasised that the company’s primary objective is effective service delivery through its bespoke end-to-end service delivery by taking ownership of every relationship as it works hard to provide premium investment immigration and investment services to its discerning clientele.
In line with its commitment to service, Nechi stated that the recent launch of Optiva Capital Partners investment services was in keeping with the company philosophy.
