We Make Infrastructure
Projects Bankable.
Ripple Developments exists at the intersection of infrastructure, capital, and execution. We take projects from concept to funding-ready — and from funding-ready to operational. We are a structuring and execution partner, not a report writer.
Structuring. Capital. Execution.
Ripple Developments is a specialist infrastructure project development and capital facilitation advisory firm. We bridge the gap between project concept and institutional capital — acting as a structuring and execution partner, not a consultant who files reports.
Our mandate is simple: make projects bankable, position them for funding, and stay in the room through delivery.
Structuring Partner
We build the legal, financial and commercial architecture that makes projects viable.
Capital Bridge
We connect project quality to the requirements of institutional investors and lenders.
Execution Ally
We stay engaged through funding and into delivery — advisory mandates that extend to outcomes.
Financial & Risk Expertise
FSP-licensed financial advisory capability applied to every project we touch.
Sector Depth
Energy, gas, broadband, industrial and rural infrastructure — we know the sectors.
DFI Fluency
We understand how development finance institutions evaluate and approve projects.
Deal-Focused
We don’t file reports. We build deals, structure mandates and close transactions.
Why most infrastructure projects never get funded.
The failure is almost never the idea. It’s the execution gap — the space between what a project promises and what capital actually needs to see.
Not bankable
Projects lack the structural rigour institutional lenders require. No lender will touch what they cannot underwrite.
Weak financial models
Generic spreadsheets without DSCR, sensitivity or lender-required structure are immediately disqualifying.
No funding strategy
Developers approach the wrong funders, in the wrong sequence, with the wrong documentation.
Poor risk architecture
Unaddressed off-take, regulatory, counterparty and execution risk kills deals in due diligence.
Execution gap
Even well-structured projects stall without professional oversight linking strategy to delivery.
Why Ripple. Why now.
What we do.
Project Origination & Structuring
Feasibility, legal entity structuring, off-take strategy, project finance architecture.
Pre-Funding & Investment Readiness
Business plans, Information Memoranda, investor decks, term sheets.
Capital Raising Support
DFI, PE and impact-fund engagement. Investor targeting and funding documentation.
Financial Modelling & CFO Services
Lender-grade models, budgeting, forecasting, cost control, treasury oversight.
Risk, Insurance & Compliance
Risk registers, insurance structuring, FSP-compliant documentation and oversight.
Legal & Governance Structuring
SPV formation, shareholder agreements, JV frameworks, IP protection, mandates.
Project Delivery Support
PMO support, contractor oversight, progress monitoring, milestone management.
Strategic Advisory & Oversight
Board-level strategy, stakeholder management, government liaison, sector navigation.
From concept to a consented, financeable gas asset.
Establishing an LNG import, regasification and gas-to-power facility demands the orderly completion of a broad set of statutory approvals alongside the early securing of a suitable site. Ripple acts as the dedicated delivery partner across this entire pathway — assembling, lodging and managing the full suite of applications and approvals, and positioning the preferred site for acquisition or long-term tenure.
Project definition & regulatory strategy
We fix precisely what is being licensed — defining the business model across import, storage, regasification, transmission, distribution and gas-to-power — then run a regulatory gap analysis and settle the optimal licensing and corporate structure.
Regulatory & Licensing Roadmap, with critical-path analysisSite control & due diligence
In parallel we secure the preferred site — framing the right route to control (option, lease or acquisition) and completing preliminary legal, environmental and planning due diligence against the project’s technical and logistical requirements.
Site Due Diligence Report & Site Control StrategyGovernment & authority engagement
We open structured, pre-application engagement with the energy regulator, the ports authority, the competent environmental authority and the relevant municipal, provincial and national departments — aligning expectations before lodgement.
Authority Engagement Report & Approval MatrixEnvironmental & technical studies
We coordinate the evidence base — the environmental impact assessment, marine and coastal authorisations, and the LNG-specific hazard, risk and major-hazard installation studies — assembled in sequence into submission-ready form.
Environmental & Technical Submission PackageEnergy-sector licensing
At the centre of the mandate we prepare, lodge, track and manage the full suite of gas trading, transmission, distribution, storage and associated generation licence applications through to granted licences.
Complete Application Submission Package & granted licencesStatutory approvals management
Running across every workstream, we administer public participation, respond to requests for information and coordinate across national, provincial and local government so the project speaks with a single, consistent voice.
Integrated Regulatory Compliance & Approval TrackerDevelopment-ready status
We consolidate every licence, permit, authorisation and site right into a single investor-ready package and provide the bankability support that lets financiers satisfy their conditions precedent — positioning the project for Final Investment Decision.
Development-Ready Project Package, supporting FID & financingAtlantis ElectroNexus
An integrated diesel-to-electric conversion, fleet electrification and high-capacity charging hub at the Atlantis Special Economic Zone — South Africa’s green-industry node, 40km from Cape Town. The platform lets fleet operators keep their trucks, cut energy costs by 60–70%, and electrify at roughly a third of the price of a new EV truck.
Ripple’s role spans the full development stack — project structuring, capital facilitation, SEZ fiscal positioning, grid and charging infrastructure, and a QCTO-aligned skills programme building world-class EV capability on site.
Engineering
Diesel-to-electric truck conversion on proven, road-tested technology — in approximately 10 working days.
Service
Whole-of-life fleet support, uptime management and maintenance across the operating window.
Charging
A 6MW Phase-1 hub on direct Eskom supply, scaling with fleet demand across the zone.
Skills
QCTO-aligned EV skills development, building local capability in the Atlantis economic zone.
The Ripple methodology.
Six disciplines. One integrated mandate. Seamless from concept to financial close.
Concept
Origination, feasibility scoping, stakeholder mapping.
Structure
Legal entity, SPV formation, governance, off-take strategy.
Model
Financial modelling, DSCR, IRR, sensitivity and stress testing.
Package
IM, pitch decks, term sheets, compliance documentation.
Fund
DFI and PE engagement, negotiations, term sheet to close.
Execute
PMO support, contractor oversight, delivery monitoring.
Sectors & specialisations.
Solar PV, wind, hybrid systems, battery storage, Power-as-a-Service, off-grid and grid-connected.
LNG import, regasification, gas infrastructure, industrial supply and embedded generation.
Fleet electrification, high-capacity charging hubs and conversion infrastructure.
Fibre rollout, data centres, rural connectivity and smart infrastructure backbone.
Manufacturing parks, logistics hubs, industrial utilities and heavy-industry power supply.
Waste-to-energy, agri-energy, biogas and resource-recovery infrastructure.
How we engage.
Deliberately aligned with project success — not billable hours.
Advisory Retainer
Monthly structured engagement for ongoing development, documentation, investor preparation and oversight. Fixed monthly rate agreed upfront.
Project Structuring Fee
Fixed-fee engagement for discrete deliverables — IM, financial model, legal structuring, compliance. Milestone-linked, deliverable-driven.
Success Fee
Performance-linked fee tied to funding secured or transaction closed. Structured as a percentage of capital raised or transaction value.
The architect behind Ripple.
A strategic infrastructure advisor, financial structuring specialist and risk architect with over two decades of experience spanning financial services, energy project development and capital facilitation across Sub-Saharan Africa. She holds an active FSP licence (5503), combining institutional financial advisory capability with deep infrastructure sector knowledge — a rare combination in the market.
Let’s structure your project properly.
Ripple partners with investors, developers and institutions to structure, fund and deliver infrastructure that is bankable, scalable and built for execution.