Protect Capital. Stabilise Operations. Recover Value.
When a business or investment begins to underperform, priorities change quickly. Growth becomes secondary; capital preservation becomes critical. Decisions have to be made rapidly, strategically, and with the kind of experienced execution that can protect enterprise value while a situation grows more complex by the week.
Financial distress rarely happens overnight. Declining performance, liquidity pressure, operational inefficiency, governance failure, debt burdens and stalled exits usually build gradually before they become urgent — but once enterprise value starts to deteriorate, immediate action matters.
At Dunamis Strategy Africa, we provide specialist restructuring and insolvency advisory for businesses, investors, funds and institutions facing distressed situations that require immediate intervention. From independent diagnostics and turnaround execution through to distressed asset recovery, recapitalisation, and formal insolvency appointments, we help clients move from uncertainty toward a structured recovery —working alongside investors, boards, creditors and stakeholders throughout.
And crucially, our role goes beyond advice. Most advisers stop at the recommendation. We can act: with a Licensed Insolvency Practitioner in-house, we are able to take formal appointments ourselves — in the jurisdiction where so many African holding structures already sit.
When a business or investment is in distress, we handle the full arc of recovery — from the first independent diagnostic through to formal appointment where it comes to that. Our work follows a single process, and we enter it at whatever stage the situation demands:
1. Diagnostic Review — establishing the true position before any decision is made
2. Turnaround & Recapitalisation — stabilising and rebuilding where recovery is possible
3. Distressed Asset Recovery — recovering value from impaired and exit-blocked assets
4. Insolvency & Liquidation Appointments — formal procedures, taken by a licensed practitioner
5. Receivership & Administration — protecting secured value where enterprise value remains
6. Cross-Border Mandates — coordinating recovery across multiple jurisdictions
The rest of this page walks through that process.
Every mandate begins with the diagnostic. From there, the path is dictated by what the situation can bear — turnaround at one end, formal appointment at the other, and crossborder coordination layered over any of it.
Every recovery begins here. Successful restructuring starts with understanding the true financial position of a business or investment — and before any recovery decision is made, stakeholders need independent visibility into performance, liquidity, governance, debt exposure and realistic recovery potential.
We conduct independent diagnostic reviews that identify the financial risks, evaluate recoverability, and determine the most effective path forward — giving decision-makers objective analysis before significant decisions are made. The diagnostic determines which of the paths below the situation requires.
Diagnostic Assessments Include
Where the diagnostic shows recovery is achievable, formal insolvency is not the answer. Many businesses recover through structured turnaround combined with financial recapitalisation and operational intervention.
We help businesses stabilise operations, restructure financial obligations, improve performance, and rebuild capital structures designed to restore long-term sustainability — preserving enterprise value while creating a realistic recovery pathway.
Support Areas Include
Where a business cannot be turned around but value can still be recovered from the assets, capital recovery requires disciplined execution rather than reporting. Investors need direct action capable of rebuilding value and recovering exposure.
We help investors recover value from distressed investments by identifying recovery pathways, restructuring positions, repositioning assets, and executing strategic recovery transactions — focused on protecting capital where liquidity is constrained and exit options are limited.
Recovery Solutions Include
Where recovery is no longer commercially realistic, formal procedures protect creditors and preserve whatever value remains. This is the point at which most restructuring advisers reach the limit of what they can do — they can advise, but they cannot act.
We can. Our practice includes a Licensed Insolvency Practitioner in Mauritius, able to take formal appointments under the framework of the Mauritius Insolvency Act 2009. That means we can manage a formal insolvency to conclusion ourselves, with professionalism and discretion, in the jurisdiction where the holding structure so often already sits — rather than handing the client to a third party at the most critical moment.
Services Include
Where severe distress meets recoverable value, structured administration and receivership preserve enterprise value before liquidation becomes necessary. We support secured creditors and stakeholders through recovery procedures designed to protect their interests and identify the strongest path forward.
Where recovery remains possible, preservation comes first.
Key Support Areas
Across all of the above, distressed situations become significantly more complex when businesses, investments or stakeholders span multiple countries. Cross-border recovery demands coordinated execution across legal systems, regulatory environments and stakeholder groups.
We provide cross-border restructuring support for organisations managing internationalrecovery across emerging markets — and operating from Mauritius, with its offshore framework and treaty network, allows us to coordinate complex international capital structures efficiently from the jurisdiction where they are frequently held.
Cross Border Support Includes
We are typically engaged when businesses, investors or institutions face financial distress or deteriorating asset performance. Common mandates include:
Redesigning capital structures while identifying new investor participation.
Supporting investors managing assets experiencing declining financial or operational performance.
Stabilizing organizations requiring operational restructuring and strategic recovery planning.
Helping investors recover capital from assets facing liquidity constraints or delayed exits.
Managing formal closure — including appointment — where recovery is no longer viable.
Most firms provide restructuring recommendations. Few stay involved through execution. Fewer still can take the appointment when it comes to that. Three things set us apart:
We can act, not just advise. At the point where recovery gives way to formal insolvency, most advisers hand the client on. We hold a Licensed Insolvency Practitioner in-house and can take the appointment ourselves — receivership, administration or liquidation — so the client keeps one team from diagnostic to closure.
We are independent. Because we did not make the original investment decision, our assessment of a distressed position — what it is worth, what can be recovered, what must be written off — carries weight with creditors, investment committees, boards and courts that a party marking its own book cannot claim.
We are on the ground, in the right jurisdiction. We work in the markets where the distress sits, and we operate from Mauritius, where so many of the holding structures, security arrangements and enforcement routes already are. Being physically and legally inside that jurisdiction removes the delay and cost of coordinating a recovery through intermediaries.
When value is at risk, execution matters.
This service is designed for organisations facing complex financial recovery challenges requiring experienced intervention.
We regularly support:
Whether clients require turnaround execution, distressed asset recovery, recapitalisation strategies, or formal insolvency support, we provide structured recovery solutions designed to protect value.
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Your questions answered.
A business should consider restructuring when it experiences declining profitability, cash flow challenges, excessive debt, operational inefficiencies, governance concerns, or financial distress that could affect long-term sustainability.
Restructuring focuses on improving a company’s financial and operational position to restore longterm viability. Insolvency applies when a business is unable to meet its financialobligations and may require formal legal procedures such as liquidation or receivership — which, at Dunamis, we are able to undertake directly through a Licensed Insolvency Practitioner.
Yes. We assist investors and businesses in developing recovery strategies for underperforming investments and distressed assets, focused on protecting capital, improving recoverability, and maximising value wherever possible.
Yes. We support organisations managing restructuring and recovery across multiple jurisdictions by coordinating stakeholders, navigating regulatory considerations, and executing crossborder recovery strategies — coordinated from our Mauritius base.
No. Liquidation is only one possible outcome. Many businesses recover through early intervention, financial restructuring, operational improvement, recapitalisation, or turnaround. We assess each situation individually to determine the most appropriate course for stakeholders.
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