High performance
Clear priorities and practical execution plans that build confidence.
AthariAdvisory & VenturesDiscuss your challenge We help build stronger businesses.
Building value in the real economy.
Athari partners with organisations that develop, own, operate and invest in Africa's industrial, engineering, mining and real assets.
ATHARI / INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK 202626.2041° S · 28.0473° E
10+Years since our inception in 2014.
20+Businesses supported through advisory.
R100m+Capital raised to scale industrial, mining, and engineering businesses.
5+Start-up ventures founded.
About Athari
An advisory and venture-building firm focused on Africa's most industrial sectors.
Athari partners with asset-intensive businesses to drive growth, turn around performance and co-build scalable ventures.
We bring an operator's mindset to strategy and help clients move from decision to execution.
Johannesburg advisory firm
Mining and industrial expertise, delivered nationally.
From our Johannesburg office, Athari supports decision-makers across South Africa with mining advisory, capital raising, operational improvement and enterprise and supplier development.
What you can expect
Our Promise to You
Hands-on support
Experienced people who stay close to the work and focus on what is practical.
Practical innovation
Fresh thinking applied to the real operational and commercial challenge.
Strategy & operations
We help organisations solve important strategic and operational challenges.
Focused advisory that moves from a critical decision to practical execution.
Explore our servicesAthari Ventures
We build, back and grow businesses in Africa's real economy.
Aligned capital and active operating involvement alongside founders and management teams.
Explore our venturesIndustries we serve
Sector experience
Mining, industrial products, engineering, agriculture and real assets.
Mining & Metals
Deep operational and transaction experience across commodities.
Industrial Products
Scaling manufacturing and capital-intensive operations.
Engineering
Technical diligence, commercial strategy and execution support.
Agriculture
Integrated farming and agro-processing ventures.
Real Estate
Asset-backed investment and development strategies.
Consulting
Advisory services
We bring structure, evidence and experienced judgement to growth, performance, risk and capital decisions.
Performance improvement
- Business turnarounds
- Cost reduction
- Operational excellence
- Performance management
- Operational readiness
Risk and assurance
- Operational risk assessments
- Supply-chain and contractor risk
- Supplier capability assessments
- Safety risk diagnostics
- Market intelligence
Growth and operating models
- Growth strategies
- Market entry strategies
- Operating-model design
- Business process redesign
- Organisational capability
Transactions and capital
- Feasibility studies
- Business cases
- Financial modelling
- Capital-raise advisory
- Technical and commercial diligence
Our case studies
Selected engagements
Selected mandates across capital, operations, transactions, technology and inclusive growth.
Capital raise for a scaling industrial manufacturer
Growth strategy, investment case development and capital mobilisation for a South African heavy-duty gearbox manufacturer.
ContextA specialist manufacturer needed capital and a credible growth plan to expand local industrial capability.
Athari's roleAthari shaped the growth strategy, investment case and capital-raise process.
Contractor transition for a 6.6 Mtpa open-cast mine
Operational-readiness planning and transition support for a complex change in mining contractor arrangements.
ContextA 6.6 Mtpa open-cast operation faced a complex change in mining contractor arrangements.
Athari's roleAthari supported operational-readiness planning, transition governance and execution coordination.
Management buy-out of an operating mine
Transaction advisory and decision support for a management team pursuing ownership of an operating mining asset.
ContextA management team was evaluating the acquisition of the operating mine it knew from the inside.
Athari's roleAthari provided transaction structuring, commercial assessment and decision support.
Business case for a coal processing plant
Feasibility assessment, commercial case and investment decision support for a proposed processing facility.
ContextA junior coal producer required a business case to process a discard dump from a large surface coal-mining operation.
Athari's roleAthari shaped the growth strategy, investment case and capital-raise process.
Capital raise for a start-up mining and engineering company
Investment case development and capital-raise advisory for a new entrant building capability across mining, engineering and the resources value chain.
ContextA multi-disciplinary mining and engineering start-up seeking growth capital.
Athari's roleAthari shaped the growth strategy, investment case and capital-raise process.
Contractor capability and safety-risk management
Supplier and contractor capability assessment for a global mining company, with emphasis on operational and safety risk.
ContextA leading coal producer needed to strengthen the capability and stability of key supplier contractors critical to safe, efficient operations.
Athari's roleAthari assessed contractor capability and embedded an improvement framework into the producer’s supplier-development strategy.
Our values
Our True North
While our mission is to do meaningful and positive work, our company values act as our guiding principles in how we operate to reach that goal.
Integrity (How we Behave)
Doing the right thing matters to us; we consistently adhere to the highest moral, ethical and professional standards.
Energy (How we Move)
We bring a strong will to win and win-win thinking to every marketplace, community and aspect of our business.
Intelligence (How we Work)
We pursue the most intelligent partner networks to deliver the best of what the world has to offer in building what's next.
Our people
Leadership and delivery team
Athari brings together people who can move between the boardroom, the transaction and the operating environment.
Managing Partner
Moss Mojapelo
Mining operations · Strategy & transactions · 6 African marketsMining Engineer and former Anglo American operator and Deloitte Strategy & Operations consultant. Moss has delivered mining, transaction, turnaround and operational-performance work across South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Nigeria, Madagascar and the DRC.
moss.mojapelo@athariventures.orgPrincipal
Lekoapa Molepo
Programme delivery · Enterprise development · Organisational capabilityLekoapa delivers programme design and execution-heavy engagements spanning enterprise development, skills, community impact and organisational capability.
lekoapa.molepo@athariventures.orgContact Athari
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Johannesburg, Gauteng
2194Modimolle8 Kor De Creek
147 Kerk Street (Church Street)
Modimolle, Limpopo
0510
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