Stronghold boasts a world-class team of investment professionals with significant experience in the development and investment of mid size to mega projects in emerging and developed markets.

We are a top tier institution with project development and delivery capabilities, tailored to bridge the foreign direct investment deficit in emerging and developed markets globally. Stronghold Global was founded to harness the generations of experience and success of its founders in the EMEA region to successfully ensure the deployment of capital resources for well structured and bankable opportunities.

Investment Banking, Capital Markets, Foreign Direct Investment, DCM, ECM, M&A, Structured trade and advisory at its best.

Project Development, Project Assembly and Project Execution of world class and capital market standards.

A multi-faceted investment strategy with risk adjusted returns.

What our business can offer

Our businesses offer access to a vertically integrated group offering our clients the best in kind in whichever business line we operate in, we serve as an economic development platform for entrepreneurs, developers, governments, sub-sovereign agencies, corporates, co-investors and institutions.

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Market Insights & Research

Stronghold Global Group publishes independent research and market intelligence focused on capital markets, infrastructure, sustainability, and long-term investment trends across emerging and frontier markets. Our reports combine macroeconomic analysis, sector-level insights, and capital structure perspectives to support informed decision-making by investors, policymakers, and strategic partners. Each publication is designed to provide structured, data-driven analysis of market dynamics shaping capital allocation, risk, and long-term growth.

Infrastructure Finance: Middle East & Africa 2025

Fixed Income: Middle East & Africa 2025

ESG & Sustainability Report 2025

Markets, Capital Structures, and Deals

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of infrastructure finance across the Middle East and Africa in 2025, examining capital requirements, financing structures, and sectoral investment trends across energy, industrial, and core infrastructure assets. It explores the contrasting dynamics between institutionally mature Middle Eastern markets and structurally constrained African infrastructure systems, with a focus on project finance, PPPs, sovereign participation, and blended capital solutions. The report is intended for investors, lenders, sponsors, and policymakers seeking insight into bankability, risk allocation, and long-term infrastructure investment opportunities across MEA. 

Market Structure, Risk, and Return Dynamics

This report analyses the fixed income landscape across the Middle East and Africa, placing regional markets within the context of global fixed income conditions. It examines sovereign and corporate debt markets, interest-rate environments, issuance dynamics, and credit risk across MEA, highlighting the divergence between resilient GCC markets and more constrained African credit environments. The report provides insights into return drivers, refinancing risk, and structural vulnerabilities, supporting investors and institutions navigating fixed income allocation, credit selection, and risk management in emerging markets.

Risk, Regulation, and Long-Term Resilience

This report offers a structured overview of the global ESG landscape in 2025, examining how environmental, social, and governance factors have become financially material to investment decisions, corporate strategy, and regulatory compliance. It covers global ESG trends, regulatory divergence, investor behaviour, and key developments such as COP30, alongside analysis of environmental performance, social outcomes, governance quality, and recent ESG-linked transactions. The report is designed for investors, boards, and executives seeking to understand ESG as a core risk, value, and resilience driver over the medium to long term

Infrastructure Finance: Middle East & Africa 2025

Markets, Capital Structures, and Deals

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of infrastructure finance across the Middle East and Africa in 2025, examining capital requirements, financing structures, and sectoral investment trends across energy, industrial, and core infrastructure assets. It explores the contrasting dynamics between institutionally mature Middle Eastern markets and structurally constrained African infrastructure systems, with a focus on project finance, PPPs, sovereign participation, and blended capital solutions. The report is intended for investors, lenders, sponsors, and policymakers seeking insight into bankability, risk allocation, and long-term infrastructure investment opportunities across MEA. 

Fixed Income: Middle East & Africa 2025

Market Structure, Risk, and Return Dynamics

This report analyses the fixed income landscape across the Middle East and Africa, placing regional markets within the context of global fixed income conditions. It examines sovereign and corporate debt markets, interest-rate environments, issuance dynamics, and credit risk across MEA, highlighting the divergence between resilient GCC markets and more constrained African credit environments. The report provides insights into return drivers, refinancing risk, and structural vulnerabilities, supporting investors and institutions navigating fixed income allocation, credit selection, and risk management in emerging markets.

ESG & Sustainability Report 2025

Risk, Regulation, and Long-Term Resilience

This report offers a structured overview of the global ESG landscape in 2025, examining how environmental, social, and governance factors have become financially material to investment decisions, corporate strategy, and regulatory compliance. It covers global ESG trends, regulatory divergence, investor behaviour, and key developments such as COP30, alongside analysis of environmental performance, social outcomes, governance quality, and recent ESG-linked transactions. The report is designed for investors, boards, and executives seeking to understand ESG as a core risk, value, and resilience driver over the medium to long term

Stronghold Global Investment Pioneers

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We work the with best in the industry who have the functional experience, industry knowledge and technical expertise your project needs.

Stronghold boasts a world class team of investment professionals with significant experience in the development and investment of mid size to mega projects in emerging markets.

We are a top tier financial institution with project development and delivery capabilities, tailored to bridge the foreign direct investment deficit in emerging markets globally.

Tohib Iyiola

CEO / Founder

Hichem Turki

Managing Director - SGF UK

Maggie Jarasuite

Chief of Staff

Adam Barrett

Operations Director SGF UK

Lim Cheong Say

Managing Director - SGF UAE

Ziad Mirza

Managing Director- Stronghold Project Services

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