OBSIDIAN ACHERNAR is powerfully African and truly global, we are a wholly owned African firm that specializes in delivering high-quality services for a broad range of financial products. We have experience across Financial technology, Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities brokerage, and Corporate Advisory; where we empower African companies to compete on the international level.

As an indigenous firm, we understand what it means to do business in Côte d’Ivoire and Africa while holding ourselves to a rigorous international standard.
Our vision is to be the preeminent financial institution for the African markets as they mature and to deliver financial products designed to meet our client’s needs in a constantly evolving market environment.

We do so with extensive services, a diversified client base, platform scalability, and leading proprietary technology, data, and analytics offerings.
The firm has about 100 professionals across the globe. Based in Abidjan, we also have key teams in London, Lagos, Kampala, Cape Town, Port Louis, Nairobi and Accra.

Additionally, we have banking relationships with tier one (1) International Banks, Private Equity firms, Pension Funds, and Hedge Funds in the USA, Switzerland, UK, and Hong Kong and work with a network of well-established banks throughout Africa. We pride ourselves on our attention to detail and our customer service’s insightful and person-centered nature; our dedicated team is always on hand to help.

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