Cannon Capital advises owners, boards, investors and institutions across South Africa and the broader continent on their most consequential financial and strategic decisions — from ownership transitions and capital raising to restructuring and succession. Our only mandate is the client's outcome.
Cannon brings together advisory and investment management under a single house. The two businesses are designed to operate independently, with clear information barriers, yet share a common standard of rigour, discretion and long-term thinking.
Corporate finance and strategic advisory for owners, boards and investors — mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, restructuring, valuations and succession. Independent advice, free of any obligation to deploy a balance sheet or place a product.
explore the practiceA discretionary investment manager with a disciplined, valuation-led philosophy, serving institutions and private clients. Proudly 100% black-owned and B-BBEE Level 1, with a multi-decade track record across South African and global markets.
learn moreWe bring senior, partner-led attention to every mandate — pairing technical depth with the commercial judgement that comes from sitting on the same side of the table as our clients.
Buy-side and sell-side mandates, mergers, disposals, management buy-outs and joint ventures — from origination and structuring through to negotiation and close.
Equity and debt capital raising for growth, recapitalisation and acquisition finance — connecting clients with DFIs, private capital, banks and institutional investors.
Balance-sheet restructuring, refinancing, lender negotiation and turnaround advisory for businesses under pressure — and for the stakeholders working to preserve value.
Independent business valuations and advisory opinions for transactions, disputes, reporting and governance — grounded in defensible, multi-method analysis, with formal fairness opinions provided alongside an accredited independent expert where required.
Advisory on B-BBEE ownership transactions, empowerment structuring and succession — designing arrangements that meet regulatory and commercial objectives and stand up to scrutiny.
We are remunerated for advice, not for a product or a preferred outcome. The advisory practice carries no obligation to lend, underwrite or place an in-house fund — so our counsel arrives with no agenda but the client's. We will be separated from the rest of Cannon by clear information barriers.
Every market has its own rhythm, its own decision-makers and its own way of doing business. Our roots are in South Africa and our relationships extend across the continent — giving clients genuine local insight backed by a broader perspective.
Good advice begins with rigorous thinking. Drawing on the investment discipline at the heart of Cannon, we bring an investor's scrutiny to every recommendation — testing assumptions, stress-testing value, and saying what we believe rather than what is easy to hear.
We measure our success by the quality of our judgement and the trust it earns — not by the size of a balance sheet we are asked to put at risk.
The most valuable conversations often begin long before a deal does. Reach out for a confidential, no-obligation discussion of where you are and where you would like to be.
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