About the company

An integrated mining, energy and capital partner.

A joint venture built to remove the seams between operations, advisory and finance.

The company

Built at the intersection of two disciplines.

Azania Savant Mining & Energy is a joint venture between Azania Solutions, an established mining operations and drilling business, and Savant Investment Group, an NCA and FSCA-accredited financial services and advisory firm.

The combination is deliberate. Most clients in the mining and energy economy need three things that are usually sourced separately: people who can run the work on the ground, specialists who can advise on it credibly, and partners who can fund it. We are built to deliver all three.

Our direction

Vision, mission and values.

Vision

To be southern Africa's most trusted integrated mining, energy and capital partner.

Mission

To unlock value across the mining and energy value chain by combining hands-on operational delivery, credible technical advisory and disciplined capital, delivered to international standards of safety, governance and reporting.

Values

  • Integrity
  • Safety
  • Execution
  • Partnership
  • Sustainability
Where we work

South Africa, SADC and the rest of Africa.

Our delivery footprint spans the continent, from domestic South African operations to multi-jurisdictional mandates across the SADC region and beyond.

South Africa

Home market. Full operational, advisory and finance capability across all provinces and commodities.

SADC Region

Zambia, DRC copper and cobalt belt, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Botswana and Namibia.

Rest of Africa

Selective larger mandates where our integrated capability adds clear value.

Cross-border structuring

Exchange control, multi-jurisdiction funding structures and offtake arrangements.

Governance & compliance

Standards that give stakeholders confidence.

Companies Act and King IV-aligned governance framework.

Savant Investment Group holds NCA / FSCA accreditation; credit providers are NCR / NCA-registered.

POPIA-compliant personal information processing and data governance.

FICA compliance across all client-facing engagements.

SAMREC and JORC-aligned technical reporting for mineral resources and reserves.

ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 management systems.

Mining Charter and B-BBEE transformation alignment (black-owned entity).

MPRDA, environmental and water-use licence advisory capability.

Leadership

The team behind the platform.

Charity Marageni

Director — Azania Solutions

A senior mechanical engineering professional with extensive experience across mining operations, plant engineering, heavy mobile equipment, maintenance leadership and project execution. He holds a BEng in Mechanical Engineering and a Government Certificate of Competency (GCC Mines and Works), and is an MBA candidate. He anchors the company's mining-operational and technical capability.

Wayne Sherriff

Director & Managing Director, Savant Investment Group

An internationally qualified management-systems consultant and lead auditor for ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001, with over two decades of experience and more than 200 management systems implemented. He brings the finance, governance and management-systems expertise that underpins the company's advisory and capital-solutions capability.

Prathik Sewgoolam

Chief Financial Officer, Azania Savant Mining & Energy

A finance and investment professional with a background spanning corporate finance, structured lending, asset management and advisory. He holds an engineering foundation complemented by formal finance qualifications, with cross-sector experience across mining, energy and financial services. He oversees the financial strategy, capital structuring and governance of the platform, and is co-founder and CFO of Correlation Business Advisory.

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