Our Company
Africa Consulting & Investment Singapore Pte. Ltd. (ACIS) is a company based in Singapore, with extensive experience in the African port industry. The company was created in 2013, and since then, has participated in numerous projects in Africa. This company has been founded by Mr Pradeep Avadhani and Mr Philippe Gery.
ACIS accompany our customers in their different phase of the development of their terminals, from the initial idea to the operations, via the business planning, design, construction, organisation and operations.
We have been participating in the development and implementation of various projects, including a Multi-User Mineral Terminal in Owendo, Gabon, a General Cargo and Multipurpose terminal in Gabon, a multipurpose terminal in San-Pedro. The projects in Gabon have been completed in 2 1/2 years from initial start till first vessel.
As an independent company, we guide and advise our customers on the best solutions for their operations, technical choices, general design for them and make their project financially and technically viable.
ACIS, who has also an extensive knowledge in port equipment, is also present in the field of onsite engineering and maintenance of port cranes in Gabon, Cameroon, Mauritania and Cote d’Ivoire, with more than 60 technicians and 15 engineers.
Through our experience in ports and terminal projects, we can help you to define, design and launch a port project.
Philippe Géry - Founder
Philippe Géry has 20 years of experience, mainly in the port and maritime sector. He has started his career in the leadership program of General Electric, holding different positions in the USA and Europe (France, Belgium and Spain). He then moved to the port and maritime sector working for Portek.
Over the course of 10 years, was involved in port equipment sales and purchase, concession agreements and business plans, as well as business development in Mediterranean area and Africa. He was also the CEO of Portek’s subsidiary in Gabon (GPM) , where he was responsible for the management of the two commercial ports of Gabon, their investments in infrastructure, invoicing, business development, pilotage, towage.
In 2014, he joined GSEZ-Olam Gabon (Now Arise), as head of Ports Gabon, in charge of the development of ports in Gabon. He has worked on the modelling, business plan and follow of the execution of two ports, a bulk terminal and a commercial port, for a total investment of 400M€. Both ports have been put in operations in less than 3 years, more than doubling the capacity of the ports in Gabon, by introducing new equipment and new methodologies.
Pradeep Avadhani - Founder
Pradeep Avadhani began his career in port operations in PSA, Singapore in 2001. Was then brought into Portek in 2004 to set up operations in the first dedicated container port in Algeria. Was a key member of Portek over a period of 9 years, heading their operations in Africa, specifically in Gabon, Algeria, and Rwanda whilst being involved in business development in other regions.
Founded ACIS Pte Ltd ('ACIS') in 2013 and was engaged as an independent consultant to the Gabon Special Economic Zone from 2014 until 2017 for greenfield projects involving the construction of multi-purpose and mineral terminals. Founded Africa Global Port Solutions ('AGPS') in 2017. While having special expertise in Africa, ACIS and AGPS provide consultancy services to the port sector in and outside of Africa, engineering and maintenance services for port equipment, as well as development and deployment of IT applications for Port Authorities.