Become a Developer

You have the drive.
We have everything else.

Afrihood partners with rugged, capable local leaders and hands them the design, finance, construction and standards of a pan-African institution — so you build world-class communities in your own market, and co-own every one.


Backed by
Shelter AfriqueInfraCreditHousing Solutions Fund
The Opportunity

Africa will build more cities in the next thirty years than in all its history. The talent to build them is already here. The institution behind that talent is not.

You've watched projects you could have led go to firms with deeper pockets and shallower instincts — not because they build better, but because they had the rails. Afrihood is those rails, put in your hands.

What Changes

From operator to institution.

On your own
  • Capped by the capital you can personally raise
  • Locked out of institutional finance
  • Selling on trust alone, one project at a time
  • Every design, contractor and approval from scratch
  • Growth that stops the moment the money does
As an Afrihood Developer
  • Institutional finance access, structured for you
  • A certified, trusted brand from day one
  • Ready designs, vetted contractors, central buying power
  • Approvals, legal and finance handled on proven rails
  • Real equity in every community you lead
What You Get
15

Everything behind every court we've built — handed to you.

One partnership. The full institutional stack. On certification, all of it is yours.

A certified brand

Build under the “Afrihood Certified Development” mark — trusted from day one.

Standardized designs

Certified, ready designs — a running start every time.

Architectural library

For every land size, density and income class.

Feasibility models

Ready-made, bankable financial models.

Institutional finance

Access no individual developer can reach alone.

Land & JV structuring

Acquire or joint-venture, structured to be bankable.

Approvals playbook

Permits and titles, run to completion — not improvised.

Procurement network

Central buying power for cheaper materials.

Vetted contractors

A verified, quality-controlled contractor pool.

Engineering standards

Method, quality and safety built into every stage.

Project monitoring

Independent inspections, KPIs and quality audits.

Green systems

Solar, water and waste designed in — the ESG framework.

Smart-community tech

IoT, security, fibre and energy, from the ground up.

Legal & SPV

Agreements, acquisition and documentation, done right.

Sales & diaspora

A real engine — marketing, CRM and diaspora channels.

A Full Institution

Every discipline a development needs,
on your side.

Architects, engineers, surveyors, town planners, lawyers and finance professionals — the whole institution that designs, structures, finances, builds and manages a development — carry your project across its full lifecycle. The designs, the models, the approvals and the systems arrive with the people who create them.

Architects & designers

Concept to working drawings, in the Afrihood design language.

Structural & civil engineers

Foundations, frames and site works, engineered to standard.

Electrical & mechanical engineers

Power, water, HVAC and building services, designed in.

Surveyors & quantity surveyors

Land and measurement, and fully costed bills of quantities.

Town planning & approvals

Permits, titles and regulatory sign-off, run to completion.

Lawyers & compliance

JV agreements, acquisition, SPV formation and documentation.

Finance & investment

Feasibility, structuring, and access to institutional capital.

Project & construction managers

Programme, quality and safety, supervised on the ground.

Estate & facility management

Handover into managed, serviced communities that hold value.

The One Lever

The one thing that changes everything: capital.

A lone developer cannot reach institutional finance — no matter how good the project. Afrihood can, and does. We structure the stack, bring the guard-rails, and open doors that stay shut to a single operator. It is the difference between a plan and a project.

The Land

Every project stands on bankable land.

The land that builds a business is land finance will bank — clean title, viable density, a title path capital accepts. Bring your own, source it with us, or let Afrihood provide it — either way, your project stands on ground a lender will back.

Bring your own

Already hold land? Bring it in — credited to your equity at its assessed worth, once it clears bankability.

We provide the site

Where it fits, Afrihood brings a vetted, bankable parcel into the project.

Or source it with you

We help you secure land that clears title, density and bankability.

Bankability is the crux

The asset is land a lender will finance — clean title, viable density. That's what we optimise for.

The Deal

A partner and co-owner
of every project you lead.

Ownership is real. Your work and buy-in start you level with everything Afrihood brings aside from the finance — 20/20 — and from there your share climbs with every naira you put into the build. Drag the scale to see it.

80 / 2020 / 2020 / 80

Founding footing — your work + buy-in, level with all Afrihood brings aside from the finance

Real equity — a genuine stake you buy into and co-own. It starts level at 20/20 and grows with what you fund; control of the standard, safety and brand always stays with the Center.

The Buy-in

Your buy-in, and what it earns.

Your buy-in is your skin in the game. Together with your work — the leadership, supervision and manpower you bring — it stands your footing level with everything Afrihood brings aside from the finance — the rails, the professional bench, the standard and the brand: a 20/20 start. From there, your share climbs with every naira you put into the build.

Starts you at 20/20

With your work, the buy-in stands you level with all Afrihood brings aside from the finance — yours to grow by funding the build.

Sized to what you’ll build

It scales with the buildable area of your development — a larger project, a larger entry contribution.

One schedule for everyone

The same published basis applies to every Developer, whoever you are.

Confirmed after screening

You’ll know your exact figure once you’ve cleared screening and the project scope is set.

The Rails Are Real

Not theory. Projects on the ground, today.

3
Lagos courts in active development
88
Homes across the portfolio
₦16.5B
Gross development value
₦7.5B
Institutional facility, Shelter Afrique
Who We Choose

We don't take everyone.

The mark we grant puts our whole network's reputation in your hands. We choose partners the way we choose sites — carefully. We look for:

Locally rooted

You know the terrain, the people and the market in your city.

Leadership & charisma

You lead teams and hold a room — presence that moves people and projects.

A seller the community trusts

You move units and win the trust of the neighbourhood.

Passion for the built world

Building real estate and infrastructure is what genuinely drives you.

Street, emotional & knowledge intelligence

You read situations, people and numbers — the three intelligences a developer lives on.

A track record

You’ve built, sold or run something real — proof you finish what you start.

Integrity

You build to standard even when a shortcut is cheaper.

Able to buy in

You can make the partnership’s entry contribution.

Every applicant runs the full funnel — application, screening, a leadership-and-selling interview, due diligence and references — before an offer. The steps are below.

The Path

From application to your first project.

01

Apply

Tell us who you are, your city, your track record and your capacity.

02

Screening

We assess competence, leadership, integrity and local standing.

03

Assessment

Your leadership and selling ability, tested directly.

04

Due diligence

References, financial capacity and reputational checks.

05

Offer & buy-in

Partnership terms issued, and your stake secured.

06

Certify & onboard

Trained on the rails, assigned a liaison, and cleared to build.

Your Move

Your city is a blank canvas.
Come build it.

Confidential — reviewed personally by our partnerships team.
We respond to every application that fits the profile.
Open across African markets — starting from Lagos outward.
Apply to lead a project
Confidential. Reviewed personally by our partnerships team.

This begins a vetting conversation — not a transaction. We respond to those that fit.