About Us

Who We Are

Vision & Mission

Our Values

Where We Focus

Our Approach

Key Team Members

Our Key Partners

We are Summer Place Holdings

We offer a unique framework of knowledge, expertise, experience, human resources and communication channels.

Summer Place Holding (Pty) Limited (“SPH”) is a consulting and advisory company providing engineering, legal, contractual services and contract management in structured investment, project financing and EPC. We offer a unique framework of knowledge, expertise, experience, human resources and communication channels.

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SPH revolves around four thematic pillars of project financing, project consulting & advisory, project management and project inspection & auditing, all as summarized below:-

  • Negotiating project financing with the development financial institutions, international commercial banks, structured joint venture partnership (private/public) funding programs, sovereign wealth infrastructure funds and export credit/import financing agencies;
  • Preparation of the contract agreement, particular conditions of contract (including the financing arrangement), appendix to tender and schedule of guarantees and liquidated damages;
  • Supervising the work of a consulting engineer(s) to complete the employer’s requirements, time schedule and bill of quantities in a coherent and acceptable manner in partnership with local professionals in the relevant project jurisdiction place;
  • Negotiating and finalizing the EPCF contract(s) with EPC contractors;
  • Supporting clients to obtain the required permissions and approvals from all concerned governmental authorities or authorities where applicable;
Highly experienced. Highly skilled

Our expertise will help you deliver your next project.

SPH brings the cumulative skills, scale, and financial backing that you expect of a large professional services firm, together with the level of personal attention, innovation, and entrepreneurship you expect at a small consultancy. We understand what success looks like in our clients’ eyes and work closely from strategy to implementation to ensure your desired outcomes are achieved.

Consulting & Advisory
100 years
Procurement & Project Management
90 years
Investments & Banking
120 years
Finance & Management
100 years
ICT Services
30 years

Vision & Mission

Vision
SPH aspires to help enhance the standard of living of all peoples in Africa by working with EPC customers to modernize and build significant infrastructure projects across the continent.

Mission
To become one of the largest and most esteemed companies providing Consulting and Advisory services to clients for investments in infrastructure projects in Africa.

Our Values

To fulfil our vision, we base our consulting and advisory activities on the following core values:

- Commitment to customer satisfaction
- Commitment to employee satisfaction
- Professional integrity
- Embrace diversity
- Continuous innovation
- Pride in organization
- Contribution to the well-being of the society
- Contribution to the preservation of the environment

Where We Focus

SPH’s Focus areas revolves around key industry verticals mainly:

- Public Transportations and Airports
- Marine Structures and Seaports
- Large Dams and Water Management
- Oil & Gas Industries
- Drainage Networks and Pipelines
- Power & Energy
- Largescale Mining
- Industrial based Agriculture Projects

Our Approach

SPH works alongside their client and other technical and professional project consultants throughout the project funding process. Our team is highly experienced in the negotiation of project contracts, financial modelling and government negotiations. We offer a full service advisory approach to get the right deal, and get it closed within the shortest time possible.

Key Team Members

Chairman’s Forward

Welcome and thank you for your interest in Summer Place Holdings (Popularly known as “SPH“). SPH is a consulting and advisory company combining project financing and EPC (engineering, project and contractual management) capabilities focused on major infrastructure projects across Africa. SPH deploys a unique framework of knowledge, expertise, experience, human resources and communication channels to effectively originate and deliver very large scale projects.

At SPH, we are committed to Africa’s key infrastructure development as an accelerator for the growth of Africa’s economy with the aim of enriching the livelihoods of Africans. SPH has capabilities in a number of industries including: Public Transportation and Airports, Marin Structures and Seaports, Large Dams and Water Management, Oil & Gas Industries, Drainage Networks and Pipeline, Power & Energy, Largescale Mining and Industrial based Agriculture infrastructure programs We remain committed to the Africa Union Agenda 2063 of Pan-Africanism and African Renaissance as a pillar of our socio-economic and political transformation; -‘The Africa We Want’ Infrastructure development is a key component of this transformation effort.

SPH works alongside infrastructure project promoters and other technical and professional project consultants and throughout the entire project funding process from start to finish. We have put in place a formidable culturally diverse team who is highly experienced in all ancillary issues relating to project financing, such as the negotiation of project contracts, financial modelling and government negotiations. We are striving to be considered one of the most prominent African EPC+F companies with continental and global experience. Our network of engineers, architects, planners, finance & investments experts, project managers and directors collaborate to improve the economic and social environment of the communities in which we operate.

With great pleasure, I present to you the company’s corporate information, which I believe speaks of our commitment to exceeding clients’ and stakeholders’ expectations. I wish to also convey our sincere gratitude to our existing clients, professional technical partners, development funding institutions & banks and stakeholders. From the bottom of our hearts, we thank you for your continuing support, and we look forward to furthering meaningful working opportunities together.

Amb. Muzungu Diakolo Docta,
Country Director DRC and Chairman
SPH

The Expertise Portfolio

Our network of engineers, architects, planners, finance and investments experts, project managers and directors collaborate to improve the economic and social environment of the communities in which we operate. We provide multi-disciplinary services covering the full life cycle of projects including: structured financing experts and analysts; water and power plants, treatment plants, mines, oil & gas, town & city planning, buildings, farming, roads, transportation, marine structures and seaports.

Our Strategic Partners

SPH has access to an extensive financial network of partner investors, ranging from institutional investors, Private banks, family offices, and High net worth individuals. Other industry strategic partners cut across the various industry sectors that complement our objectives.