ECAHLI — Real Ground. Real Returns. A Legacy Built to Last.

Institutional Development Platform

Real ground. Real returns. A legacy built to outlive the deal.

ECAHLI converts underdeveloped land into fully governed, revenue-generating communities — freehold assets, audited fee structures, and a 50-year mandate institutional capital can stand behind.

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Not a pitch. A position.

Five nations are in active discussion to host ECAHLI's next flagship. The seats at this table are limited by design, not by demand — because governance, not growth, is the constraint we protect.

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Strategic Base & Vision

Nairobi: the coordinates of Africa's next fifty years.

Every serious platform needs a center of gravity. ECAHLI operates from Nairobi — Africa's leading financial and institutional hub — not as a flag on a map, but as the operating base from which DFIs are engaged, capital is coordinated, and a 110+ development pipeline is executed on the ground.

This is where global capital meets African opportunity on African terms: African leadership, African capital relationships, African market knowledge.

01
Institutional Relationships
Direct lines to DFIs, African development banks, and government partners across the continent.
02
Operational Execution
Zerik Security, logistics networks, and pan-African partnerships coordinated in-region, not from abroad.
03
Capital Gateway
The point where institutional investors connect to verified, deployable development opportunity.

ECAHLI African flagship development, aerial view

Kisumu Flagship — Aerial Survey

Institutional Foundation

Governed for confidence. Built for legacy.

We are not a startup chasing attention. ECAHLI is a development platform engineered to still be standing — and still performing — in fifty years. Every structural choice below exists to protect that timeline.

01 / Structure

Dutch Stichting

A foundation structure built for long-term institutional governance, transparency, and stakeholder protection — the credibility register DFIs and governments require.

02 / Oversight

Board-Driven Strategy

Governed by named Founding Directors and strategic global partners. Board seats represent capital commitment and aligned long-term vision, not honorary titles.

03 / Economics

Transparent Fee Architecture

Pre-Development Fees, Steward Founding Fees, and annual participation tied to operational performance. Every stakeholder knows their return before they commit.

04 / Validation

Institutional Partnerships

Engagement with DFIs and African development banks that represents validation of the model — not marketing relationships.

Core Platform

Integrated ecosystems, not isolated projects.

An ECAHLI Node is a complete economic ecosystem — housing, livelihoods, healthcare, education, food security, and energy, engineered to reinforce one another rather than operate as separate line items.

HOUSING

Premium Housing

450+ homes per flagship node — affordable, modern, and built for families to accumulate generational wealth.

LIVELIHOODS

Integrated Livelihoods

1,975+ jobs per flagship across agriculture, hospitality, healthcare, energy, and education.

HEALTH

Healthcare Infrastructure

On-site medical facilities serving 15,000+ patients annually — preventive, emergency, and community care.

SKILLS

Education & TVET

200+ vocational students per node, building the technical capacity each Node needs to run itself.

AGRICULTURE

Regenerative Agriculture

280+ formal farmers on certified, circular supply chains — food security and export income in one system.

ENERGY

Renewable Energy & Water

Off-grid power, water purification, and waste management — every Node operates sustainably and independently.

Live · Kenya Malindi Beach Resort Ecosystem aerial view

Signature Coastal Development

Malindi Beach Resort Ecosystem

42 acres freehold on Kenya's Indian Ocean coast. Luxury hospitality, integrated housing, full healthcare, and regenerative agriculture — the same institutional rigor applied to inland flagships, proven at the coast.

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$78.5M

Total CapEx

26.2%

Equity IRR

$77M

Yr 5 Revenue

420+

Direct Jobs

Active Portfolio

Current developments & strategic pipeline.

Multiple geographies, active deployments, and institutional partnerships creating deployable opportunity today — not a roadmap of intentions.

🇰🇪 Kenya

Tsavo Eco-Reserve Ecosystem

Flagship LiveLab combining luxury residences, healthcare, regenerative agriculture, and conservation. Deployment begins 2026.

🇰🇪 Kenya

Tiwi Eco-Beach Resort Ecosystem

Premium 25-acre beachfront freehold combining eco-resort hospitality, residential villas, and marine conservation.

🌍 Africa

African Flagship Development

450-hectare anchor for the continental network. Seven integrated zones; five nations in active deployment discussions.

🏗️ Platform Regional Node Network housing

Regional Node Network

50 scalable nodes across East, West, and Southern Africa — the flagship model standardized for faster execution.

Proven Leadership

Board-level governance. Serious commitment.

ECAHLI is governed by leaders with deep African experience, international capital relationships, and institutional credibility — publicly named, not held at arm's length.

Petrus Van Der Merwe

Founder & Lifelong Chair

Author of "What Silence Builds." 25+ years building sustainable communities across Africa, Latin America, and Europe.

Lyeon Kowido

Director & Head of African Developments

CEO of Zerik Security LLC. Cross-sector expertise in security, energy, investment, and pan-African enterprise.

Avery Byron Lillard

Founding Director, Global Operations

US-based operations director managing supply chain, logistics, and international partnerships across ECAHLI's footprint.

The Opportunity

Join ECAHLI. Build the platforms Africa's next fifty years will stand on.

ECAHLI is seeking institutional investors, strategic collaborators, and aligned leaders ready to build at scale. Board seats are limited. Early-stage positions are limited further still.

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