Real ground. Real governance. A legacy built to outlast the deal.
ECAHLI converts underdeveloped land into fully governed, revenue-generating communities — freehold assets, transparent structures, and a model designed to compound as each node proves out.
ECAHLI is built as a 6-Node Program — a deliberately staged pipeline, not a race to scale. Governance and land integrity come first; growth follows what's already proven.
Diversified revenue. Asset-backed land. A replicable model.
Governments, DFIs, corporates and funds engaging with a governed, staged development platform.
View the Platform →A movement for a healthier, more sustainable future.
Individuals, families and professionals ready to build a different way of living, together.
Join the Movement →Figures reflect ECAHLI's internal financial modelling per node, not audited or consolidated results. Full models available to qualified investors on request.
Three destinations. One vision for Africa.
ECAHLI's flagship portfolio anchors our brand — each a distinct, investment-ready destination built on the same institutional discipline and sustainability standard.
Tsavo, KenyaTsavo Eco Reserve
100 hectares combining luxury safari-grade wildlife access, wellness retreat living, and private aviation infrastructure — ECAHLI's premier Live Lab for the complete community model. In active development.
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Tiwi Bay Eco Resort, Residences & Wellness Retreat
25 acres of beachfront combining eco-resort hospitality, private residences, and wellness retreat programming on Kenya's south coast. In active development.
Explore Tiwi Bay →
Malindi Ngomeni Eco Coast
74 acres of freehold coastline anchoring eco-residential living, a working marina, and blue-economy enterprise. In active development; full financial model currently being finalised.
Explore Malindi Ngomeni →Two bases, one platform.
ECAHLI operates from two real centers of gravity. Asunción, Paraguay is our global HQ, where the Founder & CEO is based and where the ECAHLI Foundation is being established. A Nairobi HQ is currently being set up as our dedicated Africa regional base — the point where East African government relationships, DFI engagement, and on-the-ground execution are coordinated.
This is deliberate, not accidental: a platform built across Africa and Latin America needs real presence in both regions, not a single distant headquarters.
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Asunción — Global HQ
Foundation governance, executive leadership, and Latin American development coordinated from the CEO's base.
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Nairobi — Africa Regional HQ (in setup)
Institutional relationships, operational execution, and the Kenyan node pipeline coordinated in-region.
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Capital Gateway
The point where institutional investors connect to verified, deployable development opportunity in either region.
Governed for confidence. Built for legacy.
We are not a startup chasing attention. ECAHLI is a development platform engineered for the long term. Every structural choice below exists to protect that timeline.
Dutch Stichting
Currently in the process of registration — a foundation structure built for long-term institutional governance, transparency, and stakeholder protection.
Board-Driven Strategy
Governed by named Founding Directors and a 7-seat Board with defined reserved matters — not honorary titles. See Governance & Global Structure for the full detail.
Transparent Fee Architecture
A defined fee structure and annual participation tied to operational performance, disclosed to every stakeholder before commitment.
Institutional Partnerships
Active, deepening engagement with DFIs and African development banks over recent months — a real, ongoing relationship, not a marketing one.
What could go wrong, and how it's managed.
Institutional partners expect this section, not a highlight reel. Every stage-appropriate risk we're aware of, stated plainly.
Staged land security
Land status differs by node — some flagships hold secured freehold (e.g. Brazil's 250 ha), others are in active negotiation. No node is represented as fully secured until title is confirmed.
Jurisdictional complexity
Each country carries its own permitting, tax and land-use regime. Brazil in particular involves more complex legislation and infrastructure requirements than our Kenyan nodes — timelines are staged accordingly, not assumed.
Staged, not parallel, rollout
The 6-Node Program is deliberately sequenced. Later nodes draw on lessons and governance from earlier ones rather than launching simultaneously.
Modelled, versioned, disclosed
Every figure on this site is drawn from a specific, versioned financial model and labelled as such. Superseded figures are retired, not left in circulation.
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.
Premium Housing
Modelled per flagship node — affordable, modern homes designed to help families build lasting equity. Figures vary by node; see individual project pages.
Integrated Livelihoods
Modelled jobs per flagship across agriculture, hospitality, healthcare, energy, and education — see each node's dashboard for current figures.
Healthcare Infrastructure
On-site medical facilities designed for preventive, emergency, and community care at each node.
Education & TVET
Vocational training built into each node, developing the technical capacity each community needs to run itself.
Regenerative Agriculture
Certified, circular supply chains — food security and export income designed into one system.
Renewable Energy & Water
Off-grid power, water purification, and waste management — every node designed to operate sustainably and independently.
The wider network & pipeline.
The continental anchor and the staged replication model behind the three flagships above — plus ECAHLI's presence in Latin America and early-stage engagement further afield.
Kisumu African Flagship
In planning. Verified financial model (v30): Y5 revenue $42.8M, 41.5% EBITDA margin, 395 direct jobs at Year 5.
Brazil Flagship Development
250 hectares secured in Goiás State (a further 100 hectares in negotiation). Development commencing Q3 2027. 8 revenue zones, a modelled 68% EBITDA margin.
Paraguay 2025
ECAHLI's founding node concept. Development commencing Q2 2027.
The 6-Node Program
ECAHLI's staged replication model — a defined, governed pipeline rather than an open-ended rollout. Early-stage concept work is underway with partners in additional regions, disclosed individually as it matures.
Recognised by independent bodies.
ECAHLI's model has been independently recognised across three separate awards programs.
Self-Sustainable Community Winner
Acquisition International
Innovative Community Project of the Year
CorporateLiveWire Global Awards
Non-Profit Organisation Award
Independent recognition
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 & CEO, ECAHLI Global HoldingsAuthor of "What Silence Builds." Building sustainable communities across Africa, Latin America, and beyond.
Lyeon Kowido
Director & Head of African DevelopmentsPresident of Zerik Security LLC. Cross-sector expertise in security, energy, investment, and pan-African enterprise.
Avery Byron Lillard
Vice Chairman & COOUS-based operations director managing supply chain, logistics, and international partnerships across ECAHLI's footprint.
Housing, work, and community — redesigned for the world we actually live in.
Costs outpace wages. Automation displaces work faster than new work appears. Rural land sits idle while people go without homes. ECAHLI exists because that isn't a set of separate problems — it's one system, and it needs one answer.
Every ECAHLI community is built to hold housing, work, food, energy and care together in one place — designed to regenerate the land it stands on, not extract from it. This is the same model that makes ECAHLI investable; here, it's the human case for why it matters.
Housing with dignity
Stable, healthy homes people can build equity in — not the cheapest shelter available.
Work with meaning
Skills and pride, not just a wage — tied directly to what the community needs.
Rural regeneration
Underused land and overlooked talent, rebuilt as the foundation of a local economy.
Community over isolation
Local networks that care for elders, children, and the people conventional systems leave behind.
Build the platform. Join the movement.
ECAHLI is seeking institutional investors, strategic collaborators, and aligned leaders ready to build a replicable model, one governed node at a time.
