Optiva Capital Targets $5bn Diaspora Investment, Launches DIDI

Eromosele Abiodun

In line with its philosophy to protect, grow, enhance, and optimise wealth for discerning investors, leading investment immigration wealth management company, Optiva Capital Partners Limited has launched a new product, named, Diaspora Investor Direct Investment (DIDI)

Announcing the introduction of the unique product at a thank you dinner with select business editors, the Chairman of Optiva Capital Partners, Mr. Franklin Nechi, stated that the Diaspora Investor Direct Investment is, “our unique product to attract diaspora funds and investments into the country. The objective is to stand in the gap for Nigerians in the diaspora who seek to remit funds home for investment purposes because most of them are afraid of losing their funds to unscrupulous persons or agents, so we bridge that gap.”

According to him, Nigeria diaspora funds is ranked amongst the top five globally, estimated at about $100billion per annum, and “our target is to use the Optiva Capital structure, infrastructure, and wealth management skills to get 5 per cent channelled into productive investments that will yield good returns at home for Nigerians in the diaspora.”

On the modalities for implementation, Nechi explained that first, you have to get Nigerians who, “seek to build homes to send their money so that we help them bridge the gap of trust and dishonest third parties. We help the diasporans to create an enabling environment that will ensure that they track the progress of their sundry investments. With DIDI we shall help investors manage the risks associated with repatriation of funds back to the country for sundry investments ranging from property development, farms, to cottage factories.”

He reiterated that the company has already created structures that will help Nigerians in the diaspora to manage businesses back home end to end, “including setting of farms, and for each project or investment that every diasporan wishes to make, Optiva Capital Partners shall help in the land acquisition, proper registration of titles, and eventual setting up of the business.”

Optiva Capital, he added, offers an opportunity for safety of funds and investments, and as such the DIDI is intended to bring into the country about $5 billion in investments.

Nechi emphasised that the company’s primary objective is effective service delivery through its bespoke end to end service delivery by taking ownership of every relationship as it works hard to provide premium investment immigration and investment services to its discerning clientele.

Nechi stated that the recent launch of Optiva Capital Partners investment services is in keeping with the company philosophy.

He said, “our investment services is the culmination of a journey of preparation, of products, of services, of solutions that our clients do need, on protecting their wealth, building their wealth, getting a return on investment, enhancing their wealth, making sure their wealth is invested in currencies, in geographies, in different asset classes. We are finally saying that our clients’ wealth is working for them, that it is well optimized.”

He also announced that in the just ended year, Optiva Capital Partners signed a national partnership agreement with Polaris Bank Limited, a diversified national bank.

He re-affirmed that some of the partnerships with strong and well recognized reputable institutions that have enabled its clients to explore boundless global opportunities include; Stuart Financial with headquarters in Montreal, Canada; Green and Spiegel, Canada; Heng Sheng Group; Range Developments; and Anchor Capital. Others are AIL, an international insurance group; TIW Capital Group; and CTP in Tampa, Florida, USA.