WINTELLIGENCE

Strategic counsel for Africa's
most complex markets.

Wintelligence Management Consultancy is a Dubai-headquartered strategic advisory firm. We counsel companies and investors navigating the complexities of government regulation, and capital at the intersection of Africa and the Gulf.

Services

  • Institutional Navigation

    We map how government, regulatory and institutional systems actually work, and guide clients through them.

  • Regulatory Strategy

    Analysis of policy and regulatory developments, and counsel on what they mean for your business.

  • Sovereign Intelligence

    Briefings and reporting on fiscal policy, IMF programmes and sovereign developments.

  • Raising Capital in the Gulf

    Counsel on financing strategy, investor materials, and introductions to institutional and sovereign-linked investors across the GCC.

Representative matters

Client identities and identifying details are withheld.

  • Tax & regulatory reform, West Africa

    A Western multinational's tax setup no longer fit the region's rules. We made the economic case for reform and prepared its talks with government. The work closed with a revised framework and a structured settlement of its legacy liabilities.

  • Market access

    An international company needed government backing in several African markets. We mapped the key decision makers, prepared the senior meetings, and sent the company in with one clear strategy per country.

  • Capital raise, Gulf region

    A Western multinational raising capital in the Gulf. We built the financing strategy and investor materials, made introductions to institutional and sovereign-linked investors across the GCC, and successfully raised the funds.

Where we work

Based in Dubai, working across selected African markets through direct engagement and established professional networks.

  • Africa

    Markets and regional institutions across the continent

  • The Gulf

    Sovereign and institutional capital across the GCC

Highlighted: advisory coverage

    • Senegal
    • Côte d'Ivoire
    • Mali
    • Burkina Faso
    • Niger
    • Benin
    • Togo
    • Guinea-Bissau
    • Guinea
    • DRC
    • Republic of Congo
    • Cameroon
    • Kenya
    • Rwanda
    • Saudi Arabia
    • UAE
    • Qatar
  • WAEMU
  • Other Advisory Coverage

Leadership

The operations team and senior advisors who bring first-hand experience of the institutions, regulators and markets our clients engage with.

  • Wissal Errachidi

    Head of Operations

    Wissal Errachidi has led WINTELLIGENCE's operations since 2025. She runs engagement delivery across the firm, from project coordination and reporting to documentation and scheduling, keeping each mandate on time and within its agreed scope. She also serves as Chief of Staff at a principal investment platform, where she first began working in 2022. She holds a Master of Marketing from the University of Wollongong in Dubai and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing and Management from Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane. She works in Arabic and English, and also speaks French.

  • Abdoul Ly

    Senior Advisor, Regulatory Affairs & Digital Markets

    Abdoul Ly has shaped West Africa's digital economy from both sides of the regulatory table. As Director General of Senegal's telecommunications and postal regulator (ARTP) from 2019 to 2023, he led an authority of more than 250 staff. He opened the market to new entrants, including 4G for Expresso and the country's first independent tower operator, strengthened quality-of-service enforcement, and launched Senegal's 5G trials. He chaired FRATEL, the network of French-speaking telecom regulators, in 2021. Earlier, he founded ABM Technologies, co-founded the cybersecurity firm SAYTU and ran CFAO Technologies across nine Sahel countries. He advises WINTELLIGENCE on telecom and digital regulation and on market access in the digital sector.

  • Joseph Smallhoover

    Senior Advisor, International Law & Compliance

    Joseph Smallhoover brings forty years of cross-border legal practice to WINTELLIGENCE. Admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in 1980, the California Bar in 1983, and the Paris Bar in 1987, he was Managing Partner of Bryan Cave's Paris office from 2008 to 2014. Earlier, he led both the Paris and Frankfurt offices of another international firm. Most recently he acted, for more than three years, as Senior Counsel to Addleshaw Goddard, a leading London-based international firm.
    His practice centres on anti-corruption, compliance, financial regulation and international disputes. He has advised sovereign governments, including a French-speaking sub-Saharan country on the anti-corruption regulations of its Mining Code. He has taught corrupt practices in international commerce and international dispute resolution. He advises WINTELLIGENCE on international law, compliance and the legal architecture of cross-border engagements.

Code of conduct

WINTELLIGENCE operates under a strict code of conduct covering anti-corruption, lobbying-law compliance, transparency and sanctions. All work is performed in accordance with applicable law, including the FCPA and the UK Bribery Act.

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