Lloyd Manokore
Founder
Lloyd Manokore is a frontier and emerging markets focused consultant with special emphasis on market access and targeted strategic business development in Middle East, Central and Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa. He has a deep knowledge of FDI flows into emerging markets in particular Africa as well as the operation of its trade corridors. He is resident Principal of the Dubai based, Emerging Africa Advisory Group LLC-FZ. Lloyd has firmly entrenched himself in co-locating his market access and business development expertise in the global business hub that UAE has become. He has created a very strong network of clients and industry peers that now allows him to cover wider markets such as Asia, CEE, LATAM. He has impeccable public sector and private sector contacts and networks. His work over the past 4 years has entailed deal origination, transaction support, market profiling and access, de-risking investment and trade flows through optimal corporate structuring. He has participated as panelist and moderator at major business conferences primarily in UAE and Africa. Lloyd is a serial entrepreneur in multiple sectors and founder of several businesses including Manokore Attorneys, a DLA Piper Africa(www.dlapiperafrica.com) affiliated award-winning and rated commercial law firm. This firm has become recognized as a specialist corporate advisor in its chosen markets. He steered the firm to be recognised consistently and endorsed by Chambers Global, IFLR1000 and was awarded African Law Firm of the Year (Small Practice Award) at the Africa Legal Awards 2018. He has deep and effective global business network. He possesses a comprehensive and practical commercial understanding of general business, trade and investment. He is experienced in the minerals and extractives sector, large cross border infrastructure including ports, rail and power. He has spearheaded and led transformative mandates to advise clients investing or trading in and out of Africa and other markets. He continues to curate solutions for clients especially in economic enabler sectors and has expanded his reach to cover UAE/GCC and Asia.
