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By Uche Usim
Optiva Capital Partners has unveiled plans to deepen its role in wealth creation, healthcare, women empowerment and the creative economy, as it seeks to position more Africans for global opportunities and long-term prosperity.
The Chairman of Optiva Capital Partners, Franklin Nechi, disclosed this during an interactive session with business editors, where he outlined the company’s vision of combining commercial success with social impact.
Nechi said Optiva is increasingly looking beyond investment migration services to create broader economic and social value across the continent.
According to him, the firm’s philosophy is rooted in the belief that profitability and purpose are mutually reinforcing.
“At Optiva, we do not see profit and purpose as competing priorities. They reinforce each other. Businesses that create access, opportunity and agency will define Africa’s future”, he said.
He noted that the company has invested significantly in healthcare initiatives, particularly in maternal and child healthcare, stressing that sustainable wealth cannot exist without healthy communities.
“Wealth without health is meaningless. If a family loses a mother or child to a preventable condition, no amount of financial success can compensate for that loss,” Nechi stated.
He explained that Optiva’s healthcare interventions are designed to improve access to quality medical services for vulnerable groups while helping to strengthen public confidence in healthcare delivery.
The company has also made women empowerment a major focus of its operations. Nechi revealed that women account for more than 70 per cent of Optiva’s workforce, with many occupying strategic leadership positions.
“It was intentional, but not for optics. It was for performance,” he said. “Women play a central role in investment decisions, family wealth planning, education and healthcare spending across Africa. Any company that ignores this reality is ignoring one of the continent’s most important economic shifts.”
He added that through its International Women’s Day initiatives and other empowerment programmes, the company is helping women entrepreneurs and professionals gain greater visibility and access to opportunities.
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Nechi further highlighted the growing importance of Africa’s creative economy, describing it as one of the continent’s most promising engines of growth.
“The creative economy is one of Africa’s strongest exports. It creates jobs, attracts investment and enables young Africans to earn globally while building wealth locally,” he said.
He noted that Optiva supports players in the creative sector by providing access to global markets, mobility opportunities and wealth-structuring solutions that enable them to preserve and expand their earnings.
While acknowledging the company’s reputation as a leading investment immigration firm, Nechi stressed that its mission extends beyond facilitating second citizenship and residency programmes.
“We do not simply sell passports or properties. We help Africans build the structures that allow them to operate confidently across borders, diversify assets, expand businesses and secure their families’ futures,” he said.
According to him, a growing number of African families and entrepreneurs are now embracing international education, business expansion and global asset diversification as pathways to long-term financial security.
“The conversation has changed. People are no longer asking whether they should leave. They are asking how they can participate everywhere,” Nechi observed.
Looking to the future, he said Africans who embrace global mobility, strategic investments and deliberate succession planning would be best positioned to thrive in an increasingly interconnected world.
“Africans who embrace global access control their mobility. Those who embrace smart investment control their capital. Those who plan strategically control their legacy,” he said.
He warned that individuals and businesses that fail to act quickly could miss emerging opportunities.
“The window of opportunity is open. The cost of waiting is increasingly higher than the cost of acting,” Nechi added.
He maintained that Optiva’s long-term objective is to help Africans build not just wealth, but also access, influence and enduring legacies, while contributing to economic transformation across the continent.
