Le Groupe KPO LLC

Opportunity Digest 1 (Feb 2024)

Legend: Revenue-ready:                   The asset or business is in operations and generating revenues Shovel- ready:                     All procurement, permits and license are completed and in-hand, construction started Procurement-ready:           All design and permit/license applications are completed Design-ready:                       Concept design, environmental studies, stakeholder engagement are completed Concept-ready:                    Feasibility and marketing studies are …

Opportunity Brief E – 17 July 2023

Legend: Revenue-ready:                   The asset or business is in operations and generating revenues Shovel- ready:                     All procurement, permits and license are completed and in-hand, construction started Procurement-ready:           All design and permit/license applications are completed Design-ready:                       Concept design, environmental studies, stakeholder engagement are completed Concept-ready:                    Feasibility and marketing studies are …

Opportunity Brief D – 16 June

Legend: Revenue-ready:                  The asset or business is in operations and generating revenues Shovel- ready:                     All procurement, permits and license are completed and in-hand, construction started Procurement-ready:          All design and permit/license applications are completed Design-ready:                     Concept design, environmental studies, stakeholder engagement are completed Concept-ready:                  Feasibility and marketing studies are completed New development:            Preliminary …

Opportunity Brief B – 28 May 2023

Legend: Shovel- ready:               All procurement, permits and license are completed and in-hand Procurement-ready:     All design and permit/license applications are completed Design-ready:                Concept design, environmental studies, stakeholder engagement are completed Concept-ready:              Feasibility and marketing studies are completed New development:       Preliminary economic assessment (PEA) and pre-feasibility study are completed 2238 United States …

Advisory

Investment certainty is significantly affected by the project’s ecosystem. The ecosystem is the space within which an asset is financed, constructed, and operated. The space is multidimensional and encompasses the physical and operational sphere, the geography, the territory, the political and regulatory landscape, the domestic supply chains and human capital, …

La Belle et la Bête

This article was originally published by the French periodical DIPLOMAT INVESTISSEMENT, Novembre-Décembre 2020, pp 53-55. In it, Mr. Keays develops the idea of project sovereignty further within the context of a project funded and delivered by foreign investors and contractors. Mr. Keays brings to light the fact that many emerging …

La souverainté de la richesse

This article was originally published by the French periodical DIPLOMAT INVESTISSEMENT, Novembre-Décembre 2020, pp 33-35. In it, Mr. Keays makes the argument that emerging economies cannot afford to revert back to the old colonial model of inviting rich foreigners to build projects as if they own the place. The better …

Of Projects and Men

From the monde to the mundaneWealth, in the broadest sense, is in large part generated by the successful operation of profitable assets.  Assets are so ubiquitous as to be invisible.  If you are sitting in a coffee shop right now, just take a look around you, starting with the space …