The Work

Building what comes next.

Mandy builds institutions around problems too important and complex to solve alone.

Four platforms. One thesis: the distance between ambition and meaningful scale is created by missing infrastructure — capital, networks, markets, expertise, institutions and partnerships.

Mandy Nyarko on stage with fellow speakers

01

Salt & Earth

Building the infrastructure for a just transition.

Salt & Earth is a consortium of companies and investment platforms working to accelerate a more sustainable and inclusive economy. It brings together entrepreneurship, investment, innovation and strategic partnerships to build the infrastructure required for the transition.

Mandy — Founder & Group CEO

02

Sahara Impact Ventures

Building Africa's climate capital infrastructure.

Sahara Impact Ventures is a climate and gender-lens investment platform focused on high-growth businesses across Africa. Its work connects entrepreneurial ambition with the institutional capital and infrastructure required to scale solutions across agriculture, energy, health, connectivity and financial inclusion.

Mandy — Co-founder & Managing Partner

03

Future Impact Ventures

Backing the businesses shaping a more sustainable economy.

Future Impact Ventures is a UK venture platform investing in businesses developing solutions for the sustainable transition, bringing investment, ecosystem building and strategic partnerships together.

Mandy — Founding Partner

04

Startup Discovery

Building the infrastructure between an idea and its impact.

Startup Discovery is an innovation infrastructure platform working across the UK, Africa and Asia. It connects entrepreneurs with capital, expertise, partnerships and markets — helping ambitious businesses move from potential to scale. Find the innovators. Build the infrastructure. Help them scale.

Mandy — Founder & Visionary

Selected Work

From ideas to institutions.

Not a list of roles — a record of what has been built. Each case study follows the same arc.

Challenge

Mandy's role

What was built

Partners & institutions

Scale & outcomes

What it enabled next

01

Building a climate investment platform in Africa

Full case study coming soon

02

Designing innovation infrastructure across global markets

Full case study coming soon

03

Building entrepreneurial ecosystems across the UK, Africa and Asia

Full case study coming soon

04

Mobilising capital for climate and inclusive growth

Full case study coming soon

05

Building platforms that connect entrepreneurs, institutions and markets

Full case study coming soon

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