OUR VISION

To enable a growing number of people in Africa to bridge the housing affordability gap and step onto the homeownership ladder.


Making Homeownership Affordable

Chartwell is an experienced financial services and advisory company that is dedicated to making homeownership affordable.

Over the years, we have built a reputation for offering innovative project and end-user finance solutions that offer solid financial returns and help make a positive difference in people’s lives. Our client base includes large employer groups, financial institutions and developers across Africa, who are looking for an advisor and a partner that can assist them in seizing the opportunities that Africa’s vibrant housing development and finance markets present.

Our team has grown rapidly in recent years and now comprises over 20 people, across offices in Johannesburg and Cape Town, who are ready to go wherever clients request our support.

The Dutch development bank, FMO, is a strategic equity partner in Chartwell.


Our Values

Our company is defined by the values we embrace:

Pathfinding Passion – We are passionately committed to making a real and sustainable difference by being at the forefront of new markets and disruptively innovating solutions that are tailored to your needs.

Long-term Relationships – We invest in long-term relationships so that we do not just work for you, but with you.

Value-added Service – We aim to deliver products and services with a unique value proposition and approach all opportunities with integrity and the highest degree of professionalism.


Our Approach

At Chartwell we believe in the power of disruptive innovation to shift the traditional boundaries of housing finance and development and to deliver cutting-edge solutions.

Through disruptive innovation we seek to introduce old products to new markets and new products to old markets, to open up housing market to new segments of the population.

Please refer to the work of Clayton Christensen at the Harvard Business School to read more about disruptive innovation.