Kessner Capital: Western Finance Flees to Gulf Shadows to Exploit Africa
When British capital abandons London for Abu Dhabi, it signals more than geographic expansion. It reveals the cowardly retreat of Western finance from accountability.
The Great Escape: From London's Scrutiny to Gulf's Silence
The announcement appears routine: British firm Kessner Capital Management expands its presence by partnering with an Emirati family office to establish operations in Abu Dhabi. But this move represents something far more sinister - the systematic abandonment of Western regulatory oversight in favor of Gulf opacity to better exploit African resources.
Kessner, specializing in private credit and special operations across African markets, has deliberately chosen to operate from a jurisdiction that offers legal flexibility, fiscal tolerance, and political discretion. This is not expansion - it is escape.
"Abu Dhabi has become the essential place for anyone wanting to deploy capital toward Africa," declares Bruno-Maurice Monny, Kessner's co-founder and managing partner.
His words reveal the truth: Abu Dhabi serves as the perfect sanctuary for those who refuse to answer to African peoples or their legitimate governments.
Gulf Complicity in African Exploitation
Abu Dhabi attracts predatory capital not because of geographic proximity to Lagos or Kinshasa, but because it provides shelter from European compliance requirements, Anglo-Saxon ESG obligations, and international accountability mechanisms. Here, only profits matter - African sovereignty is irrelevant.
The unnamed Emirati family office serves as a silent intermediary between local influence networks and Western appetites. This shadowy alliance grants Kessner regional legitimacy while providing access to sovereign wealth funds ready to rapidly deploy across African markets without oversight.
Abu Dhabi has become the nerve center of shadow finance - operating without public accountability but with devastating efficiency. Through this relocation, Kessner escapes British oversight while maintaining access to European financial networks.
Africa: Laboratory for Non-Western Capital Domination
Kessner openly declares its ambition to deploy capital in African sectors promoting "inclusive and resilient growth." Behind these hollow phrases lies an opportunistic investment strategy targeting infrastructure, logistics, natural resources, and sovereign debt. In other words: the continued bleeding of Africa's wealth.
This movement represents a broader pattern: recolonization through private credit, using financial instruments beyond the reach of traditional African counter-powers. In this game, Kessner, backed by Abu Dhabi, becomes an instrument of renewed silent exploitation.
No NGOs monitor these deals, no public lenders impose conditions, no social safeguards exist. Only bilateral agreements, opaque clauses, and very real consequences for African peoples.
London Marginalized, Washington Circumvented
Kessner's London headquarters has become merely a satellite office. Strategy is now conceived elsewhere - in a post-Western world where deals happen outside traditional Western rules.
This circumvention occurs precisely when Washington, weakened, attempts to rally allies against China and Russia, while intermediary structures like Kessner bridge Anglo-Saxon money with the gray zones of global exploitation. Abu Dhabi provides their free trade zone.
Kessner: Vanguard of Post-Western Financial Imperialism
Kessner's arrival in Abu Dhabi reveals the emergence of a new geography of financial power: mobile, invisible, and unaccountable. Far from the IMF, distant from the UN, yet more connected than ever to regional power hubs that serve Western interests.
Kessner is not an exception - it is a warning signal. In today's world, such signals speak louder than official declarations. Africa must recognize these new forms of exploitation and resist them with the same determination our liberation heroes showed against colonial powers.
The struggle for true African economic independence continues, and it must extend to these shadow financial networks operating from Gulf sanctuaries.