Tamela - Customer success story

Industry: Investment Banking

"AI really makes the efficiency of the team even greater. It is really quite a refreshing way of working."

Unlocking opportunity in South Africa

South Africa presents a paradox familiar to anyone who has worked in its deal market: enormous opportunity alongside genuine complexity. For Tshepisho Makofane, Director and Head of Corporate Finance at Tamela Holdings, that tension is precisely what makes the work worth doing.

Tamela Holdings is a boutique investment bank in the truest sense — not merely an advisory firm, but a group with a debt fund, mezzanine financing capability and principal investments on balance sheet. Tshepisho leads the advisory side of the business, guiding clients through transactions that require both technical skill and a deep understanding of the South African market.

What grounds that work is conviction. South Africans, Tshepisho argues, are known globally for resilience and work ethic — qualities shaped by a history of overcoming significant challenges. At Tamela, those qualities define the culture. The team brings the skills and experience to help unlock what the country has to offer, and they intend to be there as those opportunities continue to emerge.

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Technology that keeps pace with ambition

For a boutique bank advising across sell-side and buy-side mandates, efficiency isn't a luxury — it's a competitive advantage. Tshepisho has seen the industry transform as technology has reduced the friction that once slowed transactions down, and Ansarada has been a meaningful part of that shift.

Managing access, tracking engagement, and running Q&A processes on both sides of a transaction used to create significant coordination overhead. With Ansarada, those workflows become structured and responsive — giving the team a clearer picture of where a process stands and what counterparties need, in real time.

"Ansarada certainly is one of those tools that has brought about enormous amounts of efficiency so far as running transactions is concerned," he says. "The analytics to manage who has access, to respond to questions — it just makes the interaction so much easier, up to date, modern, responsive."

AI that amplifies what a team can achieve

For a lean, high-performing advisory team, the impact of well-designed AI tools isn't abstract — it's felt in every process. Tshepisho has seen firsthand how Ansarada's AI capabilities extend what his team is able to accomplish, allowing them to move through transactions with greater speed and confidence.

Rather than replacing judgement, the platform's intelligence amplifies it — surfacing the information that matters, at the moment it's needed. For a boutique firm where every team member carries significant responsibility, that kind of leverage makes a real difference.

"AI really makes the efficiency of the team even greater," Tshepisho says. "It is really quite a refreshing way of working."