Saga Advisory · Stavanger · Cape Town

    Saga Advisory — Norwegian Energy Technology in Africa.

    We hold exclusive agency rights from our principals and operate from Stavanger and Cape Town.

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    What we do

    What We Do

    Commercial representation for Norwegian technology principals in Africa.

    Saga Advisory is a business-development firm with exclusive agent rights for Norwegian oil, gas, infrastructure, and aquaculture technology companies in Africa. Advisory work supports those agencies; it is not the core product.

    Primary

    Exclusive agent rights

    We represent Norwegian technology companies on long-term, territory-exclusive commercial terms across Africa.

    Commercial execution

    Lead qualification, operator engagement, contract structuring, deployment support.

    Supporting

    Market intelligence

    A structured signal system across operators, regulators, tenders, and technology moves in 17 markets.

    Advisory

    Market entry, risk assessment, regulatory pathfinding — delivered where it supports principal technology deployment.

    Three audiences · One operating platform

    Who we build trust with.

    Saga only works because three groups find us credible at the same time — the Norwegian technology owners who grant us exclusive rights, the African operators and governments who deploy the technology, and the investors who underwrite the opportunity on both sides. The same intelligence system, relationships, and commercial discipline serve all three.

    Norwegian Service & Technology Companies

    Your commercial operation in Africa.

    If you hold technology or services that belong in African oil, gas, or critical infrastructure, Saga becomes your commercial operation on the continent. Engagements are exclusive, territory-defined, and accountable to deployment outcomes rather than activity.

    • Exclusive agent rights across defined territories
    • Operator qualification and commercial engagement
    • Contract structuring and deployment coordination
    • Regulatory and local-content pathfinding

    African Operators & Governments

    Direct access to proven Norwegian energy technology.

    Saga represents Norwegian technology tested in demanding offshore and industrial environments. When you engage with us you reach the principal, with commercial authority and deployment capability.

    • Precision reservoir access without hydraulic fracturing
    • Fibre-based monitoring for integrity and leak detection
    • Lower-emission gas processing and terminal solutions

    Oil & Gas Investors

    A bankable bridge between Norwegian technology and African upside.

    Saga executes the deal that converts technology IP and basin activity into contracted revenue, with governance, intelligence and market access in place from day one.

    • Curated Norwegian technology with offshore track record
    • Exclusive agency rights across 17 African markets
    • Co-investment and territory-partnership options

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    Blue Economy · Aquaculture

    From single facilities to national industries — built to Norwegian standards.

    Africa imports billions of dollars of fish protein annually while wild catch declines and urban demand accelerates. Saga has assembled a Norwegian operational partnership — anchored by Litus Aqua — capable of designing, financing, building and operating aquaculture industries at national scale.

    Onshore aquaculture (RAS & through-flow)

    Hatchery and grow-out design engineered to the water, climate and grid realities of African sites.

    Offshore aquaculture (cages & pens)

    Site selection, design, supply, install and operation of marine farming with Norwegian biosecurity discipline.

    Feeding systems & feed barges

    Advanced sea- and land-based feeding (with Fluctus) and feed-barge operations for offshore production.

    Environmental & sludge management

    Norwegian-designed sludge treatment that turns waste into commercial fertilizer or biogas.

    Industry-scale platform design

    Central hub plus distributed franchise / outgrower models under a single national quality standard.

    Trading, certification & export

    Quality control, certification and access to European, African and Asian buyer relationships.

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    Trade & Deal Making

    We structure transactions between Nordic capital and African counterparties.

    For cross-border industrial transactions between the Nordic region and Africa, the binding constraint is rarely capital or legal structure. It is operating credibility on both sides and access to the Nordic public-finance ecosystem. Saga closes that gap.

    Joint ventures & partnership structuring

    Nordic principal + African operator or government JVs, aligned with local content and host-country development objectives.

    Cross-border M&A & Investment Framework Agreements

    Buy-side and sell-side support, plus the multi-instrument IFA architecture used to anchor multi-decade industrial commitments.

    Technology licensing & exclusive distribution

    Deal terms and territory definitions for Nordic IP entering African markets — royalties, milestones, local-content compliance.

    Capital introductions & public-finance coordination

    Coordinated with Eksfin (formerly GIEK), Norfund, Swedfund, Norad, Innovation Norway and DFI partners (AfDB, IFC, DBSA, DEG, US DFC).

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    Our Principals

    The technology principals we represent.

    Saga represents a curated portfolio of Norwegian and international technology companies across Africa. Each engagement is exclusive, territory-defined, and accountable to commercial outcomes.

    Fishbones AS

    Norway · Exclusive African Partner

    Well stimulation & completion technology — precision reservoir access through micro-lateral design.

    Fishbones AS is a Norwegian oil well stimulation technology company. Saga Advisory holds exclusive commercial representation rights across 17 African countries — from Nigeria to Tanzania — covering upstream operators, service companies, and national oil companies.

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    Litus Aqua

    Norway · Aquaculture Principal

    Sustainable aquaculture — onshore & offshore seafood production systems, engineered end-to-end.

    Litus Aqua is a Norwegian aquaculture company that designs, builds, and operates onshore and offshore seafood production facilities, with advanced feeding systems delivered in collaboration with Fluctus Norway and dedicated waste-management and sludge-treatment solutions. Saga Advisory introduces Litus Aqua to African governments, development finance institutions, and private operators building food-security and blue-economy capacity.

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    How representation with Saga works

    01

    Territory-exclusive long-term agency rights

    Defined African markets, multi-year terms, single point of commercial accountability.

    02

    Structured opportunity cycles backed by the intelligence system

    Operators, regulators, tenders, and technology moves tracked continuously across 17 markets.

    03

    Commercial execution with regulatory & local-content pathfinding

    Lead qualification through contract close, with in-jurisdiction regulatory and content discipline.

    Country coverage

    Seventeen markets, one country at a time.

    Live · 17 markets · 5 signal classes

    The Saga Intelligence System.

    Continuous coverage across five signal classes in 17 African markets — synthesised from operator disclosures, regulatory publications, tender platforms, technical conferences, and our partner network in Angola, Nigeria, Mozambique and South Africa.

    Recent field signals available to qualified subscribers.

    Signal classes

    • REGULATORY

      Licensing rounds, fiscal frameworks, local-content rule changes.

    • TENDER

      Operator and NOC qualification windows, service prequalification.

    • OPERATOR

      Disclosures, project milestones, M&A and farm-in activity.

    • POLITICAL

      Ministry signals, governance shifts, security-relevant events.

    • TECHNOLOGY

      Field deployments, pilots, technology qualification at site.

    17 markets5 signal classesDaily updatesPrincipal-only access
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    Access for qualified principals, operators, and investors.

    Full system at info.saga-advisory.com — credentials issued after qualification.

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    How engagements begin

    Three ways to work with us.

    Discovery engagement

    Market entry & feasibility

    Fixed-fee discovery engagement that produces a written go/no-go.

    Retainer

    Tiered monthly retainer

    Continuous representation, intelligence access, operator engagement.

    Success fee

    Commission on closed contracts

    Aligned with deployment outcomes, not activity.

    Team

    The partners behind Saga.

    Geir Tellefsen — Managing Partner, Saga Advisory

    Geir Tellefsen

    Managing Partner

    Resident in Cape Town for over 20 years, Geir has built more than ten companies across Norwegian and African markets and raised significant capital from institutional investors for projects on both sides of the bridge. His core competence sits at the intersection of business development and diplomacy. He also serves as Norwegian Honorary Consul since 2017.

    Trond Kostveit — Partner, Network & Sales, Saga Advisory

    Trond Kostveit

    Partner, Network & Sales

    Former Norwegian trade diplomat with over 36 years of experience in Africa. Fluent in Norwegian, English, French and Portuguese, Trond has introduced new Norwegian industries and established joint ventures in countries including South Africa, Angola, DRC, Congo-Brazzaville, Gabon, Cameroon, Benin, Togo, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Egypt and Mozambique.

    Bjørn Kahrs — Partner, Technical, Saga Advisory

    Bjørn Kahrs

    Partner, Technical

    Former Regional Director at Norwegian Energy Partners (NORWEP) with responsibility for Africa, and more than 35 years in the offshore and energy sectors. Bjørn's background includes senior roles with Subsea 7, Randaberg Industries and DeepOcean, as well as serving as Mayor of Randaberg municipality. He has extensive experience in the UK, Egypt, Asia and Africa — particularly in marine operations, subsea intervention, decommissioning and P&A operations.

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    We respond personally to qualified enquiries within two business days — whether you represent a Norwegian principal, an African operator or government, or capital looking for a bankable execution layer.

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