How ACSS engages.
Every engagement applies the same method — six dimensions, read corridor by corridor — and resolves to something you can act on. Work is led by the principal directly; capacity is held deliberately narrow.
The engagement shapes
Corridor Diagnostics
A structured diagnostic of a target corridor or corridor set: how the rails layer, where liquidity sits and under what terms, where settlement breaks, and where regulatory exposure is concentrated. Produces a corridor risk map and settlement gap analysis.
You receive: corridor risk map + settlement gap analysis · Typical duration: 2–3 weeks
Market-Entry Determination
The core of the practice applied to a named entry decision: each candidate corridor assessed across the six dimensions of the method, resolved against your constraints. Produces a written go, no-go, or sequence recommendation you can act on.
You receive: written go / no-go / sequence determination · Typical duration: 2–4 weeks
Liquidity Stress Testing
FX stress and liquidity analysis under multi-jurisdiction pressure scenarios. Models how liquidity sources compress under stress, where settlement dependencies concentrate, and which corridors carry unpriced FX risk. Particularly relevant before corridor expansion or during regulatory transition.
You receive: liquidity stress model + FX exposure summary · Typical duration: 2–4 weeks
Treasury Architecture Advisory
Designing or auditing treasury and settlement architecture across corridors. Covers reserve management, FX hedging structure, settlement-lag accounting, and counterparty dependency mapping. Grounded in operator-side architecture work across multi-currency, multi-jurisdiction treasury operations.
You receive: architecture assessment + recommendation roadmap · Typical duration: 4–6 weeks
Reconciliation Rebuild
Diagnosing and rebuilding manual or broken reconciliation systems. Reconciliation failure is one of the least visible and most expensive operational problems in African corridor payments. Engagements address the points where cash mechanics diverge from the stated settlement model.
You receive: reconciliation gap assessment + rebuild specification · Typical duration: 3–6 weeks
Strategic Finance Retainer
Principal-level strategic-finance engagement for companies carrying material African corridor exposure. Monthly cadence covering treasury architecture maintenance, scenario planning, corridor intelligence integration, and board and IC analytical support — a fractional principal relationship, not embedded operational delivery.
Structure: 6-month minimum · monthly cadence · principal engagement
Structure
Engagements are scoped individually to the corridors and exposure involved. Pricing is not published: scope is discussed directly, against the decision you are facing. The research relationship — the CI-Brief series and the Corridor Intelligence letter — is open to anyone and can start immediately.
How it starts
Tell ACSS which decision you are facing and on which corridor or market. Most engagements begin with a diagnostic; the determination follows from what it finds.