Financial Modelling
StratEcon provides project financial analysis to assess the commercial viability, funding requirements and risk profile of infrastructure and development projects. Our financial analyses are designed to support informed decision-making by project sponsors, investors, lenders and public-sector institutions across the full project lifecycle.

We develop integrated financial models that translate project assumptions into transparent cash-flow projections, enabling a clear assessment of profitability, affordability and bankability. Our approach focuses on the key drivers of financial performance, including capital expenditure, operating costs, revenue structures, financing terms, taxation and timing of cash flows.
Core outputs typically include detailed cash-flow statements, income statements and balance sheets, together with standard financial performance indicators such as Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate of Return (IRR), payback periods and debt service coverage ratios (DSCRs). Where relevant, we assess alternative funding and financing structures, including public-private partnerships, blended finance and grant-supported projects.
StratEcon places particular emphasis on risk and sensitivity analysis. We test project resilience under different demand, cost, price and financing scenarios, identifying key financial risks and thresholds that may affect project viability. This enables clients to understand downside exposure and to design appropriate mitigation strategies.
Our financial analysis is closely integrated with our economic feasibility and impact assessments, ensuring consistency between project-level financial outcomes and broader economic considerations. This integrated perspective is particularly valuable for public-sector and development-oriented projects, where financial sustainability and economic value must be assessed together.
StratEcon’s project financial analyses are independent, transparent and decision-focused, providing clients with a robust evidence base to support investment decisions, funding applications, negotiations with financiers and approvals by regulators and stakeholders.
Some of our Larger Projects and Clients are:
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Modelling the viability of Credit Guarantee Vehicles, to assess options for mobilizing private capital to finance South Africa’s municipal infrastructure (with DNA Economics for the World Bank)
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Reviewing the financial statements of the Saldanha Bay Municipality and their long term financial plans, for the development of the municipality's Integrated Development Plan (IDP) (for the Saldanha Bay Municipality)
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The financial feasibility analysis of new port infrastructure in Saldanha Bay (for Freeport Saldanha)
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Developing operating models to determine the profitability of new casino and gaming locations in the Western Cape (for the Western Cape Provincial Treasury)
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Development of a financial model to test the feasibility of the Western Cape Toll Roads (for SANRAL)
