Shakur Olla is the Executive Chairman of AGI Capital, a Level 1 B-BBEE on-balance sheet private equity investor with a long-term outlook. AGI has no pre-defined exit periods and offers funding solutions for BEE investments, management buy outs or buy ins, leverage buy outs or buy ins, growth capital and replacement capital.Shakur is a businessman and entrepreneur with more than 30 years of experience in managing family-owned businesses and commercial income properties. He has during this time successfully founded and managed a number of businesses in Cape Town, South Africa, New York City, Los Angeles and San Francisco in the USA. He is intimately familiar with the opportunities, threats and challenges often faced by medium sized businesses and knows how to navigate through them and ultimately build more resilient businesses.