Climate
Shade, cooling, water management, trees and biodiversity are designed into each place.
Green space · leisure · hospitality · culture
Building better places for growing African cities.
RF Group invests in, develops and operates public and private destinations that bring nature, hospitality, recreation, culture and commerce together.
01 About RF Group
Nature can be useful infrastructure.
African cities need more well-managed green, recreational and cultural destinations. RF Group connects environmental design with the commercial activity and operating discipline required to sustain those places over time.
Our platform owns brands, operating systems and shared capabilities across finance, people, marketing, procurement, horticulture, maintenance, project development and governance. Each business retains a focused team and operating model while drawing on the strength of the Group.
Our current focus is Lagos, with a longer-term ambition to expand selectively across Nigeria and other African cities through owned developments, partnerships, management agreements and licensing.
People
Recreation, wellness, culture and community make green infrastructure part of everyday life.
Commerce
Hospitality, events, retail and partnerships support professional long-term operations.
Stewardship
Design, operation and maintenance are planned as one continuous responsibility.
02 Our businesses
Specialist businesses.
A shared direction.
Each company has a clear role. Together they create a broader platform for shaping destinations and the experiences that bring them to life.
01
Landscape · horticulture · hospitality
RF Gardens
The Group’s established landscaping and hospitality business. RF Gardens designs, installs and maintains landscapes across Nigeria and owns The Garden, Ikoyi, a nature-led hospitality and social destination.
Currently operatingThe Garden, IkoyiLandscape & ProjectsPlants & FloralRF Academy
02
Plants · garden living · hospitality
Hakoora
A premium plant and garden-lifestyle destination combining plant retail, garden products, landscaping expertise, lifestyle retail and a garden bar.
Under development
03
Events · hospitality · cultural programming
Events & Culture
The Group’s platform for private events, corporate functions, exhibitions, performances and cultural programming within highly landscaped environments.
ARVORA — flagship venueLocation secured · Victoria IslandUnder developmentEvents & exhibitionsCultural programming
04
Urban green space · recreation · stewardship
RF Parks & Recreation
The Group’s platform for large-scale green and recreational spaces, combining landscape infrastructure with recreation, wellness, hospitality and community use.
03 Impact & sustainability
A connected impact thesis
Greener cities are lived, not simply landscaped.
RF Group designs environmental and social performance into each asset and plans to measure it alongside financial performance.
Our framework focuses on green and permeable space, tree canopy and shade, stormwater management, biodiversity, public use, employment and green skills. Figures will be published only after baselines and reporting methods are confirmed.
Nature-led cities
Landscape as a practical layer of resilient, liveable urban infrastructure.
Community life
Welcoming places that support connection, recreation and belonging.
Learning & capability
Horticultural knowledge, practical training and pathways into the green economy.
Long-term stewardship
Operating models that value care, continuity and the life of a place over time.
04 Projects & places
A new generation of greener public places.
The portfolio combines Group-led development with selected partnerships. Each place is described according to RF Group’s confirmed role and current development status.
VELIS Park
A new butterfly-inspired urban destination combining landscaped parkland with recreation, wellness, hospitality, retail and community activity.
MOP Commons
An under-development public-park initiative in which RF Group participates as a project partner.
Future Parks
A developing pipeline of greener public-realm and recreation opportunities.
05 Future verticals
Designed to grow deliberately
The platform can extend where place, experience and long-term value meet.
RF Property & Development
Future strategic vertical — scope and launch timing to be confirmed.
RF Hospitality
Future strategic vertical — scope and launch timing to be confirmed.
Strategic Investments
Future opportunities aligned with the group’s placemaking platform and long-term thesis.
06 Leadership
Leadership across enterprise, investment, technology and landscape operations.
RF Group combines founder-led placemaking experience with financial, entrepreneurial and operational leadership.
Founder & Group CEO
Tolu Olusoga
Founder of RF Gardens and The Garden, Ikoyi. Tolu leads RF Group’s strategy and the development of its connected green-space, hospitality and destination platform.
Co-Founder
Olaniyi Toluwalope
A finance and technology executive with experience across corporate finance, investment banking, financial strategy and the development of high-performance organisations.
Partner
Fikayo Durosinmi-Etti
An entrepreneur and technology executive with experience across technology, marketing, retail, hospitality and corporate real estate.
Operations Director
Richard Jones
A landscape operations leader focused on commercial maintenance, major urban green projects, irrigation and high-quality project delivery.
07 News & insights
Thinking about the future of African cities.
Perspectives on green infrastructure, long-term place operations, hospitality, recreation and culture will be published here.
Perspective
Why the life of a place begins after design
Editorial draft to be commissioned.
Field note
Nature as everyday urban infrastructure
Editorial draft to be commissioned.
Conversation
Culture, gathering and the memory of place
Editorial draft to be commissioned.
Partnerships & introductions
Let’s imagine what a place could become.
RF Group welcomes conversations with aligned investors, public-sector partners, developers, institutions, cultural collaborators and place-makers.