Evidence of what the work delivers.

Six engagements across FMCG, fintech, private equity, agribusiness, and telecommunications. Client-identifying details are generalized where required; every figure is drawn from the actual engagement.

Market Entry Intelligence

European FMCG Enters Kenyan Retail

FMCG / Consumer Goods·Kenya·10 weeks

Ground-level intelligence across 487 retail points prevented a $2M misallocation and reshaped a market entry strategy.

Break-even in Month 7 instead of Month 14 — Year 1 revenue 88% above the original plan.
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Data & Compliance Intelligence

Fintech Passes CBK DCP Audit

Digital Credit (Fintech)·Kenya·8 weeks

A digital lender with 1.2M borrowers faced license suspension. Eight weeks later: zero findings across all eight examination areas.

Zero CBK inspection findings — framework later referenced in the regulator's sector guidance.
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Competitive Intelligence & Deal Sourcing

PE Firm Maps East African Agribusiness

Private Equity·Kenya · Uganda · Tanzania · Ethiopia·14 weeks

Primary field intelligence identified 23 viable acquisition targets where desk research had found four.

$45M investment thesis validated — LOI negotiations within 90 days of report delivery.
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Policy & Regulatory Intelligence

Cross-Border Fintech Licensing

Cross-Border Payments·Kenya · Tanzania · Rwanda·14 weeks

Three simultaneous PSP license campaigns across three different regulatory regimes — run in parallel, not sequence.

Three PSP licenses in 14 weeks; $28M Series B closed on schedule with a 40% valuation uplift.
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ESG & Sustainability Intelligence

Agribusiness ESG Impact Measurement

NGO-Funded Agribusiness·Western Kenya·12 weeks

Replacing self-reported surveys with verified, audit-ready impact data for 3,400 smallholder farmers.

$3M follow-on funding secured and two commercial offtake agreements catalyzed.
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Market Intelligence & Product Strategy

Telco Rural Data Product Redesign

Telecommunications·Kenya & Uganda·8 weeks

94 ethnographic interviews uncovered a pricing-model mismatch that dashboards could not explain.

Rural data revenue up 34% in six months; 2.3M new rural subscribers.
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