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Practitioners

Our practitioners have built the capabilities they help you build

Operators, former executives, diaspora professionals and specialists who understand the markets our clients operate in.

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How we select

Every practitioner meets four standards

We introduce a practitioner to a client only when all four are true.

  1. 01

    They have built it

    Each practitioner has built, run or scaled the capability they lead.

  2. 02

    They know the context

    They have worked in African markets, or have a proven understanding of them.

  3. 03

    They can transfer it

    They have developed the capability in other people, beyond doing the work themselves.

  4. 04

    They are referenced

    We verify their experience with people who have worked alongside them.

The network

The practitioners who lead our work

Each one has built the capability they lead, in markets like yours.

Adaeze Okafor, Former Chief Operating Officer, a pan-African payments company

Adaeze Okafor

Former Chief Operating Officer, a pan-African payments company

1 → 6 countries launched

Built the operating model that took a payments business from one country to six, and from 80 to 650 people, while keeping regulators on side.

OperationsCross-border expansion
Nigeria · Ghana · Kenya
Kwame Mensah, Former Group Managing Director, a West African logistics group

Kwame Mensah

Former Group Managing Director, a West African logistics group

3× revenue in five years

Led the turnaround of a family-owned logistics group, rebuilt its leadership team and set up the board committees it needed to raise growth capital.

LeadershipGovernance
Ghana · Côte d’Ivoire · Nigeria
Wanjiru Kamau, Former Head of Data and Analytics, an East African bank

Wanjiru Kamau

Former Head of Data and Analytics, an East African bank

120 branches on one report

Built a data team from scratch and put trusted weekly reporting in front of every branch manager across a network of 120 branches.

Data analyticsRisk management
Kenya · Rwanda · Uganda

The network is growing every month

We introduce the practitioner who fits your diagnosis, from across the network.

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Pass on what you have built to the next generation of organizations

We are looking for operators and executives who have built capabilities inside organizations and can help others build them.

  1. 1

    We review your application

    We read every application against our four standards.

  2. 2

    We speak with you

    A conversation about your experience and the work you want to do.

  3. 3

    We take references

    We speak with people who have worked alongside you.

  4. 4

    We introduce you

    When an engagement or program fits your experience, we introduce you to the client.

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It takes about five minutes.

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Areas you could lead (optional)

Two or three sentences, including the size of the organization and what changed.

We review every application.