Kimani works with founders, boards and executive teams on strategy, operating model design and investment readiness. We are also developing The Agora Fund for small businesses that are ready to grow.
Selected mandates
Strategy
Enterprise Open Banking strategy for a Tier-1 financial institution
Investment readiness
Venture building and capital readiness across a fintech portfolio
Strategy
Feasibility, business plan and five-year model for a multi-retailer fashion mall
01 Practices
Every engagement is resourced from a network of senior consultants drawn from leading advisory firms and blue-chip organisations.
Clarity on where to compete, how to win, and the value at stake.
Typical outputs
For boards and executive teams setting a three to five-year agenda.
An operating model that carries the strategy and holds its standard at scale.
Typical outputs
For organisations whose growth has outpaced their structure.
Enter the capital process prepared for scrutiny.
Typical outputs
For companies within twelve months of a capital raise.
02 Approach
Congruence of Organisation, Resources and Execution. Performance erodes when structure, resources and execution fall out of alignment. Each engagement begins by measuring that gap, and each recommendation is designed to close it.
The point at which strategy, people and capital move in the same direction. It is the condition investors look for.
Structure, decision rights and governance: who decides, and who is accountable.
People, capital, systems and data: what the strategy requires, and what the organisation already holds.
Processes, operating rhythm, KPIs and delivery: how commitments become results.
03 The platform
Kimani advises established companies directly. For owner-managed businesses, Scale with Deb teaches the fundamentals of structure, and The Agora Fund, now in development, is being shaped for those that reach Kimani's readiness standard.
Advisory
For established companies and institutions
Strategy, operating model design and investment readiness, delivered by a network of senior consultants.
Our practicesEducation
For owner-managed businesses
A quarterly live class, a weekly letter and practical programmes on the fundamentals of structure.
Discover Scale with DebCapital
Coming soon
An initiative in development for small businesses that reach the Kimani readiness standard.
Register interestThe small-business route
A new initiative for small businesses that have built the structure to grow.
In the ancient city, the agora was the open square where people traded and made decisions together. The Agora Fund takes its name from that idea. Details will be shared here when it launches.
Leave your details in the contact form, choosing The Agora Fund as your area of interest, and we will write to you when it launches.
Register interestThe Agora Fund is not yet open. Registering interest is not an application or an offer.
04 Leadership
Founder and Lead Consultant
Deborah brings over a decade of strategy and transformation experience across PwC, Coronation Group and Kimani. Her work spans enterprise strategy for financial institutions, venture building, operating model design and capital readiness.
Through Scale with Deb, Kimani's sister brand, she also teaches owner-managed businesses the fundamentals of structure.
Enduring institutions are built by design. Capital should reward the discipline that builds them.Connect on LinkedIn
05 Insights
Analysis and field notes on strategy, operations and capital, drawn from Kimani's mandates across Africa.
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Our sister brand
For owners of ₦20M to ₦50M businesses who are ready to build structure. A free live class every quarter, a weekly letter, and tools you can use the same day.
Next Scale Room
Saturday 14 November
7PM WAT · Live online · Free
How to structure a business that runs for two weeks without you. Taught by Deb Afuye.
06 Contact
Share a few details about your organisation and objectives. We will propose an appropriate first step, from an initial consultation to a full advisory engagement.
Office
No. 16, Adebayo Doherty, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos