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Nairobi, Kenya

Nairobi, Kenya

Nairobi, Kenya

Negotiated a USD 51m, 15-year guarantee with MIGA. This is the first MIGA guarantee to a private company based in the DRC. Additional information is available on this link: http://wrld.bg/pGoP50QfHx6

Nairobi, Kenya

Researched the market entry strategy for a leading sanitation company in Kenya looking to expand across five countries in Africa; including developing a volume mapping model to analyze supply and demand-side economics, and leading consultations with market stakeholders across each country evaluated.Collaborated with a leading Kenyan agroforestry company to research and operationalize a bespoke felling mechanization system as well as design the unit economics and investment appraisal models associated with the new system.

Nairobi, Kenya

Oversaw and executed the financial and legal structuring, investor discussions, and listing of the KSh 3 billion Centum Real Estate Corporate Bond raise.Business valuations, financial modeling, transaction origination, structuring, and negotiations for a wide range of sell-side clients - focus industries included agribusiness, pharmaceuticals, real estate, insurance, and FMCG.

Nairobi, Kenya

Deal origination, financial modelling, valuation, industry research and capital raising for medium to large cap institutions in Kenya.Key role entailed provision of advisory services on over USD 300mn in transactions - produced information Memoranda - as well as sourcing for institutional investors. Also, developed a deal pipeline of over USD 50mn.

Kenya

Nairobi, Kenya

The team provided consultancy services to clients – majorly Kenyan SMEs – with the aim of increasing revenues by between 50 - 100% within a year. We also took part in grant and proposal writing for the institution and conducted business development for the institution to increase their client base.

Nairobi

Conducted business development for the institution to increase their client base.

Nairobi

Technical role utilizing knowledge in mathematical algorithms and data science (using R) to come up with new products targeted towards banking financial institutions. Collaborated with my team to segment the firm's clients and develop a client relationship management (CRM) tool in R that enabled them better review and understand client satisfaction based on the aggregation and analysis of real-time data.Spearheaded a project meant to fit survival analysis to the company's credit scoring model in line with the new (at the time) IFRS 9 standards.

Kenya

I was part of a team of researchers who sought to establish whether Nairobi Securities Exchange returns are consistent with those sought by a value investor and which companies therein provide such returns. I was, therefore, involved in:Valuation of different companies listed in the Nairobi Securities Exchange.Testing the usefulness of the F-score model in the Kenyan stock market.Research on value investing opportunities in the Kenyan market.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Financial Engineering

Activities and Societies: Macheo Mentorship Programme Strathmore University Centre for Value Investment Research Associate

Acca, Accounting And Finance

High School

Activities and Societies: School President 2012-2013, Debate Club, Chess club