James Gicheru

Country of origin

Kenya

AK-Year

2023 – 2025 (AK12)

Sector

Finance, Management Consulting

Partner Company

SAP SE

The headline for my AFRIKA KOMMT! year:

„Leveraging German expertise to build a future for Africa.“

Education / Academic Qualification:

• Bachelor of Education (Business and Mathematics)

Professional profile:

Experienced management consultant with 5+ years of supporting global businesses, and African SMEs to: access and deploy capital (debt, equity, mezzanine, and grant financing) from Africa-focused investors, and enabling SMEs to strengthen internal operations and capital raising mechanisms through investment readiness support, and provision of on-ground operations support across business functions including business development, people operations and finance.