Case Studies

Client Description:

• USAID – Kenya Investment Mechanism (KIM)

Fie-Consult Deliverables:

• Sub-contracted under KIM as a Business Advisory Service
  Provider (BASP)
• Providing investor preparedness, fund raising support and
  strategy advisory to businesses in the agricultural and clean
  energy sectors.
• From 2018 to date we have had engagements with more than
  50 businesses with 80% of them engaged in investor
  preparedness and fundraising support.
• Successfully raised funding for businesses in the dairy, solar
  and agricultural insurance sectors.

Client Description:

• A leading mobile money company in South Sudan

Fie-Consult Deliverables:

• USD 7.5 million – debt
• We developed the financial model and debt funding proposal for the client to help them raise sufficient working capital to roll out a country-wide marketing campaign to sign up more subscribers and onboarding of agents in strategic towns across South Sudan

Client Description:

• A leading mobile money company in Ethiopia

Fie-Consult Deliverables:

• USD 13 million – equity
• We developed the investor documents including the financial model, company valuation and investment brief for the already identified investors
• The deal is an exit transaction for the Kenyan shareholders in the business who are selling shares to institutional investors from the US & Asia

Client Description:

• A livestock credit financing & IoT company for livestock purchase financing and remote extension service provision to smallholder dairy farmers in Kenya

Fie-Consult Deliverables:

• USD 1 million – debt
• We developed the financial model and investment brief for the company and we are currently supporting them through the investor processes of due diligence, deal structuring and negotiations

Client Description:

• An e-commerce company in Kenya and registered in the US targeting African Americans, Africans in the
  diaspora 7 other countries in Africa with its online market place, e-wallet, mobile money & micro-lending

Fie-Consult Deliverables:

• USD 3.5 million – equity
• We supported the client in conducting market research and feasibility study, developing a comprehensive business plan, financial model, company valuation, pitch deck and guided the client through the due diligence preparation processes

Case Description:

• A leading credit collection and management company in Kenya; managing > USD 600 million in debts for financial institutions in Kenya

Fie-Consult Deliverables:

• USD 5 million – grant funding to establish a mental health & financial literacy institution
• We supported the client in conducting market research, developing the concept paper to build a case for the project, financial model to prove sustainability and funding proposal for the identified strategic partners.

Case Description:

• An agro-forestry company working in collaboration with 5 county governments and private investors in Kenya to plant 50,000 hectares of forest in the next 10 years

Fie-Consult Deliverables:

• USD 10 million – equity
• We developed the investor pitch deck for the overall project to raise the initial funding needed to sign lease agreements for land and commence operations
• Currently we are developing specific pitch decks and financial models for the separate county agro-forestry projects being undertaken by the company and guiding them through investor processes & due diligence

Case Description:

• An insure-tech company focused on providing integrated risk management solutions for smallholder farmers across Africa; but with its head office in Kenya

Fie-Consult Deliverables:

• USD 800,000 – blended finance (debt & equity)
• We supported the new CEO in the company to develop investor pitches, polish their financial model and valuation, collate all the needed documents and information for due diligence, support through the due diligence process, structuring of the investment deals and negotiations until the funding was secured

Case Description:

• A boutique investment company in Ghana

Fie-Consult Deliverables:

• USD 1 million – equity
• We developed their investment documents and we were the lead transaction advisers in helping them raise capital for their first fund

Case Description:

• A tractor financing company operating in Kenya and Nigeria

Fie-Consult Deliverables:

• USD 3.5 million –  2 million USD equity, 500,000 USD debt and 1 million USD recoverable grant
• We developed their investment documents and we were the lead transaction advisers in helping them raise funding.