Investment Advisory Boutique · est. 2015

Cross-border capital, with African context.

A boutique advisory firm moving private market transactions between Nairobi, London and Mauritius — for corporates, PE funds and sovereign entities.

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About · Context Matters

Niche by design. Contextually rooted.

Monday Ventures is a niche professional advisory firm with offices in Nairobi, London and Mauritius. We work with select corporates, private equity funds and sovereign entities who need personalised, high-quality advisory services across Africa — with a track record of handling high-value M&A, PE, commercial, project finance and strategic transactions.

We act as a dedicated resource to assist management and free up in-house capacity during and throughout highly complex and often transformative corporate transactions. Our subject-matter expertise and wide network of investor relationships across the international financial markets allow us to offer focused, often innovative advice to developers, financial institutions and governments across a host of sectors.

All projects we undertake are resourced by specialist advisors with deep international experience, applied through a locally rooted lens that ensures our solutions are contextually relevant, sustainable and prescient.

We apply international best practice to the challenges of emerging-market environments — to attain the highest possible standards of governance and sustainability, both internally and in all our client-facing work.

By the numbers · track record

The proof sits in the ledger.

Selective, conflict-free advisory across M&A, debt, equity and sovereign transactions. Nine years of concrete outcomes.

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Founded 2015 in Nairobi, with offices opened in London and Mauritius.
Cumulative team experience
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Deep cross-jurisdictional coverage across Africa and Europe.
Marine logistics raise
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Sell-side mandate, first round USD 15M closed.
Bank restructurings
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Four separate mandates across multiple sectors.
Four service lines

Selective by design. Deep by necessity.

We only deploy ourselves to projects where the team's combined skill set can make the most impact.

01 · Transaction Advisory

End-to-end transaction advisory, positioned at the doorstep of global capital.

From our London base we access the widest array of capital pools — commercial banks, PE funds, hedge funds, family offices, DFIs and multilaterals — while our Nairobi presence keeps us close to Africa's growth enterprises.

For fund managers and credit teams, we mediate to ensure the highest-quality material is delivered in a coherent data room we host ourselves — mitigating deal fatigue and overcoming bottlenecks from over-stretched client teams. Credit teams leverage our inputs so they can focus on analysis, documentation, execution and the next deal.

  • Corporate & institutional debt, equity & quasi-equity, private placements, refinancings.
  • Stress-testing financial models, scenario analysis, risk mitigants.
  • Coordinating due diligence, ESG and legal counsel; 360-degree project management.
  • Innovative structures to achieve optimal pricing, terms and outcomes.
02 · Sovereign Advisory

Objective, conflict-free guidance for governments and sovereign-owned entities.

We sit between a wide range of infrastructure participants and the host governments seeking to procure through strategic or public-private partnerships — impartial, and only acting for the sovereigns or the entities they own.

  • FDI facilitation into Africa via our global multinational relationships.
  • Mediation between infrastructure sector participants and sovereign procurers.
  • Independent support on sovereign debt and financial advisory.
03 · Asset Finance

Financing intermediation for working-capital-intensive trade.

Purpose-built facilities for documentary credits, pre-export financing, inventories and shipped cargo — engineered against the realities of Africa-out, Africa-in trade.

  • Documentary credits and trade finance structuring.
  • Pre-export and inventory finance.
  • Cargo and shipped-goods facilities.
04 · Exotic Assets

Sourcing liquidity in distressed and off-run situations.

Leveraging our partnership with a network of global financial institutions, we source liquidity in distressed positions — extracting value where conventional routes have closed.

  • Distressed debt and special-situations origination.
  • Off-run secondary participation across international liquidity pools.
  • Bespoke structuring for illiquid or complex assets.
05 · Commodity Advisory

Bespoke supply-chain solutions for international commodity trade.

Our commodities team advises across three verticals — base and precious metals, agricultural products and energy — with global reach across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, and buyers sourced predominantly across EMEA and Asia.

  • Base & precious metals — copper, aluminium, iron, chrome.
  • Agricultural products — grains, corn, pulses.
  • Energy — gasoline, diesel.
  • Banking-instrument support and working-capital funding solutions.
  • Value addition across the full supply-chain process.
06 · Digital Transformation & AI

Operationalising frontier technology across regulated and high-volume environments.

We help boards and management teams turn technology and AI from boardroom topic into deployed advantage — strategy, programme architecture and execution support across regulated, multi-country operations.

  • Technology and AI strategy advisory for corporates, funds and sovereign-owned entities.
  • Digital transformation programme design and execution oversight.
  • Data architecture, AI deployment and operational integration across complex regulatory environments.
  • Capability transfer — building in-house tech and AI fluency at executive and operating levels.
A quiet advisory firm study at dusk — brass banker's lamp, leather ledgers, window onto a blurred financial-district skyline
London study · dusk
The Partnership

75 years of transactions. One room at a time.

Our team comprises highly skilled transaction specialists bringing over 75 years cumulative experience in corporate finance, M&A, financial management, taxation, development finance, project finance, ESG and audit — originated, structured, executed and syndicated across Africa and Europe over 15 years.

Steven Kanyatte
Steven Kanyatte
Managing Partner · Founder

Corporate finance specialist and board advisor with 20 years of corporate finance, accounting and tax experience across jurisdictions. Founded Monday Ventures in 2015 following 15 years of management advisory at Deloitte UK, and prior to that PwC Kenya, Nigeria and the UK. Advised leading multinationals, listed groups and funds through M&A, capital raising, refinancings and reorganisations across hospitality, telecom, financial services, healthcare, renewable energy and infrastructure. CPA; Finance, University of Nairobi.

Sam Atandi
Sam Atandi
Principal

27 years' leadership across investment banking, financial and operational turnarounds, crisis management and distressed corporate fiduciary roles. Has originated and overseen 60+ mandates across capital raising, operating rehabilitations, capital restructuring and value-realising events. Sector experience spans energy, real estate, engineering & construction, agri-business, financial services, TMTs and aviation. MBA Manchester Business School; MSc (Financial Management) Salford; Strathmore Business School (MIT); Associate, Chartered Institute of Bankers, London.

Joseph Karanja
Joseph Karanja
Associate Director

Senior finance professional with 20 years of progressive leadership in world-class global business environments. Previously Group CFO at Wananchi Group and Group CFO and Head of Commercial at Seven Seas Technology. Prior to Wananchi, led funding strategy for 17 countries and a USD 2B+ debt book at Bharti Airtel, supporting the acquisitions of Warid Congo and Warid Uganda. MBA (Strategy), BA (Accounting) — University of Nairobi; CPA; CISA.

Kishan Vaghela
Kishan Vaghela
Associate Director

CFA charterholder with a BSc in Business Mathematics & Statistics from the London School of Economics. Finance professional, investment banker and entrepreneur with 13+ years across the United Kingdom and Zambia. Previously led the investment-banking team at Focus Capital Zambia, raising capital from private investors, institutionals and the capital markets — including the largest and first public commercial bond issue in Zambia (2015). Drives the firm's copper-trading desk from Lusaka, close to source markets.

Joe Kebera
Joe Kebera
Associate Director

Corporate finance professional with experience across transaction advisory, venture capital and financial accounting. Focused on transaction advisory and capital raising — due diligence, industry research, financial-model development, transaction documentation and funding-structure design. Previously External Auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers Johannesburg, covering telecoms, hospitality and information-technology sub-sectors.

Martin Quinlan
Martin Quinlan
Principal · Digital Transformation & AI

Technology operator and entrepreneur with 25+ years building and scaling ventures across Europe, Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. Previously Head of R&D at Smartforce.com and CTO then COO of Cellcast PLC through its 2006 public listing. Since 2015 has built mobile-first platforms across Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and Uganda, generating over USD 100M in revenue. Leads Monday Ventures' Digital Transformation & AI practice — advising on technology strategy, transformation programmes and operational AI deployment.

"Deploy only where the team's combined skill set can make the most impact."
Mandate
We apply international best practice to the challenges of emerging market environments — to attain the highest standards of governance and sustainability, internally and in every client engagement.
· Monday Ventures · philosophy ·
Selected mandates

Real numbers, moved to close.

A representative slice of recent engagements across debt restructuring, sell-side M&A, corporate rescue and capital raising.

Floriculture · East Africa
Premium grower & exporter of roses
Debt restructured to avert adverse actions. The business has since turned cash-positive after 36 months from a low base in solvency.
USD 8.0M
Ticket size
Marine Logistics · Sell-side
Capital structure optimisation & raise
Sell-side mandate. First round USD 15M raised; subsequent round of USD 22M subject to conditions subsequent. Back on track.
USD 37.0M
Total mandate
Kenyan Bank · Security Printing
Independent Business Review & restructuring
IBR followed by debt restructuring for a security-printing outfit, delivered alongside the bank's credit team.
USD 3.5M
Ticket size
Kenyan Bank · Multi-sector
Debt restructuring & corporate rescue
Restructuring and corporate rescue across real-estate developers, contractors and beverages manufacturing outfits.
USD 14.0M
Ticket size
Kenyan Bank · Programme
Four restructurings, multiple sectors
A programmatic series of four restructurings at a single bank spanning diverse sectors and underlying exposures.
USD 16.125M
Programme total
Floriculture · Turnaround
Floriculture investment in head-winds
Operational and financial underperformance, liquidity shortfalls, credibility gaps — addressed through integrated operational and capital-structure work.
Confidential
In mandate
Select credentials

Public proof, signed and closed.

A representative slice of named, public engagements — from M&A and capital raises to renewable infrastructure and affordable housing.

Renewables · Real Estate2024
Centum × GridX Duara
Advised Centum on a USD 7M convertible-loan capital raise from GridX Duara to deploy renewable-energy infrastructure across Centum's real-estate developments.
M&AApr 2025 · closed
JOMAS Associates
Lead Transaction Advisor on JOMAS' debut strategic acquisition of a competitor — expanding coverage across England, Scotland and Wales.
Affordable Housing2023-24
CAMCE — Kenya Affordable Housing
Advisor to CAMCE in their bid to participate in Kenya's Affordable Housing programme — driving negotiations with the Ministry of Housing.
Energy Efficiency2022 · ongoing
ESCO-in-a-box
Founder member of a debut Pan-African platform deploying capital into energy-efficiency projects through a standardised ESCO framework that de-risks development and investment.
Real Estate2021-2023
Standard Real Estate
Founder of a real-estate platform developing prime assets in high-growth nodes across Africa, alongside a major global strategic as anchor EPC&F partner.
Real Estate2021-22
Centum — Two Rivers / Entebbe
Advised Centum on a capital raise for >12,000 residential units across the Two Rivers development and Entebbe development in Uganda.
Hospitality2018-2021
PrideInn Hotels & Conferencing
Capital raise and structuring of growth capital to expand PrideInn's footprint across East Africa.
Social Impact2021
Action Africa Help International
Advice on the restructuring of donor funds under the management of AAHI for social-impact projects across Africa.
Data Centres2020 · closed
Icolo
Transaction Advisor on growth-capital investment by Pembani-Remgro to support Icolo's Pan-African colocation data-centre platform.
TMT · M&A2019 · closed
Somtel & Somcable
M&A advisory mandate covering integration, strategic review and post-merger business-plan development in support of the merger and share swap.
Contact

Three offices. One conversation.

If you are seeking a specialist advisor qualified to advise on a wide range of commercial and corporate finance arrangements across sectors, start with an initial conversation.

Nairobi
Kenya · HQ
Keystone Park, Block A
3rd Floor
95 Riverside Drive
Nairobi
London
United Kingdom
124 City Road
London
EC1V 2NX
United Kingdom
Mauritius
Indian Ocean
Unit 5ABC, 5th Floor
Standard Chartered Tower
19 Cybercity, Ebene
Mauritius

"We guarantee an expedited transaction process compared to an in-house–led process — passionate about what we do, and proven through successful financial close, time and time again."

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