Ventures

Four operating bets, one thesis.

Africa’s next durable businesses will be built by Africans owning the operating layer — capital, distribution, and category-defining product. Each venture below is a long-hold bet against that thesis.

ActiveFounder & CEO · 2015 — present

Alternative Circle

The parent vehicle. The thesis: build durable, billion-dollar African ventures by owning the operating layer — capital, distribution, and category-defining product — instead of renting it.

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ExitedCo-founder · 2016 — 2020

Shika

The digital lending app that proved the thesis. Raised $1.1M from CreditInfo in 2017, helped birth Kenya's digital credit category, and seeded the regulatory work that became DFSAK.

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ActiveCo-founder · 2021 — present

Oye

Pre-negotiated commodities and insurance for the boda boda economy. Equity-backed by Britam. Total Energies, Vivo, Galana, Mogo on the platform.

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ActiveChairman · 2025 — present

Dhahabu Bulk Traders

Kenyan agricultural exports to the Caspian and Gulf — starting with a luxury tea brand. Caspian Agro Week 2026 Baku launch. MOALD letter of support. A four-market corridor.

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