AfriCGE
Climate Finance & Business Development Associate
Supporting climate finance mobilisation and green economy transitions through project design, business development, and fundable climate initiative structuring.
About Andia
Analysing the conditions that shape climate capital deployment.
I work at the intersection of climate finance, policy implementation, and investment readiness. My focus is on how climate capital moves, where it stalls, and what institutions can do to improve deployment outcomes.
Profile
Climate Finance & Markets Analyst
Based in Nairobi, I bring experience across banking, investment, enterprise development, ESG and E&S integration, governance, and climate finance analysis.
My work supports institutions that need clearer intelligence, practical implementation tools, and stronger pathways from climate ambition to financing.
My Perspective
Climate finance is not only a funding question. It is an implementation question.
Many climate finance challenges are treated as capital shortages. Yet capital often stalls because institutions still face uncertainty around policy interpretation, risk assessment, borrower readiness, evidence requirements, and project structure.
My work focuses on making those conditions visible so banks, development partners, programmes, and project teams can make better decisions before capital is committed.
Areas of Focus
The work is organised around three linked areas.
These focus areas connect my analysis, advisory work, current projects, and published insights.
Climate Capital Insights
Tracking climate capital flows, policy signals, financial intermediation, and deployment friction across East Africa.
Climate Finance Operationalisation
Translating climate finance, taxonomy, climate-risk, and E&S requirements into practical tools, workflows, evidence systems, and decision-support processes.
Enterprise Development and Financing Pathways
Supporting climate-linked enterprises, programmes, and project teams to strengthen investment readiness, funding pathways, and capital access.
Professional Background
Grounded in finance, implementation, and governance.
My experience spans banking operations, internal audit, private equity portfolio oversight, ESG integration, enterprise development, programme design, proposal development, and board-level governance.
Through board service, including leadership of finance, development, audit, and risk committees, I have contributed to institutional oversight, governance, strategic decision-making, and organizational accountability.
This gives my climate finance work a practical lens: I do not only ask whether capital exists. I ask whether institutions, instruments, borrowers, and evidence systems are ready for that capital to move.
Banking and financial services
Private equity and portfolio oversight
ESG and E&S integration
Enterprise development
Climate finance analysis
Governance and board leadership
Current and Selected Engagements
Active across climate finance, advisory, and implementation spaces.
These engagements reflect my current and selected work across climate finance analysis, business development, enterprise support, and multi-partner advisory spaces.
BAZ Consultants
Consultant — Climate Finance and Enterprise Development
Contributing advisory expertise on climate finance, enterprise development, and investment-readiness pathways for organisations seeking practical support across development and financing contexts.
Green Finance Hub (GICI)
Finance & Markets Lead
Producing climate finance analysis, policy briefs, and market intelligence on climate finance flows, investment conditions, public finance, and sustainable finance systems.
Leaders of Africa Institute
Global Consultancy Network
Contributed to strategic dialogue and programme development on climate investment, green enterprises, and just transition priorities across Africa.
Awards & Recognition
Activism & Advocacy Impact Award · Leaders of Africa Institute
Recognised for advancing innovative approaches to linking finance with small and medium-sized NGOs, strengthening their capacity to access funding and deliver sustainable impact.
Work With Me
Need analysis, implementation support, or a climate finance briefing?
Let’s discuss the problem you are trying to solve and the decision your institution needs to make.
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