Consulting for founders past the easy part.
Senior advisory and operator-investor work for African ventures between year three and year ten — the survival window.
Three lanes.
Placeholder: TBGA Consulting Group does three kinds of work for founders and boards in African markets. Each engagement is a fixed scope with a clear deliverable.
Stay-Up Diagnostic
A 4–6 week assessment of your venture against the framework in the book.
Output: written diagnostic + 90-day action plan.
Operator-Investor
Post-Seed / pre-Series A capital in selective deals, with hands-on involvement on cap table, governance, and execution.
Output: capital + a board seat.
Board Advisory
Quarterly board engagement for ventures in years three to seven, focused on governance, capital, and key hires.
Output: a sharper board.
Target client profile.
Placeholder: Founders of revenue-generating African ventures between year three and year ten. ARR roughly $250K–$10M. Markets: Zimbabwe, South Africa, Zambia, plus selectively Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana.
Placeholder: We don’t work with pre-revenue ideation, large enterprises, or businesses outside the long-term operator-investor lens.
The process.
- Intro call (free, 30 min). Scope-fit and chemistry.
- Diagnostic week. We read the data room, talk to two operators on your team, and write a one-page summary.
- Engagement letter. Fixed scope, fixed price, defined deliverable. No hourly billing.
- Work. 4–12 weeks depending on track. Weekly written updates.
- Handoff. Final deliverable + a 90-day post-engagement review at no extra charge.
Selected engagements.
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