We are a team of former diplomats, donor development advisors, and local field operators empowering SMEs, foundations, and African entrepreneurs to co-create ventures that succeed in complex African markets. 

KCL Global
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HI THERE. WE’RE KCL GLOBAL ADVISORS.

Unlocking Opportunity

Navigating Complexity

Delivering Impact

At KCL Global, we’re hyper-focused on helping our clients cut through complexity and operate with clarity.

We connect purpose with practice across African markets.

Market Entry & Growth Strategy

We help you de-risk expansion and unlock growth in complex African markets through strategic insight and grounded local knowledge. From licensing to local dynamics, we help you understand and engage the systems that shape success in African markets.

Strategic Advisory for Funders

We connect philanthropy and finance to on-the-ground opportunity—backed by social return metrics and robust due diligence.

Impact Venture Design & Social Innovation

We co-create inclusive business models that align commercial success with community value and global development goals.

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OUR MISSION

At KCL Global, we advance the private sector’s role in sustainable development— leveraging inclusive business models, impact investing, and shared value partnerships.

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Our partners

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Clarity

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Integrity

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Partnership

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Pragmatism

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Clarity · Integrity · Partnership · Pragmatism ·

Notes from our journal

Kenya After USAID: Can Development Finance Fill the Gap?

The closure of USAID in 2025 under the Trump administration marked a seismic shift in Kenya’s development landscape. Overnight, decades of U.S. investment in health, agriculture, governance, and youth programming came to a halt. Clinics closed. Civil society organizations laid off staff. Livelihoods vanished. While the humanitarian impact is undeniable, a new paradigm is emerging—one defined less by aid and more by investment.

From Farms to Finance: Investment in Agriculture and SMEs

Agriculture remains the backbone of economies like Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda – and a sector where traditional aid often played a big role (through grants, input subsidies, and extension programs). Now, development finance is helping modernize agriculture and agribusiness through investments that span the entire value chain.

Toward Inclusive Growth – and the Role of KCL Global

The pivot from aid to investment in East Africa is not just a funding shift — it reflects a larger transformation in the global development landscape. The closure of USAID in 2025 was a highly visible rupture, but it’s only one part of a deeper trend. Across the board, traditional aid flows are contracting.