
Established in 2006, Pamoja is an independent corporate finance advisory boutique with offices in Johannesburg and Nairobi. We aim to deliver value and become the corporate finance advisory firm of choice
in the markets in which we operate.
Pamoja offers financial and transaction advisory services to private and public sector institutions operating in Africa. We have a solid and entrepreneurial professional team led by five senior executives, each with significant experience in corporate finance, project finance, capital raising and consulting. Since inception we have successfully executed transactions worth US$15 billion and are working on a pipeline of over US$1 billion
The Nairobi office is currently executing transactions in; Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia & Ghana
Thathisihlalo (Thathi) is a co-founder and Executive Director of Pamoja. Thathi is a Chartered Financial Analyst and qualified as a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Business Science (Honors) from University of Cape Town, and Certificate in Theory of Accounting (SA).
At Pamoja Capital, Thathi has led a number of important transactions including the City of Johannesburg Fleet Management Project, the City of Tshwane Fleet Management, JPC Property Developments, and the development of the Business Processing Outsourcing (BPO) project for the City of Johannesburg on a turnkey basis.
Thathi also looks after the principal investment business in South Africa and has successfully concluded four investments on behalf of Pamoja Capital in the engineering, real estate and leisure sectors.
Prior to establishing Pamoja, Thathi worked for Deutsche Bank, a global investment bank, as an equity analyst in the industrial sector. Thathi was a number two rated analyst in the Financial Mail Analyst of the year for 2007 and 2008 awards for the Gaming & Leisure sector. Additionally, in
2008 he was rated sixth for the Food Producers sector in the same survey.
Edward Wachira is the Managing Director and Director of Principal Investments at Pamoja Capital Limited. He is a Certified Public Accountant of Kenya and holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) degree from Kenyatta University, Kenya.
Prior to joining the Pamoja Team, Edward worked for Kenya Airways both in Kenya and abroad, engaging partners and building a portfolio of extensive business contacts in more than 20 African countries.
Edward lived and worked in The Netherlands between 2002 and 2003 managing
strategic partnership between Kenya Airways and KLM. In the strategic corporate planning assignments across Africa, he led negotiations and structured commercial agreements with partners resulting in the expansion of the airline into the Angola, Mozambique, D.R.C in Africa, and Saudi Arabia in the Middle East and Australia in the Far East.
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Geoffrey is a co-founder and previously the Managing Director of the Pamoja Capital Group of Companies. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and Certified Public Accountant of Kenya. He also holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) degree from Kenyatta University, Kenya. Geoffrey has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions having worked on a number of landmark cross-border M&A and financing deals involving businesses with operations in more than 30 African countries. His experience covers both private and public capital markets.
He lived and worked in South Africa between 2003 and 2006 and in Nigeria in 2007 and has a genuine appreciation of business opportunities, transaction origination and execution across the three major business hubs in Africa as well as an extensive business contacts. Geoffrey has worked in the financial advisory field in Africa since 1999.
Prior to joining Pamoja Capital, he worked for First Africa Group (now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Standard Chartered Bank), Renaissance Capital, and Equity Investment Bank.
Geoffrey is currently the Chief Executive for Genghis Capital following his appointment in August 2016.
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Faith is the Chief Executive Officer at Pamoja Capital Group (South Africa). She is a Chartered Accountant (SA) and holds a Baccalaureus Commercii in Accountancy Honors from the University of Johannesburg. In her capacity at Pamoja Capital, Faith has experience in financial modeling, Preparation of Annual Financial Statements according to IFRS, Due Diligence exercises, Designing systems and controls, Review of corporate governance and compliance at an operational level, Review of accounting issues in terms of IFRS.
She has carried out transactions and various projects valued in excess of R5 billion. These include
advising the City of Tshwane on their fleet procurement program, the City of Johannesburg on their
PPP procurement of fleet services, Umojanet Corporation (Pty) Limited on the rollout of a pan-African
Terrestrial broadband network to cover 22 countries, and Botho Holding Limited. In addition, she played a significant role in raising R100 million for Limpopo Green Estate (Pty) Ltd (LGE).
Pamoja Capital Limited (Pamoja) wishes to announce its acquisition of 100% stake in Genghis Capital through Goodison Two Seven Three Limited a special purpose vehicle established by Pamoja's leading investors.
Genghis is an investment bank licensed by the Capital Markets Authority and a trading participant at the Nairobi Securities Exchange Limited.
The investment in Genghis Capital is a natural extension of Pamoja's existing business representing a strategic focus on building a best in class platform that provides access to regional product offerings for both our local and international investors. In addition, the acquisition will greatly contribute towards expansion of our corporate finance advisory services through diversification into asset management and stock brokerage services.
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Pamoja has demonstrated excellent performance over the years. This is highlighted by the numerous awards received by members of staff for their exemplary performance on both a local and international stage.
These awards include:
Independent Corporate Finance Advisory Boutique of the Year by Acquisition International.
Kenya Corporate Finance Advisory Boutique of the Year
1. Kenya M&A Advisor of the year, Geoffrey Gangla
2. Boutique Advisory of the Year
1. Outstanding Excellence in Financial Consultancy Services
2. Interactive Corporate Finance Advisory Boutique of the Year
We provides a wide array of specialised advisory and strategic services for our clients.
Established in 2006, Pamoja Capital has offices in Johannesburg and Nairobi. We aim to deliver value to our clients and become the corporate finance advisory firm of choice in the markets in which we operate.