finsmarts company profile

7/25/2019 Finsmarts Company Profile

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FinSmarts Consultancy is commited to equipping micro,small and medium sized entities build a sustainable futurethrough nancial education, customized micro-nancetraining and advisory services.

Established in 2014, the FinSmarts team is highly valued fortheir skills in market research, project management andpolicy development. We design and deliver programs whichensure our clients have the skills and knowledge to betteraccess nancial services and promote social inclusion.

From our headquarter in Nairobi, Kenya we are working to

help people and communities improve their quality of life,

and ensure a more stable future for themselves and theirfamilies. We are available to extend our consulting expertise

across Africa and bring more people to nancial and social

inclusion.

Our expertise makes a dierence.

Enabling nancialand social inclusion


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ExperienceThe team has more than 10 years combined experienceworking with start-up micronance institutions,transforming, growing and established entities in thenancial services sector.

VisionTranscend as a global leading professional servicesrm focused on best practice consulting and training innancial and social inclusion.

MissionTo provide tailored micro-nance training and advisoryservices to enhance skills and knowledge in eectivelyaccessing nancial services.

Core valuesEverything we undertake is premised on integrity,professionalism, transparency, reliability and eciency.

Our consultants partner with you tounderstand your organization, your challengesand your opportunities, in order to create theright solutions to achieve your strategy.


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What we do

Our training and consulting services are based on

international best practice and concepts.

Licensing of Micronance Banks

Project Management

Training in Enterprise Development

Corporate Governance

Consumer Protection

Develop Policy Manuals

Risk Management Guidelines

Financial Inclusion Innovation

Training Investment Groups

We demonstrate our commitment to the client through

tailored training for each entity. We also partner withdevelopment authorities.

We endeavour to work with start-up, transforming,

growing and established entities in strategy

implementation, strengthening systems and processes

and building capacity and competencies.

Access to nancial services such as credit andinsurance is greatly improved through the useof a mobile telephone. We are in an era whereinnovation and technology are key factorsto narrowing exclusion gap. Working withindividuals to improve their nancial capabilityis crucial to help them make better nancialdecisions.


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How we work with you

You tell us your preferences

Via our online enquiry form or a one on one meeting.

We discuss the scope of work and deliverables before wepropose a solution.

We do the hardwork

We work with you to design tailored solutions that meetthe goals with respect to your organizations culture,discourse and budget.

You get peace of mind

When we partner with you, our sustainable solutionsensure you are equipped with the appropriate skills andresources to continue developing.

We hold ourselves to high standards of performance and

service. Therefore, we welcome your feedback at anystage of our consulting engagement.

Strategy is important butexecution delivers results


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Team Profles

At FinSmarts Consultancy we have an open and energized culturewhere everyone is able to thrive. We also work with a pool of associateconsultants and project teams organized to serve the specic needs of

each client.

A policy analyst and nancial inclusion consultant, Nsinazois the founder and CEO of FinSmarts Consultancy. Herexperience spans 10 years in the nancial services sector: policyformulation, consumer protection, nancial inclusion trainingand licensing of micronance institutions. She previouslyworked with the Central Bank of Kenya and Raki MicronanceBank.

Nsinazo holds a Master of Science degree in DevelopmentFinance from the University of Reading, UK and Bachelor of Artsdegree in Economics and Sociology from St. Thomas University,New Brunswick, Canada.

Nsinazo has extensive local and international training andexposure in micro credit and international development and isa member of the Association of Micronance Professionals ofKenya.

Bonnita is an Investment Adviser and overall BusinessDevelopment expert. She is inspired by the need to helporganized groups, such as Chamas, strengthen their scalfoundation. Prior to joining FinSmarts Consultancy, Bonnitainitially worked at Old Mutual as a Financial Adviser and later asa Relationship Ocer at Raki Micronance Bank.

Bonnita strongly supports empowerment of women and youth.She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Bio Chemistry fromMoi University, Kenya and is currently pursuing her Mastersdegree in International Development Studies.

Nsinazo Warrakah

Bonnita Aluoch

We believe that the best solutionsare designed by teams ofcooperating consultants. That waywe are stronger together


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Consulting Portfolio

Our approach to consulting is to deliver lasting results for

our clients and build lasting relationships with them

With a collective consulting expertise and experience

spanning 10 years, we have gained deep understanding

how to design strategies that deiver results having

undertaken various advisory projects including;

Training of Senior Management and Board of Directors

in a commercial bank and a licensed deposit taking

micronance bank as well as supporting entities seek a

micronance bank licence.

We also oer voluntary training to high school students

during their last year of high school studies prior to

joining institutions of higher education. This initiative

is a sincere eort of FinSmarts Consultancy towards

positively contributing to the growth and development of

the future generation.The world wont get better by itself. We mustset big goals and hold ourselves accountableevery step of the way - @SueDHellmann


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AACC Building, Ground FloorWaiyaki Way

P.O. Box 38929 Nairobi 00623 KenyaE-mail: [email protected]

Phone: +254 772 887 791

Twitter: @ nsmarts

www.nsmartsconsultancy.com

Talk to us to analyze your needs and to makeyou aware of the best solutions.

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