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Strategy · Finance · Digital Inclusion

Building inclusive financial systems. One institution at a time.

Helping businesses, financial institutions and development partners across Sub-Saharan Africa build sustainable growth.

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The Problem

Africa's financial inclusion gap isn't a funding problem.

It's a readiness and systems design problem, and it shows up the same way across the continent.

USD 330B
MSME financing gap annually across Africa (IFC). Businesses generating real revenue, invisible to formal lenders.
80%+
of employment in many African economies comes from MSMEs, yet lenders retreat instead of innovate.
350M+
unbanked adults in Sub-Saharan Africa. Inclusion programmes too often don't hold at scale.

Our Approach

Three practice areas. One connected ecosystem.

We don't work on one side of this equation. We work on both, and on the strategy that connects them.

Institutional Performance & Portfolio Quality

For banks, MFIs, DFIs and fintechs that want to grow MSME lending without growing NPLs.

  • MSME Portfolio Diagnostic
  • Lender Readiness Advisory
  • DFS Integration Advisory

MSME Growth & Financial Capability

For MSMEs, cooperatives, VSLAs and founders, and the organisations that serve them.

  • Financial Management Coaching
  • Credit Readiness Programme
  • Fractional CFO & Growth Accelerator

Inclusive Finance Strategy & Digital Transformation

For DFIs, development organisations, regulators and institutions designing systemic change.

  • Financial Inclusion Strategy
  • DFS & Payments Strategy
  • Programme Design & M&E
A team of financial services professionals in a strategy meeting

How It Connects

Stronger institutions. Stronger MSMEs. One system.

Stronger institutions lend more confidently to MSMEs; stronger MSMEs improve institutional portfolio quality; sound inclusive-finance strategy connects both to systemic, last-mile reach.

Institutional Performance MSME Growth Inclusive Finance Strategy

Why Roan Advisory

Operator-led. Not theory-led.

Ecosystem view

Connecting MSME capacity building to DFI strategy design, where siloed consultants miss the links.

We deliver

Every engagement produces measurable outputs: diagnostics, strategies, trained teams.

Africa is our context

Built on deep knowledge of Sub-Saharan African financial markets, not imported frameworks.

Long-term partnership

The relationship continues well beyond the life of a single project.

Let's build sustainable growth.

If your institution is wrestling with portfolio quality, MSME readiness, or inclusive finance strategy, we'd welcome the conversation.

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