Advisory
Strategic advisory for founders, CEOs, investors, and institutions operating in complex markets.
Drawing from decades of operating, scaling, and building across African markets.
Advisory Areas
Growth & Scale
Scaling businesses across fragmented markets.
Organizational Design
Building execution systems, operating cadence, and scalable management structures.
AI & Strategic Transformation
Applying AI to organizations, workflows, and operating models.
Platform Strategy
Building ecosystem businesses and multi-layer operating structures.
Founder Strategy
Helping founders evolve from operators into institution builders.
Capital & Business Model
Designing durable growth models and strategic capital structures.
Engagement
Engagement Models
- Strategic advisory retainers
- CEO advisory
- Executive workshops
- Leadership offsites
- Institutional strategy sessions
Why Raphael
A foundation of operating depth.
Two decades of building and scaling complex businesses across African markets — including co-founding Jumia, one of Africa's largest e-commerce platforms, and building Kyosk, redefining distribution in the fragmented everyday economy.
Recognized by the Financial Times for growth, educated at Harvard, and informed by multi-country operating experience across technology, retail, logistics, and capital.
The work today combines that operating depth with a long-term institutional lens — advising leaders building companies meant to compound for decades, not quarters.