Gumi multiplies innovation and impact outcomes across Africa. We help organizations and their backers achieve exceptional results through practical knowledge, tools, and expert advisory.
We’ll support you in building a transformative organization, at full strength when conditions permit, with intelligent constraints when they don’t, but always transformative.
We’ll support you in building a transformative organization, at full strength when conditions permit, with intelligent constraints when they don’t, but always transformative.
BUILD SOMETHING GREAT
We pursue our mission by partnering with transformative commercial and social ventures through four core capabilities:
01 - Grain
Essential knowledge for organizations in Africa
we produce high-quality, contextual insights in the formats and on the platforms you prefer.
02 - Popsicle
Free, refreshingly practical tools and frameworks
battle-tested over 8 years of work across Africa.
03 - Adinkra
Practical advisory not theoretical consulting, trainings, and technical support you can apply immediately.
04 - Capital
We invest in asymmetric, underdog ideas poised to dramatically improve African lives.
01 - Grain
Essential knowledge for organizations in Africa
we produce high-quality, contextual insights in the formats and on the platforms you prefer.
02 - Popsicle
Free, refreshingly practical tools and frameworks
battle-tested over 8 years of work across Africa.
03 - Adinkra
Practical advisory not theoretical consulting, trainings, and technical support you can apply immediately.
04 - Capital
We invest in asymmetric, underdog ideas poised to dramatically improve African lives.
Impact-Led Growth (ILG) for Donor Organizations
Understand how to move from funding symptoms to building self-sustaining systems by verifying the real problem, designing interventions that address root causes, and creating solutions that outlive your funding.
Make every grant count by funding what actually works, seeing how your portfolio fits with other donors, and knowing your impact will continue long after your support ends.
Make every grant count by funding what actually works, seeing how your portfolio fits with other donors, and knowing your impact will continue long after your support ends.
Designing Your Operating Rhythm
Capital Structuring for Pre-Seed to Series A Ventures
Pricing Architecture for B2C Businesses
Learn which type of funding to raise at each stage and how to tell your story so it makes sense to grants, investors, and lenders.
Raise the right money at the right time without giving away too much of your company or confusing different funders.
Raise the right money at the right time without giving away too much of your company or confusing different funders.
Turn team chaos into smooth operations i.e., clear roles, better meetings, and systems that work as you grow from 10 to 50 people.
Grow your team without endless meetings, confusion about who's in charge, or losing what made your culture special.
Grow your team without endless meetings, confusion about who's in charge, or losing what made your culture special.
Figure out what to charge, when to charge it, and how to collect payment in markets where customers want to pay but payment is complicated.
Stop undercharging or losing customers because your pricing doesn't match how African markets actually work.
Stop undercharging or losing customers because your pricing doesn't match how African markets actually work.
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A few frameworks that work where you work
Builder OS
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POPSICLE
Tools and Frameworks
03
Coaching and Office Hours
Not ready for a full advisory engagement? Need a sounding board for a specific decision? Want to pressure-test an idea before committing resources? Our coaching and office hours are designed for exactly this.
How It Works:
What People Use Coaching For:
Pricing:
Who This Is For: Anyone. Seriously. Founders, operators, investors, program managers, nonprofit leaders—if you have a gnarly problem and want an outside perspective from people who've seen similar challenges across 50+ ventures, book time.
How It Works:
- 90-minute deep-dive sessions via video call
- First session is free—come with a specific problem, leave with clarity
- Subsequent sessions: Pay per session (no retainer, no commitment)
- Unlimited availability—book as many as you need throughout the year
What People Use Coaching For:
- Pressure-testing strategic decisions before board presentations
- Working through operational challenges in real-time
- Getting feedback on pitch decks, business models, or impact frameworks
- Navigating difficult conversations (co-founder tensions, investor negotiations, team issues)
- Thought partnership on problems that are "too early" for formal advisory work
Pricing:
- First session: Free (60 or 90 minutes—your choice)
- Subsequent sessions: $500 per 90-minute session (invoiced after each session)
- Package rates available for ESOs booking multiple sessions for portfolio companies
Who This Is For: Anyone. Seriously. Founders, operators, investors, program managers, nonprofit leaders—if you have a gnarly problem and want an outside perspective from people who've seen similar challenges across 50+ ventures, book time.
02
Training Programs
We run only 12 training engagements per year, structured programs for teams, organizations, or ESO cohorts.
These aren't lecture-style workshops where everyone forgets what they learned by Friday. They're hands-on, context-specific learning experiences where participants leave with implemented frameworks and artifacts they can use immediately.
2026 Training Themes
Custom Training Available: Have a portfolio company cohort or team with specific needs? We design tailored programs.
Typical Engagement:
These aren't lecture-style workshops where everyone forgets what they learned by Friday. They're hands-on, context-specific learning experiences where participants leave with implemented frameworks and artifacts they can use immediately.
2026 Training Themes
- Pricing Strategy for African Markets
- Impact Measurement That Actually Informs Decisions
- Capital Stacking & Fundraise Choreography
- Operational Systems for Scaling Teams
- From Theory of Change to Business Model
- AI Readiness: From Hype to Implementation
- The Missing Middle: Management Development for Growing Teams
- Go-to-Market Strategy for Complex Products
- Hiring Your First 10: Talent Strategy for Early-Stage Ventures
Custom Training Available: Have a portfolio company cohort or team with specific needs? We design tailored programs.
Typical Engagement:
- Format: In-person intensives or virtual series
- Group Size: 6-25 participants for optimal interaction
- Deliverables: Frameworks, templates, and working artifacts participants build during the session
01
Advisory Projects
We limit ourselves to 8 advisory engagements annually across our four core service areas. Each project gets the full weight of our team's attention and pattern recognition from 60+ projects in Africa and emerging markets.
Who We Work With:
Enterprise Support Organizations (ESOs): VCs, accelerators, and impact funds designing portfolio support programs or market-building strategies
Ventures: Idea to early maturity companies solving hard problems in complex markets
Donors & Philanthropies: Foundations and development organizations moving beyond grant-making to catalytic resource deployment
In 2026, we're personally excited about AI readiness and embedding AI into existing operations, bringing product thinking into impact activities, building operational infrastructure for firms expanding into or across Africa, and market-building strategies for emerging markets.
These aren't restrictions—they're current obsessions. If your challenge is different but genuinely interesting, we're still listening.
How It Works:
Who We Work With:
Enterprise Support Organizations (ESOs): VCs, accelerators, and impact funds designing portfolio support programs or market-building strategies
Ventures: Idea to early maturity companies solving hard problems in complex markets
Donors & Philanthropies: Foundations and development organizations moving beyond grant-making to catalytic resource deployment
In 2026, we're personally excited about AI readiness and embedding AI into existing operations, bringing product thinking into impact activities, building operational infrastructure for firms expanding into or across Africa, and market-building strategies for emerging markets.
These aren't restrictions—they're current obsessions. If your challenge is different but genuinely interesting, we're still listening.
How It Works:
- Book a 40-minute intro call where we assess mutual fit
- If aligned, we scope the project together—timeline, deliverables, pricing
- We take on 2 projects per quarter to maintain focus and quality
ADVISORY AND TRAINING
ADINKRA
Most investors want traction, revenue, or at least a working prototype. We invest earlier when your venture is still an idea sketched on paper. We can do this because we have the frameworks to assess potential and the experience to de-risk what others see as too uncertain. More importantly, we don't just write checks we support you as you build.
Through our venture parent, Forrest Forays, we back a small number of founders each year working on problems we deeply care about: AI applications that solve real problems, education models, healthcare systems, and ventures that meaningfully reduce poverty. If you're building in one of these areas and need patient capital plus hands-on support to get from idea to market, email your concept to office@forrestforays.com. No pitch deck required—just tell us what you're building and why it matters.
Through our venture parent, Forrest Forays, we back a small number of founders each year working on problems we deeply care about: AI applications that solve real problems, education models, healthcare systems, and ventures that meaningfully reduce poverty. If you're building in one of these areas and need patient capital plus hands-on support to get from idea to market, email your concept to office@forrestforays.com. No pitch deck required—just tell us what you're building and why it matters.
ROOT'S PROGRAM: BUILDING YOUR LIFE'S WORK
INVESTING: BACKING IDEAS BEFORE THEY ARE BUSINESS
Some founders need time, structure, and guidance to build the foundations that make ventures succeed. Our Founder Academy is designed for exactly this.
This is a 9-month long intensive program for emerging founders (ages 21- 30) who are serious about building impact-driven or commercial ventures but need mentorship, accountability, and skill-building to get there.
Think of it as an apprenticeship in entrepreneurship—a working relationship where you build your venture alongside experienced operators.
Find out how to join one of the 2026 cohorts here
This is a 9-month long intensive program for emerging founders (ages 21- 30) who are serious about building impact-driven or commercial ventures but need mentorship, accountability, and skill-building to get there.
Think of it as an apprenticeship in entrepreneurship—a working relationship where you build your venture alongside experienced operators.
Find out how to join one of the 2026 cohorts here
CAPITAL
Everything we offer comes from years of working across the continent—listening to founders, funders, donors supporting ventures, and learning what actually enables market creation and lasting impact. The log below show some of the people our people have worked with. If you're working on something that matters and want to talk to us, reach out. We're genuinely interested in hearing what you're building.
BUILD LOG
Hadiza leads Impact & Innovation, moving organizations from symptom treatment to systems change. She bridges product thinking and impact delivery, ensuring interventions create lasting transformation, not temporary relief
Jigi leads Operational & Organizational Systems, building decision architecture and processes that let ventures scale from 10 to 50+ people without operational chaos destroying speed, culture, or team sanity
Moyo leads Capital & Investment, advising ventures and funders on capital sequencing, blended finance structures, and building toward financial sustainability—not perpetual dependence on external funding
Lamide leads Venture Design & Growth, helping organizations design business models that work, determine go-to-market strategies that scale, and deploy AI to accelerate both commercial and impact outcomes
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