Who are we

Christian Hiller von GaertringenChristian Hiller von Gaertringen

Partner and founder – Based in Frankfurt, Germany.

Christian is a widely-acknowledged expert and keynote speaker on business and finance in Africa, with a strong track record of financial expertise, an extensive international network, and a profound understanding of the African economy. One of his main strengths lies in the evaluation of opportunities and risks over and above all balance sheets and statistics.

  • Christian has exceptional skills in communications, developed on the back of more than 25 years of experience as a business and financial editor in leading French and German media.
  • Qualifications:
    • Master in Economics, with a major in Money-Banking-Finance, University Lumière Lyon 2, 1990.
    • Certificate in Value Creation in Private Equity and Venture Capital, WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, 2017.
  • Author of the best-selling book “Africa the next Asia. The Economic Upturn of a Continent”, published in 2014 in German by renowned publishing house Hoffmann und Campe in Hamburg.
  • Member of the Advisory Board of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Africa Studies (ZIAF) at the Goethe University in Frankfurt.
  • Member of the French think-tank IPEMED in Paris working on the integration of Africa, the Mediterranean and Europe.
  • Founder of the “Africa Panel” in Frankfurt, a high-level regular platform for business meetings between Europe and Africa
  • Is a French and German citizen.

Contact: c.hiller@africapartners.eu

Peter KahihuPeter Kahihu

Partner – Based in Nairobi, Kenya, and the UK.

Peter is the author of four best-selling books on strategy, the balanced scorecard, entrepreneurship and strategy execution and is regarded as one of the leading experts in strategy execution and balanced scorecard with an MBA from the University of Massachusetts, USA.

Unlike many consultants who lack practical experience, Peter was a practicing strategy and balanced scorecard performance management director at a major global bank before turning consultant. Peter honed his strategy and balanced scorecard expertise in industry, and has lead several highly successful strategy and Balanced Scorecard implementations in both private and public sector.

Peter is one of the rare high-profile experts in Africa who have a Pan-African expertise and a well-established network. He is known for his know-how in building new businesses and realising investment projects also in demanding business environments.

Contact: p.kahihu@africapartners.eu