Afsar Ebrahim : East Africa is poised to attract major interest from foreign investors
Afsar Ebrahim, Founder, KICK Advisory Services Having served as the Deputy Group Managing Partner in an international accounting firm, Afsar Ebrahim has now founded a boutique advisory firm, KICK Advisory Services, born of his 30-year experience in the financial consulting domain. We speak to him to understand what motivated him to start this venture, which is likely to prove a major pillar of support to corporates as they seek specialised partners to improve their liquidity and restructure their balance sheets to strike the optimum balance between debt and equity in a post COVID-19 context. Moreover, with his vast experience of working with countries in East Africa, Afsar notes that KICK is in a unique market standing to help clients expand into these growth economies which are well positioned to attract major interest from foreign investors. Edited excerpts: 1. What motivated you to start KICK Advisory Services? There was a gap in the market requiring a specialised firm offerin...