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We solve the complex social issues faced by emerging markets, building the economic foundations for a better society.

About Double Feather Partners

Double Feather Partners (DFP) solves the complex social issues faced by emerging markets by providing investment finance and management consulting services to ventures building the economic foundations for a better society.

Mission

We maximize economic impact while seeking social impact through solving fundamental issues.

Though there are plenty of resources to be used for solving the issues in the world, it’s not always easy to find trustworthy resources from emerging markets.

We integrate existing resources and stakeholders around the world for the positive development of a sustainable international society through business approaches.

We know that the development status of each country in Africa is unique, so we emphasize the political and economic situations from a macro perspective, thereby developing all of Africa.

Vision

Through business approaches, we act as a catalyst for social and economic success throughout Africa.

We are a trustworthy and reliable partner to our clients.

We value that each individual can contribute, challenge, and learn from each other in order to solve complex problems within the organization.

Experience

Regional coverage

Africa : Kenya, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, South Africa
Middle East : Israel, Palestine, UAE
Asia Pacific : Japan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangladesh, Australia, Tuvalu
Europe and the United States : USA, France, Germany, UK

Industrial coverage

Infrastructure (including renewable energy, mobility, urban development), mining, manufacturing, TMT (telecom/ technology), ICT, high-tech, finance (including megabank, local bank, micro finance, insurance, and fintech), food and beverage, healthcare and public health, education, and agriculture

Sector coverage

Private and public enterprises, government agencies (including local government agencies), international development agencies, development banks, NGO/NPOs

TEAM

Kohei Muto
CEO

Kohei has experience in advising global and local firms on capital raising, acquisition, and investment. He has successfully executed more than 35 deals worth more than 30 billion USD in 5 regions (Asia, US, Europe, Middle East, and Africa) across sectors.
He started his career at Morgan Stanley and later joined Shurook, a private equity investment subdivision of the Office of the Quartet, led by Tony Blaire, covering investments in banking and clean-tech sectors in the Middle East. He graduated from a boarding school in Pennsylvania, US, and graduated from Tsukuba University in Japan. He enjoys traveling and flying planes.

Bradley Tanaka
Managing Director

Bradley advised Silicon Valley Tech companies at Citigroup’s investment banking division in San Francisco where he lead various M&A, IPO, and financing projects. and was a financial analyst at General Electric. Experienced private equity and engagement investment as well as business acquisition at Taiyo Pacific Partners. Responsible for overseas expansion of Japanese companies and strategic business cooperation with overseas companies. Cornell University MBA

Gayama Yannick
Managing Director

Former director at a global PR agency, Yannick advised multinationals in Stakeholder Engagement in various fields (life sciences, technology, etc.) and currently supports African embassies in investment promotion and and is co-founder the African Commerce Community in Japan (AfCCJ) project. Son of an Ambassador of the Republic of Congo, he was born in the U.S., raised in Ethiopia, Congo and Canada, holds a B.Sc. in Communications, a grad. degree in Game Design (University of Montreal), and a Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (University of British Columbia).

Masahiro Shimizu
Senior Advisor

After working for BNP Paribas Securities and an overseas hedge fund, Shimizu supported several business development initiatives for Japanese companies in Africa. As a co-representative of COTS COTS LTD in Uganda, he currently operates the Tank Hill Park facility which processes and distributes agricultural products, while running a Japanese restaurant YAMASEN and developing real estate. He supports Japanese companies’ expansion into Africa by applying his BtoB business development and financing know-how in Africa to support projects.

Adekunle Oduneye
ASSOCIATE

After earning a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree from Lagos University, he started his career as a financial analyst at NSIA Insurance. Prior to joining DFP, he spent his career in the education and healthcare sector, providing STEM education and engaging in community health projects. Based in Canada and Nigeria

Albert Mbithi
ASSOCIATE

He has 10 years of experience as a financial expert in East Africa’s largest banks KCB Bank and Equity Bank. At Equity Bank, he made achievement in the field of Agency Banking by pioneering financial inclusion through use of mobile and POS terminals. He also has experience working at the Kenya National Highways Authority Corporation. He has Bachelors of Commerce in Marketing and Management from the University of Mount Kenya and a Diploma in Business Administration from the British Association of Business Executives. Based in Kenya

Wonder Magoso
ASSOCIATE

Graduated from KwaZulu Natal University. In 2017, studied abroad in Japan with an ABE scholarship and received a master’s degree from the Graduate School of Global Studies, Doshisha University. Specializes in environmental management and social sciences. Based in South Africa.

Kamil Orbisso Mohamed
Project Manager

Kamil obtained a degree in Global Studies and International Relations from Addis Ababa New Generation University in Ethiopia. He has been working in Djibouti and Japan expert in the fields of international logistics, maritime affairs, and supply chain of multinational corporations. He came to Japan as a Fellow of Awaji Youth Federation and served as an International Relations and Project Officer at Pasona Co., Ltd.

Nobuko Steinmann
MANAGER

Nobuko holds a Ph. D. in Islamic Studies (University of Tokyo) and offered expert lectures, Arabic language training to the Japanese government and large corporations for over 14 years, while participating in Ministry of Foreign Affairs projects such as “Monitoring the Middle East through SNS” and “Research on The Roles of Major Tribes in North Africa”. She also worked many years as an Arabic media interpreter for major Japanese broadcasters and translated Arabic publications.

Mio Tsunoda
Analyst

Mio is a licensed pharmacist who graduated from Meiji Pharmaceutical University before participating in a pharmacist programme at the University of Hertfordshire where she was engaged in the Manufacturing and Quality Assurance of Generics at Amoun Pharmaceutical Company in Egypt.After working at the Tanzanian National Trading Company to conduct a sanitation survey, she launched a biomass business to reduce deforestation and improve sanitation, as well as a B2B platform to connect Africa and Japan.

Adaeze
Fellow

Adaeze is an on-going graduate in project management who holds a bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology and a diploma in Pharmacy from the International University of Malaya-Wales based in Malaysia. She won the Young Researcher Award in 2019 from FSTEM, with other awards of excellence. She has experience and expertise in project development and promotion of sustainable novel technologies. Her exceptional skills in research analysis, project management and laboratory techniques enabled her participate in a database analysis and software product testing for healthcare App development for Silicon Valley. She also passionately runs a foundation that caters for less-privileged children in Africa.

Kaoru Kaganoi
Partner/ Co-founder

Kaoru has experience in advising global companies, international aid agencies, development banks, and governments across Africa and Asia. He has served as a manager at McKinsey & Company’s Nairobi office and led 7 successful projects in 5 countries across Africa.
Kaoru started his career at McKinsey’s Tokyo office. He moved on to Shurook, a NGO formed under UNOPS, catalyzing private investments for Palestine as a project manager on Green Affordable City. He graduated from Waseda University Faculty of Law (Japan), and holds an MBA from INSEAD (France, Singapore, and UAE).

Yuga Kasai
Partner/ Co-founder

Yuga is a Certified Public Accountant of Japan, and an accounting management professional.
After working for an auditing firm, an accounting firm and a career college, he went on to work at Rwandan Company as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administration Officer. He is the founder of Africa Accounting Advisory Ltd, the first Japanese accounting firm in Africa. He provides services including local and international tax help, IFRS, and management accounting. He has expertise working with Japanese clients as well as with managing projects in Africa. He graduated with his MBA from Keio University and Keio Business School.

Takayuki Matsuo
Legal Advisor

Takayuki is a Partner at MM&N (Momo-o, Matsuo &Namba). He has expertise in emerging markets’ legal framework, and has experiences in information/ intelligence related laws (including AI). He is the author of several books and university textbooks, including “AI/HR Technology Related – Legal Practice on Personal Management & Labor Related Information Management”.
He graduated from Tokyo University Faculty of Law, Harvard University Law School, and Pekin University Law School.

SERVICES

We involve and connect various stakeholders to lead successful projects in Africa, and become a reliable partner for your business and corporate growth through providing top-notch professional services

Financial advisory

Fund raising guidance
M&A and financial strategy advice

Strategy advisory

Strategy and management advice
Business concept creation, including operational and market development plans on overseas expansion for international companies

M&A

Matching and M&A support between local and international companies
Sourcing of local companies for potential investment and acquisition, due diligence, and negotiation support

Careers

Double Feather Partners is looking for new members who share our values to join us
Please send us a message if you are interested in learning more

Do you share these values?
1. Profession (Expertise and experience in specific fields, including market, industry, and sectors)
2. Integrity (Reliable and trustworthiness, both personally and professionally)
3. Passion (Passion for African or developing markets)
4. Sharing (Create profit by working together and sharing ideas)
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Double Feather Partners is looking for new projects and business partners

We would like to connect with companies who are willing to enter African markets, already present in Africa, want to invest together, and grow together with Double Feather Partners in the continent.



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