About Us
We don't consult. We execute across East Africa.
20 years on the ground
East Africa Ventures helps international businesses enter Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Ethiopia with practical, local execution.
Our approach
We use a ground network to meet and verify buyers face to face, sit beside clients during negotiations and stay with the relationship after the first order.
Our honesty principle
We tell clients what we can and cannot deliver. Clear expectations and physical presence protect exporters from avoidable mistakes.
Sectors we work with
We work with clients across pharmaceuticals, agri-commodities, rice and spices, industrial and electrical equipment, textiles, and climate and ESG projects, and others - from first-time exporters to listed companies and a national cooperative export body.
Why I Started East Africa Ventures
I have spent twenty years working in East Africa, including five years living in Dar es Salaam. I still travel to the region every two months.
In that time I watched a pattern repeat itself. Indian businesses would identify a genuine opportunity, send a shipment, and then lose money - not because the market was wrong, but because nobody had ever met the buyer, seen the warehouse, or asked the questions that only get answered in person.
Reports cannot tell you whether a distributor pays on time. A video call cannot show you an empty warehouse. Someone has to be there.
That is the whole reason this company exists. We go, we look, we verify, and we tell our clients the truth - including when we are not the right people for the job.
Girish Totagi
Founder, East Africa Ventures