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Frank Mugarura, business development consultant in Kigali, Rwanda

Business consultant in Kigali, Rwanda.

Coaching, training and growth strategy for founders and teams ready to move from hustle to structure.

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Business Consultancy in Rwanda

Advice from someone who has actually built one.

I did not learn business consultancy from a textbook. I co-founded Gravity Rwanda, lost partners, rebuilt from a backyard kitchen, and turned it into a working creative company. Everything I coach, I have had to survive first.

Since then I have trained and mentored more than 500 entrepreneurs through the Tony Elumelu Foundation, BPN Rwanda, Inkomoko, Kula Project and Accelerate Academy, and worked with SMEs on the unglamorous parts: pricing, structure, cash flow, systems and the discipline to keep going.

With a master’s in entrepreneurship and innovation, I bring both the framework and the lived experience. You get honest diagnosis, real case studies from comparable Rwandan businesses, and accountability between sessions.

What's included

How business consultancy works.

From an hourly sounding board to a full growth strategy engagement. Start wherever the constraint actually is.

01

Coaching & Mentorship

One-to-one guidance through real case studies, with honest diagnosis, practical actions between sessions and accountability.

From $70 / hour
02

Training & Facilitation

Custom curriculum and workshops for founders and teams, with workbooks and tools they can apply the next morning.

From $100 / hour
03

Growth & Market Strategy

Business model review, market sizing, go-to-market planning and growth experiments with the metrics that matter attached.

From $2,000 / project
04

Investor & Pitch Readiness

Investment narrative, deck design, financial model review, due diligence checklist and hard-question rehearsal.

From $2,000 / project

Why work with me

Why founders in Kigali work with me.

Practitioner, not a theorist. Certified, documented, and still building.

500+ entrepreneurs trained

Through the Tony Elumelu Foundation, BPN Rwanda, Inkomoko, Kula Project and Accelerate Academy.

I have made the mistakes

Failed partnerships, lost years, hard-won recovery. You get the lessons without paying the same tuition.

Rwandan market reality

Advice grounded in how business actually works here: local financing, informal competition, real customer behaviour.

Academically grounded

A master’s in entrepreneurship and innovation behind the frameworks, not just opinion and anecdote.

Commercially honest

If your pricing is wrong or the plan will not work, I will say so in the first session rather than the fifth.

Accessible entry point

From $70 an hour, so you can test the fit before committing to a full engagement.

Selected clients & programmes
Rwanda Biomedical CentreIOM · UN MigrationInkomokoBPN RwandaTony Elumelu FoundationKula ProjectAccelerate Academy
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Frequently Asked Questions

Business consultancy in Kigali, answered.

What Rwandan founders and teams ask before starting.

How much does a business consultant cost in Kigali, Rwanda?+

Coaching and mentorship start at $70 per hour, training and facilitation at $100 per hour, and project engagements such as growth strategy or investor readiness from $2,000. Starting hourly is a sensible way to test the fit before committing to a larger scope.

What happens in a business coaching session?+

We work through your specific challenge, whether that is strategy, pricing, structure or a decision you are facing, using real case studies from comparable businesses. You leave with clear next steps and accountability for them before the following session.

Is this only for startups?+

No. I have coached first-time founders, teams inside corporations and established businesses entering a new growth stage. The constraint changes with stage, but the need for honest diagnosis does not.

Can you help me prepare for investors?+

Yes. Investor and pitch readiness covers the investment narrative, deck design and copy, financial model review, a due diligence checklist and rehearsal against the hard questions investors actually ask. Engagements start from $2,000.

Do you run training for teams and organisations?+

Regularly. I design custom curriculum and facilitate workshops for teams, cooperatives, incubators and corporate groups, from $100 per hour, including strategy days and offsites. Participants leave with workbooks and templates, not just slides.

Do you work with businesses outside Kigali?+

Yes, across Rwanda and East Africa. Sessions run online or in person in Kigali, and I travel for training engagements and workshops where the programme calls for it.

How is coaching different from consulting?+

Consulting delivers an answer. Coaching builds your ability to reach it yourself next time. Most engagements blend both: I diagnose alongside you, recommend clearly, then hold you accountable for executing it.

Where to next

Ready to build something that outlasts the hustle?

Tell me where the business is stuck. I will tell you honestly what I would work on first, and whether I am the right person for it.