Kina Advisory Limited

What Kina Advisory Limited does

Kina Advisory Limited is a London-based, private advisory firm founded in 2013 that operates as a sole-practitioner consultancy led by managing director Rosalind Kainyah. The firm provides sustainability and ESG advisory services, speaking engagements, and sustainability courses to business leaders in Africa and globally. Its named client roster spans 15+ enterprises across energy (TotalEnergies, Tullow Oil), commodities trading (Trafigura, Mitsui & Co), beverages (Diageo), telecommunications (MTN), financial services (African Development Bank, British International Investment, Zanaco), insurance (Continental Reinsurance, Vanguard Assurance), and private equity (Actis, Helios, Verod Capital).

The firm's revenue model is professional services fees across three streams: bespoke advisory engagements on ESG strategy, keynote speaking appearances, and educational courses including the published handbook "Simplifying Sustainability: A Handbook for African SME Leaders." No public pricing is disclosed; engagements are quote-based. There is no proprietary technology stack — the offering is human-delivered advisory — and the firm has no disclosed funding, investors, or parent company.

The competitive position is built on the founder's individual credentials (former EVP at Tullow Oil plc, Non-Executive Director at Diversified Gas & Oil Corporation, MBE honoree, 2023 Reuters Events "21 Women Shaping the Global Sustainability Agenda") and a network of enterprise relationships accumulated over more than a decade. Marketing is driven by personal brand through LinkedIn, Twitter, Medium, YouTube, conference speaking, and earned media coverage. The business is inherently key-person dependent, with no evidence of team scaling, geographic expansion beyond organic client outreach, or productization beyond the SME handbook.

Name

Kina Advisory Limited

Legal name

Kina Advisory Limited

Website

https://kinaadvisory.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Kina Advisory Limited is a London-based sole-practitioner advisory firm founded in 2013 that provides ESG and sustainability advisory, speaking engagements, and courses to enterprise clients led by founder Rosalind Kainyah across Africa and global markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sustainability and ESG Advisory Services

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (541620), Environmental Consulting Services (54162)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainability & ESG Consulting (BPAHACAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sustainability, ESG & Climate Risk Advisory (BPAHAJAH), ESG Governance, Sustainability Reporting & Assurance Advisory (BPAHAFAJ), ESG Strategy & Materiality Assessment (EUAHAJAA)

Keywords

• Sustainability advisory services
• ESG consulting
• Sustainability speaking engagements
• Emerging markets advisory
• African SME sustainability

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Business Advisory Services: Professional advisory engagements with business leaders on sustainability and ESG strategy, providing strategic insights and guidance on how sustainability can create and protect business value.
2. Speaking Engagements: Keynotes and speaking appearances at conferences, corporate events, and industry forums on sustainability and ESG topics.
3. Sustainability Courses: Educational programs and courses on sustainability for business leaders and SME owners, including the 'Simplifying Sustainability: A Handbook for African SME Leaders' publication.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Kina Advisory Limited provides ESG and sustainability advisory services, keynote speaking engagements, and sustainability courses for business leaders and SME owners, primarily focused on African and emerging-market contexts. The firm helps clients understand how sustainability and ESG practices can create, contribute to, and protect business value, and also publishes educational resources including "Simplifying Sustainability: A Handbook for African SME Leaders."

Product overview

The company offers a portfolio of advisory, educational, and thought leadership services. This includes business advisory services for sustainability and ESG strategy, sustainability courses for professional development, and speaking engagements. A key published resource is 'Simplifying Sustainability: A Handbook for African SME Leaders', a practical guide for SME leaders on sustainability, governance, and long-term value creation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Business Advisory Services Professional ESG and sustainability advisory engagements for business leaders on how sustainability can create and protect business value, with focus on emerging markets and African contexts.
• Speaking Engagements Keynote speeches and panel appearances at conferences, corporate events, and industry forums on sustainability and ESG topics for business audiences.
• Sustainability Courses Educational programs and masterclass courses on sustainability for business leaders and SME owners.
• Simplifying Sustainability: A Handbook for African SME Leaders A practical, insight-driven published resource designed specifically for small and medium enterprise (SME) leaders navigating sustainability, governance, and long-term value creation.

Named customers15 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Emerging players

• EcoAct: Climate and sustainability consultancy (now part of Accenture) advising corporates on climate strategy, carbon, and ESG. Emerging player because it competes for boutique-tier enterprise ESG advisory mandates with similar expert-led delivery, though it is now anchored to a global consultancy.
• Dalberg Advisors: Africa- and emerging-markets-focused strategy and policy advisory firm serving corporates, DFIs, and foundations. Emerging player / partial peer because it overlaps on emerging-market advisory work and shares DFI clients (e.g., African Development Bank, BII-style institutions), though it is more strategy than ESG-specific.

Broad incumbents

• Control Risks: Global risk consultancy with an established ESG and integrity practice advising multinationals on emerging-market risk and sustainability. Broad incumbent because it competes for the same enterprise ESG-adjacent advisory work, particularly in Africa, but as part of a broader risk advisory portfolio.
• FTI Consulting: Global advisory firm with a sizable ESG and sustainability practice serving corporates, investors, and regulators. Broad incumbent because it offers overlapping ESG advisory capabilities as part of a much broader corporate finance, risk, and disputes portfolio.
• WSP Global: Global professional services firm with a large environmental and sustainability consulting practice serving infrastructure, energy, and natural resources clients. Broad incumbent because it covers overlapping ESG and sustainability advisory mandates at much larger scale than Kina.
• ERM (Environmental Resources Management): Global environmental and sustainability consultancy with deep enterprise relationships and a large Africa presence. Broad incumbent because it competes for ESG and sustainability advisory mandates from many of the same multinational clients (e.g., TotalEnergies, Trafigura) but at significantly greater scale and breadth.

Direct peers

• Anthesis Group: Specialist sustainability consultancy delivering ESG advisory, strategy, and reporting services to corporates globally. Direct peer because it competes for the same enterprise ESG advisory mandates and operates in similar boutique-to-mid-tier consulting tier.
• South Pole: Global climate and sustainability advisory firm of comparable boutique scale offering ESG strategy, advisory, and project services to corporates. Direct peer because both firms monetize senior expert-led sustainability advisory engagements with multinational clients, often through personal-brand-driven sales.
• BSR (Business for Social Responsibility): Member-based sustainability advisory network helping corporates integrate ESG strategy, supply chain sustainability, and stakeholder engagement. Direct peer because both serve large enterprise clients with bespoke ESG advisory and convene thought leadership in the sustainability space.

Regional players

• Open Capital Advisors: Africa-focused advisory firm serving growth companies, PE investors, and DFIs across the continent. Regional player because it shares the Africa-focus and DFI/PE client base with Kina and offers overlapping sustainability and ESG advisory support, though primarily from a finance and growth perspective.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/kinaadvisoryltd
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kina-advisory-limited

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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