Expert financial management consulting for non-profit organisations seeking to develop credible, funder-ready budgets and multi-year financial plans across Sub-Saharan Africa.
AIDLEDGER ADVISORY is a Kenya-based financial management consultancy founded by a practitioner with over 15 years of hands-on experience translating programmatic ambition into credible, accountable financial frameworks — for non-profit organisations across 14 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.
We understand the unique challenges facing African NPOs: the pressure to meet donor compliance standards, the programmatic-financial disconnect in proposal development, and the growing expectation that national and local partners take direct responsibility for managing international aid resources.
Our consulting model is built around deep partnership, contextual intelligence, and technical rigour — deploying experienced financial specialists precisely where and when clients need them.
Every service we provide is purpose-built for non-profit organisations navigating international aid finance — from proposal budgeting to multi-year strategic financial planning.
Funder-compliant proposal budgets for USAID, FCDO, EU, Global Fund, UNICEF, and major private foundations — with full budget narratives and cost justification.
Master budgets, departmental cost centre plans, and project-specific budget tracking frameworks aligned with organisational workplans and funding agreements.
Full 3–5 year financial frameworks, including rolling budget projections, funding gap analyses, cost-per-output modelling, and scenario planning tools.
Independent, expert review of internally-developed budgets — identifying errors, compliance gaps, and cost inconsistencies before donor submission.
Tailored training and mentoring for finance staff and programme teams — including budget development workshops and finance-for-non-finance courses.
Ongoing access to expert financial management guidance for organisations requiring sustained support — available monthly or quarterly as structured retainer engagements. These include budget revision, bookkeeping work, and preparation of financial statements.
We turn your programme ambitions into credible, funder-ready financial plans — so you can focus on delivering impact.
We are not generalist accountants. We are development finance specialists with the Africa experience to match.
20+ years exclusively in international development financial management — across health, WASH, education, livelihoods, and humanitarian programming.
Hands-on experience across 14 African countries means we understand local cost structures, operating environments, and donor ecosystems at depth.
Our consultant-on-demand model delivers expert-level quality at price points inaccessible to large international consulting firms.
We uniquely understand both sides of the equation — programme design and financial modelling — ensuring your budget reflects your theory of change.
We know proposal timelines are rarely generous. Our flexible model allows us to mobilise quickly to meet your deadlines without compromising quality.
Every engagement is designed to leave your team more capable than when we started — transferring knowledge, not creating dependency.
We operate as a lean principal-led firm, drawing on a roster of pre-vetted associate consultants deployed to match your specific needs.
Gitonga brings over 20 years of financial management consulting experience across Sub-Saharan Africa, having directly supported non-profit organisations in 14 countries to design and deliver credible, compliant financial frameworks for international aid programming. His career spans the full spectrum of major donor environments — including USAID, UN agencies (UNICEF, UNDP, WHO, UNFPA), the World Bank, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Gavi the Vaccine Alliance, and Expertise France — giving him rare fluency in the budget structures, compliance requirements, and reporting expectations of each. Gitonga founded AIDLEDGER ADVISORY to bring this depth of experience to a broader range of African non-profits, combining rigorous technical standards with an intimate understanding of the on-the-ground realities facing organisations working in complex development and humanitarian contexts.
Oladi is a development finance specialist with over 8 years of experience gained at a Big 4 professional services firm, where he focused exclusively on the international development sector. His technical expertise spans donor landscape mapping, funding gap analysis, proposal budget development, rebudgeting, and programmatic reprogramming across a diverse range of institutional funders. Oladi has supported national and international non-profits to construct budgets that are not only financially rigorous but strategically aligned to donor priorities — translating complex programmatic activities into cost structures that stand up to donor scrutiny. His Big 4 grounding gives him a command of financial analysis and compliance standards that he applies with practical, client-centred judgement on every engagement.
Drawing on 8+ years within a Big 4 advisory practice focused on international development finance, Allison brings structured analytical rigour to multi-year financial planning engagements. Her expertise includes donor ecosystem mapping, funding gap and sustainability analysis, multi-year costed plan development, and the remodelling of financial frameworks when programming priorities shift. Allison's experience working across diverse donor portfolios — from bilateral government funders to multilateral agencies — enables her to build long-range financial plans that are both technically sound and responsive to the realities of shifting aid landscapes. She is particularly skilled at helping organisations see across funding cycles, anticipate resource constraints, and position themselves strategically for continued financing.
We work with national NGOs, INGO country offices, UN implementing partners, and community-based organisations navigating the demands of international aid finance.
Whether you have a proposal deadline in three weeks or a multi-year strategic plan to develop over three months, we are ready to help. Reach out to discuss your needs.