FirstIdea Consulting Limited

Risk Management Experts

FirstIdea Consulting Limited is an independent risk consulting firm established in Kenya in 2014. We provide consulting services in Kenya and Africa. First Idea Consulting clients include both public and private sector clients. They include: International Non-Governmental (INGOs), Civil Society Organizations (CSO), Community Based Organizations,
Donor Agencies, Governmental Ministries, Departments and Agencies, Educational Institutions, and the Small and Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs). According to the World Economic Forum Global Report 2023, statistics indicate that the top 5 global risks are:

FirstIdea Consulting Limited is an independent risk consulting firm established in Kenya in 2014. We provide consulting services in Kenya and Africa. First Idea Consulting clients include both public and private sector clients. They include: International Non-Governmental (INGOs), Civil Society Organizations (CSO), Community Based Organizations, Donor Agencies, Governmental Ministries, Departments and Agencies, Educational Institutions, and the Small and Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs). According to the World Economic Forum Global Report 2023, statistics indicate that the top 5 global risks are:

Services

Risk Advisory

The purpose of a risk management framework is to assist an organization to integrate risk management in its day to day processes and make it a routine activity.

Risk Training

We provide a two-day training programme for board members. The training is aimed at assisting the board members understand risk they face and mitigation

Governance

We offer training for organizations boards on the roles of the board and the effectiveness of a board for the organization.

Financial Management Strategy

We offer trainings for financial management strategies to finance departments in the organization.

Human Resources Management

Our payroll system will help you manage your staff data and protect the information form the risk of exposure to unauthorized parties.

Trade
Finance

FirstIdea Consulting is passionate about Women SMEs and we walk with them to assist them to access finance beforehand ensuring that they have all the requirements.

Business Continuity Planning

We develop business continuity plans for organizations to assist them to come up with prior arrangements and procedures to enable them to respond to a disaster or a major disruption to operations

Organization Capacity Assessments (OCA)

FirstIdea Consulting uses various tools to assess the capacity of organizations as well as those of its implementing partners.

Testimonials

The finance training offered gave me a high experience and exposure on so many policies and requirements for the finance departments and other users.

Training Client

FisrtIdea Consulting Limited provided the services to our satisfaction and standards: we therefore do not hesitate to refer them for similar assignments.

Nancy Munene-Kamau Head of Finance and Operations. ACT!

FirstIdea Consulting Limited has performed high quality and responsive financial consultancy services. FirstIdea Consulting provided their services to our satisfaction and standards. In light of the excellent services provided and their responsiveness overall, we therefore would not hesitate to refer them for similar assignments.

Laila Macharia Managing Director, Africa Digital Media Institute (ADMI)

FirstIdea conducted a training in five regions. The trainings were conducted professionally and had a lot of impact to the training participants from all the regions. We can confirm that we have better financial reports from our grant recipients as a direct outcome of the training conducted

Javier Franklin Finance and Operations Manager, Coffey International Development – Kenyan.

FirstIdea Consulting conducted a training for Finance for Non- finance Managers. The training was conducted professionally and had a lot of impact to the training participants.

Mary Muthangia For Group Managing Director/CEO. CPF Financial Services.

FirstIdea Consulting Limited carried out a comprehensive due diligence, including interviews with various financial institutions and other stakeholders in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda.

Julius Alego Director, professional education, FSD Africa.

The conversations were very helpful. The bit of fundraising through social media was very informative. I also appreciated the view on Aid Vs Justice.

George Thuku Training on Covid 19- Fundraising Friend or Foe.

I enjoyed most learning about the information on what customers can do following the directive to restructure loans and what opportunities are available for them in these times.

Lucy Karambu Training on Covid 19 Implications and CBK directives.ves.

The training was very useful and relevant. Thank you for the highlight on conflict of interest and declaration practice. I will recommend the course to some organizations.

Protus Lumiti Training on Understanding how to deal with fraud

Our Clients

Trust is crucial when it comes to doing business. That’s why we’re proud to be trusted by some of the most respected companies and organizations in the industry.