I’m a Dutch-Liberian strategy consultant and business advisor with 20+ years of experience working across Europe and Africa, and more recently also Latin America and Southeast Asia. I specialise in institutional strengthening, governance and financial sustainability for civil society organisations, BSOs, sector associations and networks, and in private sector development and access to finance for SMEs and the organisations that support them. Especially in contexts where institutional capacity is low. 

Through SoVenture, I support multilateral organisations, government programmes, BSOs and consultancy firms to:

I’m a Dutch-Liberian strategy consultant and business advisor with 20+ years of experience working across Europe and Africa, and more recently also Latin America and Southeast Asia. I specialise in designing practical and inclusive solutions for sustainable economic growth, especially in contexts where institutional capacity is low. 

Through SoVenture, I support multilateral organisations, government programmes, BSOs and consultancy firms to:

• Develop and execute actionable strategies
• Strengthen the capacity of support organisations
• Design effective funding or resource mobilisation approaches
• Facilitate multi-stakeholder collaboration for ecosystem-wide impact

I’ve advised tech and innovation hubs in West Africa on financial sustainability, co-designed an ASEAN-wide strategy for women’s entrepreneurship, supported the ASEAN Women Entrepreneurs Network to strengthen their organisation and coached over 70 SMEs in Africa and Latin America on business growth, business models and profitability.

SoVenture is part of a broader model that I’m building: one that connects strategy development, institutional delivery and community-rooted systems. This multi-level perspective influcence how I approach every engagement. 

• SoVenture – My independent strategy consultancy.
• Guide My Growth – An online platform offering tools and practical guidance to help SMEs grow - profitably - without external funding.
• Mineke Foundation – A grassroots NGO that I founded and lead in Liberia, focused on affordable education, women & youth entrepreneurship and financial inclusion. We build pathways to economic independence.

Together, these platforms reflect my belief that lasting impact requires both high-level strategy and practical, grounded implementation.

• Develop and execute actionable strategies
  
• Develop and execute actionable strategies
• Strengthen the capacity of support organisations
• Design effective funding or resource mobilisation approaches
• Facilitate multi-stakeholder collaboration for ecosystem-wide impact
• Strengthen the capacity of support organisations
  
• Design effective funding or resource mobilisation approaches
  
• Facilitate multi-stakeholder collaboration for ecosystem-wide impact
• Design practical pathways to financial sustainability for organisations seeking to reduce donor or funder dependency.

I’ve advised tech and innovation hubs in West Africa on financial sustainability, co-designed an ASEAN-wide strategy for women’s entrepreneurship for the ASEAN Women Entrepreneurs Network, coached over 70 SMEs in Africa and Latin America on business growth, business models and profitability, and designed and delivered a funding readiness programme for 117 SMEs in Latin America and the Caribbean for IDB. I have also led institutional strengthening and governance advisory for the ASEAN Women Entrepreneurs Network and the National Coffee and Tea Association of Nigeria under ITC programmes.