Kampani, Belgium
Consultant
More than 20 due diligence assignments: financial, governance, legal, technical and commercial due diligence, with valuation and investment appraisal.
Due diligence, appraisal and valuation
IntrepidX Philosophy Limited · Kampala
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We are a consulting firm working for lenders, investors, development partners and governments. Our six services run from due diligence before an investment to monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment after it, with information systems and market analysis alongside.
Who we are
Philosophy, in its original sense
The word in our name means careful reasoning about what is true. For us that means taking the time to understand the numbers, reporting them honestly, and making sure the work gets used.
IntrepidX Philosophy Limited is legally incorporated in Uganda under the Companies Act 2012. The team includes an associate professor, an evaluation specialist with a PhD, five qualified accountants, an investment manager who has passed CFA Levels I and II, a SACCO and microfinance practitioner with more than twenty years in the sector, a survey statistician, a software developer and two associate consultants.
What we do
Six services, each with its own lead
Each service stands on its own. Clients can use one or several, and every assignment has a named Team Leader who deals with the client and signs off the work.
01
Due diligence, investment appraisal and valuation
Financial, commercial, governance, legal and technical due diligence, feasibility studies, financial models and business valuations.
Sebyala SamuelService lead 02Post-investment support
Independent monitoring of borrowers and investees, portfolio reviews, practical support to the institutions that receive finance, and turnaround plans.
Dickson TuryahabweService lead 03Monitoring and evaluation
Baselines, M&E frameworks and plans, mid-term and end-line evaluations, surveys, capacity assessments and M&E training.
Prof. Atukunda GershomService lead 04Impact assessment
Impact evaluations, jobs and income measurement, outcome studies at end-line, and impact and ESG measurement for investors.
Dr. Yusuf KiwalaService lead 05Management information systems
Working out what information managers need, then designing the system, building the software, setting up dashboards and training the people who run it.
Kazooba SimonService lead 06Market analysis
Market and feasibility assessments, sector and value-chain studies, segmentation, customer and product research, and policy and trade studies.
Dickson TuryahabweService leadWe also provide
- Training for boards, managers and staff
- Tax and regulatory advice
- Reviews of financial management and internal controls
Who our services are for
- Lenders, development finance institutions and impact investors
- Development partners and the programmes they fund
- Ministries and local governments
- SACCOs, microfinance institutions and other Tier IV institutions
- Cooperatives, SMEs and NGOs
Why work with us
What the team brings
A lead for each service
Each of our six services has a named lead, drawn from Sebyala Samuel, Dickson Turyahabwe, Prof. Atukunda Gershom, Dr. Yusuf Kiwala and Kazooba Simon.
Experience on both sides of a loan
An investment manager who has made and monitored loans for impact investors, and a practitioner who has run a SACCO and trained the staff who lend to small borrowers.
Qualified accountants
Five of the team are qualified accountants (CPA or ACCA) and one is also a certified tax adviser. Our credit lead has passed CFA Levels I and II.
Evaluation and research depth
An associate professor, an evaluation specialist with a PhD and a survey statistician, with work for USAID, FCDO, the Mastercard Foundation, UNCDF, Sida, GIZ and aBi programmes.
Our own software developer
We can design an information system and also build, connect and support the software, so recommendations turn into tools people use.
Local knowledge
We know Uganda's lenders, SACCOs, cooperatives and public bodies well, and our team has worked in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, South Sudan and further afield.
We check figures against source documents before we use them, and we say so when a figure could not be checked.
Accuracy · the first of our five values
Current work
Ongoing assignments as of September 2026
Four of our current assignments. The full track record is on the Our work page.
Global Social Impact Fund (GSIF), Spain
Consultant
Loan monitoring for more than 15 companies in GSIF's East African portfolio: reconciling lender facilities to the balance sheet, testing liquidity and tracking capital drawdowns.
Post-investment supportaBi Finance Limited
Lead consultant
A 12-month assignment helping 15 of aBi Finance's partner Tier IV financial institutions bring loan arrears under control: diagnostics and baselines, tools, training, coaching and action plans.
Post-investment support, with M&EaBi Finance Limited
Consultant
Consultancy services for institutional appraisal and monitoring of financial institutions.
Due diligence and post-investment supportOur track record lists more than 50 assignments by the firm and our consultants, for clients including the Mastercard Foundation, FCDO, USAID, UNCDF, UNDP, UNFPA, Sida, Enabel, IOM, Oikocredit, aBi and World Bank-funded projects.
Our people
Who leads the work
The Managing Director, the Company Secretary and the leads of our six services. Twelve people in all, with full CVs available on request.
Prof. Atukunda Gershom
Managing Director and Team Leader, Monitoring and Evaluation
Dr. Yusuf Kiwala
Principal Consultant, Impact Assessment
Sebyala Samuel, ACCA
Principal Consultant, Due Diligence and Credit Risk
Dickson Turyahabwe, CPA
Principal Consultant, SMEs and Financial Inclusion
Dean Niwarinda
Senior Investment Analyst, Company Secretary and Lead, Investment Analysis
Kazooba Simon
Head of Management Information Systems
How we work
Seven steps, adjusted to the terms of reference
Agree the scope
What decision the work supports, the questions to answer, the data we need and who we should speak to.
Collect documents and data
We request records early and design survey or interview tools where they are needed.
Check the figures
We trace figures to source documents and cross-check them where a second source exists.
Analyse
We look for the causes behind the numbers, build models, and test how sensitive the results are to our assumptions.
Discuss the findings
We take draft findings back to management and stakeholders before we finalise them.
Report and hand over
The final report and any tools are handed over to the client's staff, with training where needed.
Follow up
Where the assignment allows, we check whether recommendations were adopted and measure results against the baseline.
Contact
Discuss an assignment
To discuss an assignment or request company documents for a tender, contact the Company Secretary, Dean Niwarinda, at [email protected].