Salama Capital is a founder-led advisory firm helping governments, DFIs, banks, funds and growth companies structure capital, strengthen institutions and execute development mandates across Africa.
Years Combined Experience
Confirmed FDI Facilitated
Through the integration of our foundational disciplines, we accelerate institutional readiness, market confidence, and sustainable impact.
Financial modelling, valuation, pitch and data-room preparation, transaction structuring, investor access and fundraising support.
Programme design, financial-sector strategy, institutional reform, SOE restructuring, PPP/blended-finance frameworks, technical assistance and policy execution.
Baselines, mid-term reviews, endlines, data-quality assurance and OECD-DAC-aligned evaluation.
Gender-smart investment criteria, inclusive pipelines, governance and impact metrics for funds, DFIs and enterprises.
Executive AI training, readiness diagnostics, workflow design and responsible adoption, with technical implementation delivered through an identified partner.
Board effectiveness, risk committees, investment governance, controls, reporting, and regulatory compliance oversight.
Angelique Kantengwa is a senior advisory and transaction consultant with more than 35 years of leadership across central banking, financial-sector supervision, national social-security governance, transaction advisory, development finance and institutional reform. She is a Harvard Kennedy School Master of Public Administration graduate and Mason Fellow. As former Senior Director of Financial Stability and Director of Bank Supervision at the National Bank of Rwanda, she restructured state-owned banks, and as Managing Director of the Rwanda Social Security Board, she grew the investment portfolio from RWF 244.5B to RWF 404B in under three years. Additionally, as Rwanda Country Lead for Manufacturing Africa, she supported over USD 180M in facilitated FDI, subject to final programme attribution. At Salama Capital, she leads a Kigali-based platform helping governments, DFIs, banks, funds and growth companies structure capital, strengthen institutions and execute measurable development mandates across Africa.
Lina Rutaba is a transaction and strategic-finance adviser with 15 years of experience across Rwanda, France, Canada and the United States. She leads corporate-finance, capital-structuring and transaction-advisory work for governments, DFIs, banks, investors and growth companies. Lina has led more than 20 investment transactions totaling over USD 50M, contributed to more than USD 30M in FDI to Rwanda, advised Agaciro Development Fund on a USD 200M+ investment portfolio, and supported a USD 200M+ cross-border LBO that resulted in a successful private-equity acquisition. Her experience includes financial modelling, valuation, due diligence, KYC and compliance, investor engagement, blended-finance structuring, digital transformation and strategic planning. At Salama Capital, Lina leads transaction origination, structuring and execution across target sectors and geographies, while contributing to firm-wide strategy, business development and relationships with institutional investors, DFIs, banks and co-investment partners.
Strategic advisory and implementation support for large-scale manufacturing initiatives, driving industrial growth and investment readiness across the continent.
Management and oversight of demonstration funds focused on sustainable development and innovative financial instruments for emerging markets.
Leading implementations for the ISHEMA programme, bridging the gap between institutional policy and high-impact community-level execution.
Institutional-grade DCF models, clean corporate governance, and audit-ready data rooms from day one.
Pragmatic, workflow-embedded AI programs that directly optimize margins and operational readiness.
Embedded 2X Challenge and gender-smart metrics that attract dedicated DFI and impact capital.
Direct equity partner leadership with 55+ years of combined experience driving deals to close.
Why gender-smart capital deployment generates superior risk-adjusted returns in emerging markets, and how institutional allocators can structure investable pipelines beyond basic 2X criteria.
A practical governance and data roadmap for African commercial banks and DFIs to deploy predictive and generative AI workflows while complying with regional supervisory and cyber standards.
A strategic blueprint for mid-market African enterprises and sovereign sponsors preparing balance sheets, data rooms, and governance frameworks for global institutional investment.
Decades of structural leadership manifest in an unrivaled global relationship matrix.
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