Before co-founding Lighthouse, Anthony trained and worked as an aeronautical engineer, a discipline that taught him the value of structured problem-solving, risk management, and building for scale. Today, he applies that same engineering mindset to acquiring and transforming real-world businesses with untapped potential.
At Lighthouse, Anthony leads deal evaluation, operations strategy, and founder partnership. He focuses on identifying mid-sized African businesses where hands-on operational support, modern systems, and leadership transitions can unlock significant long-term value. Together with his co-founder, he is building a PE firm for Africa’s next growth chapter grounded in execution, discipline, and deep founder empathy.
Entrepreneurial Track Record
Education
Long before Lighthouse Capital, Anthony was in the trenches building companies from scratch, managing cash flow with urgency, and learning what it truly takes to scale in African markets.
Loyalty Kenya: A Tech Platform Ahead of Its Time
One of Anthony’s earliest ventures was Loyalty Kenya, a digital tool that helped brands manage customer complaints and build real loyalty. At a time when customer experience was still a buzzword, Loyalty Kenya offered large corporates a smarter way to track and respond to feedback. It gained significant traction and was later featured on Techweez & AllAfrica. The lesson? Solving real problems no matter how unglamorous always creates value.
The Airbnb Bet That Proved a Point
In 2017, Anthony launched and ran a profitable block of Airbnb apartments in Nairobi before the model gained mainstream traction. He negotiated landlord agreements with no upfront deposits, handled bookings, operations, and scaling logistics. The business had guaranteed bookings and strong margins but like many great ventures, it hit a capital wall. When landlords demanded deposits to continue, Anthony was forced to pause operations despite future revenue being locked in.
That experience cemented his belief in cash flow clarity, unit economics, and the importance of well-structured capital principles he now brings to every Lighthouse investment.
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Notifire: Bringing Structure to Chaos
Anthony later co-founded Notifire, a PropTech solution for landlords and property managers. It automated rent reminders through SMS, reducing tenant friction and boosting on-time payments from 60% to 80%. Built from a simple insight, most rent issues are about communication, not willingness. Notifire helped property owners collect more with less effort.
University of Hertfordshire
BSc in Aeronautical Engineering (2nd Upper Class Honours)
Member, Royal Aeronautical Society
Thesis & Investment Focus
Anthony approaches investing with an engineer’s mindset: systems matter, execution compounds, and structure creates scale. His core belief is that many African businesses operate with strong demand but weak foundations outdated systems, fragmented leadership, and fragile operations. He sees these as solvable constraints, not fixed limitations.
At Lighthouse, Anthony focuses on growth-stage and buyout opportunities where value is being left on the table due to operational inefficiencies, legacy processes, or poor capital planning. He looks for businesses that are too big to stay small, but too broken to grow without help and brings structured intervention to unlock their next chapter.
Having built and rebuilt companies himself, Anthony knows what it takes to fix a business while it’s still running. His investment lens prioritizes cash flow discipline, repeatable operations, and founder transition strategies often modernising the “back of house” to support front-end growth.
For Anthony, the thesis is clear: “Great companies don’t scale on hustle alone. They scale on systems.” And that’s exactly what he builds.
