Meet our Founder
Daniele Nyirandutiye
I launched Frontiers Growth Partners to bridge strategy, capital, and policy across Africa and other frontier markets—drawing on a career at the intersection of foreign policy, national security, development, and finance.
As a former Director for African Affairs at the U.S. National Security Council, I advised the President and National Security Advisor on U.S.-Africa policy—shaping initiatives that deepened trade ties, advanced regional security, and mobilized transformative investment. I've led multi-sector efforts to expand internet access, scale healthcare delivery, and unlock agricultural and energy markets—combining strategic vision with real-world execution.
Throughout my career, I’ve mobilized over $400 million in private capital, built high-impact public-private partnerships, and managed billion-dollar development portfolios across dynamic and high-risk environments. I understand both the macro dynamics of global investment and the on-the-ground realities of implementation.
At Frontiers Growth Partners, we bring this experience to bear—offering strategic advisory, government affairs expertise, and market intelligence to help clients:
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Navigate complex policy and regulatory landscapes
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Align capital with sustainable development goals
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Unlock growth in high-potential but often misunderstood markets
Whether you are a global investor seeking trusted entry into Africa, a development partner building a strategic initiative, or a government leader shaping your country’s investment story—we are here to help you move with confidence, clarity, and purpose.
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About Us
We are trusted advisors operating at the intersection of strategy, policy, and markets. We connect global capital with African opportunity—bridging investors, entrepreneurs, and governments to unlock sustainable growth across frontier markets.
Our team blends deep regional expertise with U.S. government affairs insight to deliver tailored solutions that drive results, reduce risk, and create value.
Whether shaping policy, navigating regulatory environments, or structuring transformative partnerships, we bring unmatched local intelligence and global perspective to every engagement.
Why work with us?
With decades of experience in policy development, building successful public-private partnerships, diplomacy, and international trade, deep and grounded expertise in business and government relationships between the U.S. and Africa, on-the-ground and high-level networks across the Atlantic, and an appreciation of Africa’s growth opportunities and challenges, we are uniquely positioned to convene governments and businesses alike to build partnerships that will open up new opportunities for growth.
Our service is rooted in real-world challenges and successes, offering actionable, feasible, and practical solutions tailored to specific client needs that will empower them to step forward and unlock opportunities with influence and cross-cultural fluency.
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Story:
Navigating Hurdles on the Path to Capital: African Women Entrepreneurs’ Journey
There is a common refrain that rings out across the hills in interactions with African entrepreneurs. It is a phrase so regularly raised it sounds like a broken record. African businesses struggle to access and raise capital.
Where a group of friends, family, and angel investors that see commercial potential in an idea could have filled that funding gap, most entrepreneurs are left with no option but to seek a loan from commercial banks, at such prohibitive rates it is nearly suicidal for a fledgeling business.
And that is where it becomes especially complicated for women entrepreneurs. Banks and the other credit sources will require collateral in the form of physical assets, usually real estate, or proof of gainful employment with reputable institutions before they can open the doors to the high cost capital.
Many women though will not have assets to their names as any property they are associated with will be registered either in the names of their community or the men in their families. This slams the doors of commercial banks shut right in the face of women entrepreneurs. It is a chain that shackles the legs of Africa’s women entrepreneurs and holds them back.
African women, however, wake up each day to defy these odds. Several researchers have found that the countries with the highest number of women entrepreneurs are in Africa, with Ghana, Cape Verde, and Rwanda leading the pack. Researchers estimate that women-led businesses contribute nearly 15% of GDP in Africa’s nearly $4 trillion economy.
Women entrepreneurs who have weathered these challenges to build successful businesses, creating jobs in the process and transforming their communities highlight a missed opportunity in the structural hurdles to accessing capital. Women entrepreneurs are active disruptors in fashion, the arts and entertainment, computer technology, engineering, education, healthcare, logistics and supply chain management, and agriculture. These businesses are stories of courage, determination, and success in the face of adversity.
Hurdles to women-led businesses accessing capital are not only a bottleneck to business growth but are also a missed opportunity for investors. Women entrepreneurs bring on board a unique grounding within their communities and an acute awareness of challenges that can be solved by business opportunities. Ignoring women-led businesses is walking away from opportunities that could open doors to untapped markets and closing the door to the opportunity to work with tried and tested business partners with a track record of overcoming steep odds.
Video: African Women Rising
Hear from African women entrepreneurs speak of their journey defying odds to grow businesses that build value and cause a positive impact in their communities.
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Premiere of the Africa Women Rising Documentary
Join guests at the premiere of the Africa Women Rising documentary which tells the story of African women entrepreneurs navigating complex challenges, whether it is raising capital, finding markets, weaving through regulatory hoops, as they build formidable businesses that create employment, boost government revenue, and grow their societies.
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Our Core Expertise
National Security
We operate at the nexus of national security, foreign policy, and development, ensuring that we bring a global perspective and geopolitical insights to inform our clients.
Geopolitics
We analyze international relations. Our guidance helps navigate political complexities.
Emerging Markets Finance
We understand unique capital challenges and design optimal capital structures that align with investor goals and local market conditions.
Market Insights
We provide deep local knowledge. Our intelligence reveals hidden opportunities.
Our Growth Story
Who We Are
At Frontiers Growth Partners, we are trusted advisors at the intersection of strategy, policy, and markets.
We connect global capital with African opportunity—bridging investors, entrepreneurs, and governments to unlock sustainable growth across frontier markets.
Our team blends deep regional expertise with U.S. government affairs insight to deliver tailored solutions that drive results, reduce risk, and create value.
Whether shaping policy, navigating regulatory environments, or structuring transformative partnerships, we bring unmatched local intelligence and global perspective to every engagement.