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Kenya’s financial and corporate sector.[iStockphoto]

Spend enough time around Kenya’s financial and corporate sector, and a pattern begins to emerge.

We have professionals who run banks, manage regional portfolios, build complex institutions, and restructure and resuscitate. Yet very few own the companies they operate. Eventually, the question becomes difficult to ignore. If we have the expertise, why does ownership remain out of reach?

The constraint is not capability. It is access to capital at scale and structures that allow professionals to convert expertise into ownership. This is where Special Purpose Acquisition Companies, or SPACs, enter the conversation.