Bonano Badia

Bonano is a development finance specialist with two decades of experience in project finance, investment analysis, corporate finance and rural and MSME credit structuring. He joined Smart Regional Consultants in May 2024 to lead programme strategy, business development and cooperatives development.

He previously served as Head of Operations and Chief Credit Officer at the Agricultural Finance Corporation, managing a credit portfolio of Ksh 10.37 billion across 48 branches and six regions with a staff complement of over 350, and has appraised more than 13,000 debt financing projects across agricultural value chains. He led formulation and implementation of the AFC Strategic Plan 2018/2022 and mainstreamed the AfDB-led Prudential Standards, Guidelines and Rating System, under which the Corporation moved from a D rating in 2011 to AA in 2019.

He also served as Programme Manager of the Ksh 2.2 billion AfDB-funded ENABLE Youth Kenya programme and has mobilised major facilities from IFAD, FSD Kenya, AGRA, the Kenya Sugar Board and the Government of Kenya.

Master of Science in Finance and Investments and Bachelor of Arts in Economics, University of Nairobi; Certified Public Accountant, Strathmore University.