The East Africa
Business Blueprint
Everything foreign investors and returning diaspora need to enter, register, and build a profitable business across the East African Community — the right way, the first time.
A 14-page operating manual.Not a brochure.
Four parts. Every page distilled from real transactions, real registrations and real conversations with regulators across the bloc.
Why East Africa, Why Now
The macro case, the EAC Common Market advantage, and the three forces that make this moment structurally different.
Sector Intelligence by Country
Where capital is flowing across Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda and DRC — and your highest-probability entry sectors.
From Idea to Operating Company
The complete 11-step registration and licensing pathway with the expert context that compliance guides leave out.
The Playbook + 10 Non-Negotiables
Pattern recognition from a decade of advisory — what successful investors do differently, plus your pre-entry checklist.
Suedi
"African markets are the most exciting in the world — not despite the complexity, but because of it. That complexity is exactly where the opportunity hides. This guide gives you the map."
Amne is an international lawyer, investment adviser and entrepreneur who founded Shikana Group in 2014 to bridge global capital with African opportunity. Headquartered in Switzerland and Tanzania, her firm advises entrepreneurs, multinationals and financial institutions deploying capital across Eastern and Southern Africa, Europe and the United States.
She began her career in Swiss finance — first as legal counsel at Capital Dynamics (CHF 60B AUM), then in the Asset Management & Alternative Investments division of Pictet Group, one of Switzerland's oldest private banks. She holds law degrees from Switzerland, Tanzania and Zanzibar, and an LLM in International Finance & Trade Law from University College London.
Over the past decade she has structured and facilitated more than USD 300 million in cross-border investment, advising clients including the IFC, World Bank, East African Community, Bolt, Scania, Rotana Hotels, Oryx Energy, Capital Drilling, CRDB Bank and SportPesa on market entry, acquisitions, joint ventures and regulatory strategy.
- · Honorary Consul of Switzerland in Zanzibar
- · Chairperson, Switzerland–Tanzania Chamber of Commerce
- · Board Member, Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC)
- · Expert, National Vision 2050 Drafting Core Team
- · Board Member, National Carbon Monitoring Centre
- · Former Non-Executive Director, Armadale Capital (AIM, London)
- · Top 100 Executive List, Tanzania (2022)
- · Top 50 Women in Management in Africa (2023)
Built for serious operators, not tourists.
Foreign Investors
Exploring East Africa for the first time and need a credible, practical roadmap before deploying capital.
Diaspora Entrepreneurs
Returning home to invest, who want to avoid the costly mistakes that come from incomplete information.
Global Executives
Evaluating market entry for their company and need sector intelligence and regulatory clarity — fast.
"Shikana cut our market-entry timeline in half. The clarity they bring to regulatory complexity is unmatched in the region."
"I'd read three reports on East Africa before this guide. This is the first one written by someone who has actually closed deals here."
The map every investor wishes they'd had on day one.
- 14-page PDF — instantly delivered to your inbox
- Sector intelligence across 8 EAC markets
- Complete 11-step registration pathway
- 10-point pre-entry checklist
- Bonus: invitation to a free 30-min strategy call