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Tanir Credit & Accounting Services Limited (hereinafter "Tanir" or "the Company") is a Kenyan digital credit provider, licensed by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) as a Digital Credit Provider (DCP). Founded in 2018, the Company provides short-tenor consumer and business credit, with M-Pesa used for both disbursement and repayment and origination consolidating on its website ahead of a planned native mobile app. Following its first external debt round, drawn between October 2025 and May 2026, Tanir has both scaled its core lending and launched a secured asset-finance line for income-generating motorcycles (boda-boda) and smartphones. The Company serves Kenya's domestic market end-to-end, with borrower concentrations in Nairobi and Mombasa, and operates across three established lines — B2C micro-loans, B2B working-capital loans, and SME factoring — now complemented by asset-backed lending.
Origins and evolution
Tanir's entry into asset finance is best understood as a return to its origins. The Company began with vehicle-related lending — auto finance for transport operators — before broadening into general short-tenor lending to individuals and businesses, building underwriting and collections around borrower cash flow. As digital channels matured, Tanir tested online applications through chatbots and automated tools while retaining limited offline support for exceptional cases, and progressively consolidated origination on its website with a native mobile app to follow. In parallel it expanded into SME credit, offering standard working-capital loans (30–120 days) and factoring (30–180 days) under enhanced due diligence. The move into financed boda-boda motorcycles and smartphones therefore extends a capability the Company has held since inception — secured lending against a productive asset — now applied to Kenya's largest informal-employment sector. This positioning enables better scalability, improved risk insight through asset-level controls, and a materially higher average ticket.
Products & Pricing
Historically Tanir has issued 85,000+ loans per year across B2C and B2B customers through primarily digital channels; in FY2025 the Company issued ≈88,100 loans, and over January–May 2026 origination reached ≈46,800 loans. In the consumer line, short-tenor micro-loans of 7–30 days are priced at an average of ≈0.65% per day (≈240% p.a., simple interest), with typical loan sizes of KSh 3,000–60,000 (average ≈€252 over January–May 2026, reflecting the growing asset-finance contribution), an average term of ≈29 days, and a ≈73% repeat-borrowing rate driven by progressive credit limits.
In the business (non-factoring) line, working-capital loans carry tenors of 30–120 days at ≈40% p.a., with typical tickets of KSh 300,000–2,000,000 (average ≈€8,667) under manual underwriting. The SME factoring product is short-term financing against verified invoices or contracts, with repayment typically sourced from the debtor's settlement of the underlying invoice. It bridges a supplier's cash-flow gap before the buyer pays, mitigating credit risk relative to unsecured working-capital loans and supporting higher ticket sizes for reliable SMEs; it carries tenors of 30–180 days at ≈29% p.a., with ticket sizes of KSh 300,000–6,000,000 (average ≈€30,667) under enhanced due diligence (contract, invoice and counterparty verification).
The asset-finance line provides credit for income-generating motorcycles and smartphones, secured by the financed asset. A financed motorcycle represents a materially larger ticket than a consumer micro-loan (a new boda-boda typically retails at roughly KSh 130,000–200,000), with borrower deposits of approximately 10–22%, tenors of 12–24 months, and daily or weekly repayments aligned to rider cash flow. Asset-level controls — retention of the logbook (ownership title) until full repayment, GPS tracking on motorcycles, remote device locking on smartphones, and bundled comprehensive insurance — distinguish this line from the Company's unsecured products. Asset-finance volumes are originated and reported within the individual-loan line, where they are the principal driver of the rising average consumer ticket (≈€252 on average over January–May 2026, up from ≈€160 in early 2025); standalone unit economics for the line are not reported separately.
In FY2025, the value-weighted portfolio default rate was ≈4.0% of disbursements (Individuals ≈5.3%, Business ≈2.0%, Factoring ≈0–1%), on a disbursement mix of ≈66% / 23% / 11% (Individual / Business / Factoring). Over January–May 2026, the blended default rate was ≈3.7% (Individuals ≈5.4%, Business ≈1.9%, Factoring ≈0–1%), on a disbursement mix of ≈58% / 29% / 13%. Disbursements and repayments are executed via M-Pesa (with bank transfers supported), and underwriting uses CRB-integrated scoring and behavioral analytics.
License & Compliance
Tanir is licensed as a Digital Credit Provider (DCP) by the Central Bank of Kenya — CBK/DCP/2024/82, dated 7 October 2024. The license is in good standing, and the Company pays all applicable licence and supervisory fees on time. Historically, digital lending in Kenya operated for an extended period with limited direct regulation; after the CBK introduced the DCP licensing regime, all providers were required to apply for authorisation, and compliant applicants were permitted to continue operating pending a final decision during the review period. Tanir applied in due course and continued serving the domestic market until formal licence issuance.
Leadership & Organization
Tanir is fully owned by its founder and Chief Executive Officer, Leah Muthoni Nganga. This alignment of ownership and leadership supports long-term strategic decisions and capital discipline, including a conservative dividend and bonus policy focused on reinvestment. As CEO, Leah defines strategy, oversees credit policy and key partnerships, and leads engagement with investors and the Central Bank of Kenya. The executive team also includes a Chief Financial Officer responsible for financial planning, treasury, taxation, audits, funding management and unit economics, and a Chief Operating Officer who coordinates day-to-day operations across risk, scoring, collections and customer support. Core functions — Risk, Scoring & Legal; Collections; Customer Support; IT & Development; and Marketing & Growth — are each led by a dedicated manager. This structure reduces key-person dependence, strengthens governance, and enables scalable execution as the Company adds the operational capabilities required for asset finance (asset inspection, repossession, telematics and insurance administration).
The €9,000,000 facility will be secured primarily by the Company's working assets, supplemented by fixed assets and a personal guarantee from the director. The collateral structure combines the active loan book, cash reserves, office equipment, and a pledged vehicle, providing a diversified base of both dynamic and tangible assets. Cash-flow control mechanisms ensure transparent monitoring of loan disbursements and repayments.
Coverage is assessed against the facility's peak outstanding balance of approximately €4.8 million rather than the €9.0 million cumulative commitment. Because the facility is drawn at €800,000 per month with each tranche repaid six months after drawdown, earlier tranches mature and are repaid before later ones are drawn; outstanding principal therefore never approaches the full commitment, peaking at six concurrent monthly drawdowns (≈€4.8 million, November 2026 – April 2027). The amount actually owed by the Company at any point in time — the exposure the collateral must cover — is capped at this peak.
Dynamic assets
Loan book: ≈€8.70 million as of end-May 2026 — the active portfolio of loans disbursed to clients (€9.04 million gross), net of expected credit losses of ≈3.8%. The loan book is revolving and provides continuous cash inflows through scheduled repayments. A growing share of the loan book comprises secured asset-finance receivables — financed motorcycles and smartphones backed by retained logbooks (ownership titles), GPS telematics and comprehensive insurance — which improves the quality and recoverability of this asset base relative to a purely unsecured book.
Cash reserves: €500,000 — available liquidity held in Company accounts, pledged as part of the collateral package.
Combined, these working assets total ≈€9.20 million and represent the core operating base of the business. They are monitored monthly to ensure portfolio quality and collateral adequacy. The loan book is stated as of end-May 2026 and is projected to grow materially over the facility period as proceeds are deployed, so collateral coverage at the time of peak outstanding (November 2026 onwards) is expected to be higher than the figures stated here.
Fixed assets
Office equipment: €90,000 — including desks, chairs, computers, monitors, and kitchen equipment.
Toyota Land Cruiser 300 3.5 AT (2023): €78,360 — pledged vehicle as collateral; the director provides a separate personal guarantee.
Cash flow and reserve mechanisms
All loan disbursements and borrower repayments are processed through dedicated mobile money paybill and bank accounts, ensuring transparent tracking of daily inflows and providing the lender with clear visibility over cash generation. The loan book is expected to revolve multiple times during the facility's term, generating sufficient liquidity to service interest and principal. The Company accumulates repayment reserves ahead of tranche maturities, creating an additional liquidity buffer for bullet settlements. For the asset-finance book specifically, recoverability is further supported by the Company's ability to repossess and remarket financed assets on default, enabled by retained logbooks, GPS tracking and maintained insurance.
Collateral summary
Component | Value (€) |
Loan book (net of expected credit losses, end-May 2026) | ≈8,695,000 |
Cash reserves | 500,000 |
Office equipment | 90,000 |
Vehicle (Land Cruiser) | 78,360 |
Total | ≈9,363,000 |
Conclusion
The collateral package provides diversified coverage through a combination of revolving loan-book assets, pledged cash reserves, and tangible fixed assets, supported by a personal guarantee from the director. Cash reserves of €500,000, office equipment of €90,000 and the pledged vehicle are supplemented by the loan book, valued at ≈€8.70 million net of expected credit losses as of end-May 2026, giving a total collateral value of ≈€9.36 million. Measured against the facility's peak outstanding balance of ≈€4.8 million — the maximum amount owed at any one time given the facility's monthly drawdown and six-month revolving structure — this implies a loan-to-value ratio of ≈51% and collateral coverage of ≈1.95x, consistent with the loan-to-value figure stated in the company profile. While the structure relies substantially on the revolving loan book rather than on fixed assets, the increasing share of secured asset-finance receivables, daily cash-flow monitoring, and reserve accumulation ahead of bullet maturities together support the security available to the lender.

Between 2021 and 2024, Tanir demonstrated consistent expansion in scale and profitability, with total revenue rising from €1,381,277 to €2,449,452 and net profit from €109,216 to €602,925, as net margin widened from 7.9% to 24.6%. In 2025 the Company generated €3,061,377 in revenue and €939,106 in net profit, lifting net margin to 30.7%; over January–May 2026 it generated a further €2,899,025 in revenue and €1,060,039 in net profit. This trajectory reflects disciplined cost control, stable unit economics, and a re-lending-driven model, with growth constrained by liquidity rather than demand. Throughout, "revenue" denotes interest and fee income actually paid by borrowers (including late, processing and factoring fees) and excludes loan principal.
Metric | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 YTD |
Revenue (total €) | 1,381,277 | 1,580,601 | 2,029,834 | 2,449,452 | 3,061,377 | 2,899,025 |
– Individual loans | 1,178,076 | 1,345,713 | 1,735,399 | 2,008,974 | 2,387,935 | 2,209,763 |
– Business loans | 176,714 | 197,259 | 235,233 | 295,814 | 418,845 | 464,480 |
– Business (factoring) | 26,487 | 37,629 | 59,202 | 144,664 | 254,597 | 224,782 |
Gross profit (total €) | 557,056 | 770,767 | 1,151,304 | 1,452,507 | 1,680,000 | 1,903,727 |
– Individual loans | 419,937 | 600,163 | 943,192 | 1,141,871 | 1,128,060 | 1,339,946 |
– Business loans | 117,919 | 142,847 | 159,273 | 207,548 | 303,598 | 344,971 |
– Business (factoring) | 19,200 | 27,757 | 48,839 | 103,088 | 248,343 | 218,810 |
Operating profit (€) | 288,473 | 461,933 | 770,977 | 1,031,322 | 1,369,167 | 1,746,542 |
Net profit (€) | 109,216 | 222,063 | 429,819 | 602,925 | 939,106 | 1,060,039 |
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Note: "2026 YTD" denotes January–May 2026. Gross profit is stated after direct costs and provisions for expected defaults; operating profit is gross profit less operating expenses; net profit is stated after funding costs and corporate income tax. The asset-finance line launched in late 2025 and is originated and reported within the individual-loan line; it is therefore not shown separately.
Detailed unit economics
(January–May 2026 actuals)
Metric | Individual loans | Business loans | Business (factoring) |
Average loan amount | KSh 37,900 (~€252) | KSh 1,300,000 (~€8,667) | KSh 4,609,000 (~€30,667) |
Average interest revenue per loan | KSh 7,200 (~€48) | KSh 103,400 (~€688) | KSh 407,000 (~€2,708) |
Average rate | ≈0.65% per day (~240% p.a.) | ≈40% p.a. | ≈29% p.a. |
Average term | ≈29 days | ≈72 days | ≈111 days |
Repeat-borrowing rate | ≈73% | ≈37% | ≈28% |
Default rate | ≈5.4% | ≈1.9% | ≈0–1% |
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This breakdown confirms that individual borrowers remain the core profitability driver, supported by scale, risk-based pricing and re-lending dynamics that ensure predictable unit economics. The factoring segment, though smaller in loan count, offers larger loan sizes and the lowest default rates, indicating strong growth potential as liquidity constraints are lifted. The asset-finance line combines a materially higher average ticket with a secured, collateralised risk profile (see Section 1); its volumes are consolidated within the individual-loan line, where they are the principal driver of the rising average consumer ticket.
Performance Since the Initial Facility
Tanir completed its first external debt round between October 2025 and May 2026. The facility was drawn in monthly tranches totalling €5,126,275, at a blended rate of approximately 21.6% per annum (individual tranches priced at 22.9% and 16.9%), each on a five-month term with monthly interest and bullet principal at maturity. The Company has established a clear repayment track record: €852,269 of principal has matured and been repaid on schedule to date (as of end-May 2026), with €4,274,006 outstanding. Outstanding principal peaked at €4,274,006 at the end of May 2026, when the facility was fully drawn.
Facility status (as deployed, as of end-May 2026) | Value |
Round period | October 2025 – May 2026 |
Amount drawn | €5,126,275 |
Pricing / tenor | ≈21.6% p.a. blended (22.9% / 16.9%); 5-month tranches; monthly interest + bullet |
Repaid on schedule (to date) | €852,269 |
Outstanding | €4,274,006 |
Peak outstanding | €4,274,006 (end-May 2026) |
Near-term maturities (Aug–Oct 2026) | ≈€3.55m (≈83% of outstanding) |
A notable feature of the deployment is its accelerating pace: monthly drawdown rose from roughly €0.25 million in the early months to above €1.0 million by spring 2026 (€1.34 million in May 2026), as the Company put incremental capital to work increasingly quickly. Over the same period (October 2025 – May 2026) the Company originated ≈67,100 loans for a total of ≈€27.5 million disbursed, and recorded a value-weighted portfolio default rate of ≈3.8% of disbursements. The near-term maturity profile is concentrated in the August–October 2026 window and is addressed in the financing plan (see the Growth Plan and Description of the Loan).
Strategy and scope
Over the financing horizon the plan is Kenya-only and execution-focused: deepen penetration in the B2C consumer book, selectively grow B2B and factoring, and scale the secured asset-finance line for income-generating motorcycles and smartphones without compromising portfolio quality or unit economics. No regional expansion is contemplated in this period; capital and management attention remain concentrated on scaling models that are already operating. The asset-finance line, in particular, extends the Company's original vehicle-finance competence into Kenya's largest informal-employment sector, combining a higher average ticket with a secured, recoverable risk profile.
Demand and deployment capacity
Operational capacity and qualified demand are not the binding constraint; liquidity is. The first external facility demonstrated this directly: monthly deployment rose from roughly €0.25 million in its early months to above €1.0 million by spring 2026 (reaching €1.34 million in May 2026), as the Company put incremental capital to work increasingly quickly across its consumer, business and newly launched asset-finance lines. Online cohorts continue to show lower acquisition cost and stronger repayment behaviour than legacy offline channels, and retention tools that gradually raise credit limits continue to lift customer lifetime value. Historically the Company issued approximately 85,000 loans in 2024 and around 68,000 in the first three quarters of 2025; following the first facility, run-rate origination has risen to approximately 112,000 loans on an annualised basis (January–May 2026). Additional liquidity therefore converts into additional issuance largely mechanically, subject to the Company's credit and collections discipline.
Financing request and deployment
Tanir is seeking a €9,000,000 facility, drawn at €800,000 per month from June 2026 — structured each month as a €500,000 tranche at 22.9% per annum and a €300,000 tranche at 16.9% per annum, a blended cost of approximately 20.7% per annum — with each tranche carrying a six-month tenor, monthly interest, and bullet principal repayment at maturity, consistent with the structure of the first facility. Eleven monthly drawdowns of €800,000 are followed by a final €200,000 tranche, so the facility is fully drawn over approximately twelve months. Because each tranche revolves on a six-month cycle, peak outstanding under the facility is approximately €4.8 million at any one time — materially below the €9 million cumulative commitment — and total interest over the program is approximately €0.93 million if each tranche is held to maturity.
The monthly drawdown profile is deliberately calibrated to the deployment run-rate already demonstrated under the first facility — which exceeded €1.0 million per month by spring 2026 — so the requested €800,000 monthly pace sits below proven absorption capacity rather than assuming an untested step-change. Proceeds are directed as follows: primarily to loan-issuance liquidity across all four product lines, with an emphasis on the higher-ticket asset-finance book; to rollover capital tracking the first facility's August–October 2026 maturities as they fall due; to a measured allocation for customer acquisition while acquisition costs remain competitive; and to the operational build-out required to scale asset finance (asset inspection, logbook administration, telematics and insurance). The balance of proceeds, after refinancing maturing first-round tranches, funds incremental issuance and portfolio growth.
Production targets and portfolio quality
Given sufficient liquidity, the Company targets issuance of approximately 193,000 loans (≈€91 million disbursed) over the facility's twelve-month drawdown period (June 2026 – May 2027). The mix remains B2C-led, with the consumer share of disbursements rising from ≈58% (January–May 2026) toward ≈63% in 2027 on the growing asset-finance contribution, while business lending and factoring continue to grow in absolute terms (≈€25.5 million and ≈€10.9 million disbursed over the drawdown period, respectively). Asset-finance volumes are originated within the individual-loan line, where their growing contribution is reflected in the rising average consumer ticket rather than reported as a separate portfolio share. Management aims to raise the consumer repeat-borrowing rate to approximately 80% on average in 2027 (reaching ≈82% by December 2027), from approximately 73% over January–May 2026, and to reduce the consumer default rate toward approximately 4.9% of disbursements (from ≈5.4%), while business and factoring defaults remain at approximately 1.7–1.9% and 0–1% respectively. The growing share of secured, asset-backed lending is expected to improve the blended portfolio default and loss-given-default profile relative to a purely unsecured book. Issuance is scaled in step with realised unit economics and collections performance rather than to a fixed disbursement schedule.
Operating model for scale
Execution rests on established operational processes: re-lending to on-time cohorts; disciplined collections across DPD 1–30, 31–90 and beyond 90 days, with external agencies engaged as needed; daily PAR 30/60/90 and vintage monitoring; antifraud controls covering multi-account behaviour, SIM-swap and identity theft; daily M-Pesa and bank reconciliations; and reserve build-up ahead of tranche maturities through dedicated paybill and bank accounts. The asset-finance line adds a discrete operational layer — dealer relationships, pre-disbursement asset inspection, retention and administration of logbooks (ownership titles), GPS telematics, comprehensive insurance, and a repossession and remarketing capability for defaulted assets. Capacity scales pragmatically through targeted hiring in collections, customer support, fraud and asset operations, proportional to active-borrower and active-asset growth, with SLA adherence tracked throughout.
Financial outlook
The base-case projection below covers the facility period. Interest expense on both the first and the new facility is fully included, as is the servicing of the first facility's bullet maturities. It assumes the new facility is drawn as planned at €800,000 per month at the blended cost described above, unit economics held broadly at current levels with the consumer default rate improving modestly as the secured asset-finance share rises, and stable repeat rates and acquisition cost. The 2026 figures incorporate January–May 2026 actuals.
Base case (€) | 2026 | 2027 |
Total revenue | 9,613,122 | 13,614,848 |
– Individual loans | 7,434,999 | 10,472,252 |
– Business loans | 1,481,839 | 2,162,297 |
– Business (factoring) | 696,285 | 980,300 |
Gross profit | 6,327,928 | 8,354,336 |
Operating profit | 5,917,918 | 7,887,358 |
Net profit | 3,579,134 | 5,129,290 |
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Note: gross profit is stated after direct costs and provisions for expected defaults; operating profit is gross profit less operating expenses; net profit is stated after funding costs on both facilities and corporate income tax. Asset-finance volumes are consolidated within the individual-loan line.
Under the base case the Company maintains full coverage of interest and principal obligations across both facilities throughout the period.
KPI thresholds and liquidity safeguards
Portfolio quality: PAR30 maintained below approximately 8%, PAR60 at or below approximately 5%, with write-off policy enforced and cure rates stable.
Unit economics: acquisition cost within approximately ±15% of plan; consumer repeat-borrowing rate at or above 70%.
Liquidity and coverage: a debt-service reserve equivalent to approximately three months of interest across outstanding debt; interest-coverage ratio at or above approximately 2.0x at quarter-end.
Transparency: monthly vintage analyses, asset-finance recovery statistics, and CRB reporting, with lender dashboards on collections and cash.
Key risks and mitigations
Funding cost. The ≈20.7% per annum blended cost is material; it is addressed through KPI-gated drawdown, the debt-service reserve, and retention of earnings.
Credit-loss volatility. Managed through scorecard adjustments, early-warning triggers and intensified collections; the rising share of secured asset finance structurally lowers blended losses.
Acquisition-cost inflation. Countered by leaning into referrals and owned channels, strict ROI gating on campaigns, and continuous funnel optimisation.
Competition in asset finance. Watu, Mogo and M-KOPA are large, well-capitalised incumbents; Tanir's differentiation rests on its CBK licence, M-Pesa rails, existing borrower base for cross-sell, proprietary scoring, and selective dealer partnerships.
Funding profile. The facility's six-month tenor is shorter than the 12–24 month amortisation of asset-finance receivables, so the asset-backed book is funded on a rolling basis; this is managed through laddered maturities, reserve build-up, the partially self-amortising nature of asset-finance instalments, and lower duration risk for the lender, with longer-tenor funding to be pursued as the asset book matures.
Currency. Hard-currency funding against shilling-denominated revenue is monitored, with pricing discipline and reserve buffers, and hedging considered as the book scales.
Conclusion
The growth plan is constrained primarily by liquidity rather than by demand, and the requested facility is structured to address that constraint. The first facility provides relevant evidence on execution: it was drawn down at an accelerating pace and its matured tranches have been repaid on schedule to date, indicating that the Company can deploy incremental capital and meet its obligations. The requested €9,000,000 facility is calibrated below the deployment run-rate already observed rather than to an untested increase in scale, and the rising share of secured, asset-backed lending should, if realised, improve the blended credit profile relative to the Company's historically unsecured book.
These conclusions are subject to several qualifications. The track record under external debt is short, covering a single facility drawn from late 2025; the asset-finance line is at an early stage and its standalone unit economics are not separately reported, being consolidated within the individual-loan line; the segment is contested by larger, better-capitalised incumbents; and the first facility's principal repayments are concentrated in the August–October 2026 window, part of which the new facility is intended to refinance. On balance, execution to date and the calibration of the request are consistent with the plan, provided unit economics and collections performance hold as the portfolio scales and the near-term maturities are managed.
Facility summary
Tanir is seeking a €9,000,000 facility to scale lending capacity in Kenya across its consumer, business, factoring and asset-finance lines. Disbursement follows a monthly schedule of €800,000 per month, beginning in June 2026 and continuing for eleven months, with a final €200,000 tranche in the twelfth month, until the €9,000,000 commitment is fully drawn — approximately twelve months at this pace. Each monthly drawdown of €800,000 is structured as two tranches — €500,000 at 22.9% per annum and €300,000 at 16.9% per annum, a blended cost of approximately 20.7% per annum — each carrying a fixed six-month tenor, with interest paid monthly and principal repaid in a single bullet payment at the end of the tranche's term. This produces a laddered maturity profile in which each tranche revolves on a six-month cycle, with borrower repayments recycled into new lending within that cycle; the facility is fully repaid by November 2027.
Loan terms
Total facility: €9,000,000.
Drawdown: €800,000 per month for eleven months, plus a final €200,000 tranche (fully drawn in ≈12 months).
Interest rate: 22.9% per annum on €500,000 and 16.9% per annum on €300,000 of each monthly drawdown — approximately 20.7% per annum blended, fixed.
Tenor: each tranche matures six months from its drawdown.
Repayment: monthly interest; bullet principal at tranche maturity.
Peak outstanding: approximately €4,800,000 at any one time (six concurrent monthly drawdowns on a six-month cycle, November 2026 – April 2027).
Tranche structure
Tranche | Amount (€) | Monthly interest (€) | Tenor (months) | Total interest (€) | Total repayment (€) |
Each monthly drawdown (months 1–11): €500,000 at 22.9% + €300,000 at 16.9% | 800,000 | ~13,767 | 6 | ~82,600 | ~882,600 |
Final tranche (month 12), at 22.9% | 200,000 | ~3,817 | 6 | ~22,900 | ~222,900 |
Program total | 9,000,000 | – | – | ~931,500 | ~9,931,500 |
Note: figures assume each tranche is held to its six-month maturity. Monthly interest is calculated on the outstanding principal of each tranche at its contractual rate; the program total reflects the sum of all drawdowns made to reach the €9,000,000 commitment.
Total repayment obligations
Component | Amount (€) |
Loan principal | 9,000,000 |
Total interest | ~931,500 |
Total repayment | ~9,931,500 |
Use of proceeds
The facility is dedicated to expanding lending capacity, with proceeds directed as follows:
Loan-issuance liquidity across all four product lines, with emphasis on the higher-ticket asset-finance book, enabling faster origination and higher portfolio turnover.
Rollover capital tracking the first facility's August–October 2026 maturities as they fall due, so that maturing principal is refinanced rather than withdrawn from the working portfolio.
A measured allocation to customer acquisition while acquisition costs remain competitive.
Operational build-out required to scale asset finance: dealer relationships, pre-disbursement asset inspection, logbook administration, GPS telematics, and insurance.
Each tranche is expected to revolve multiple times within its six-month cycle as borrower repayments are recycled into new loans. After refinancing maturing first-round tranches, the balance of proceeds funds incremental issuance and portfolio growth. The Company will build liquidity reserves ahead of each maturity to ensure timely bullet settlements.
Repayment mechanics and covenants
Interest is paid monthly on the outstanding principal of each tranche, and principal is repaid in full at the tranche's six-month maturity. To mitigate credit and operational risk, the facility includes the following safeguards:
Segregated paybill and bank accounts for disbursements and collections.
A minimum cash reserve equal to three months of interest on outstanding debt.
No dividends or bonuses during the term without lender consent.
Lender monitoring rights, including daily collections visibility and assignment of receivables upon default.
Security over financed assets, including retention of logbooks (ownership titles), active GPS telematics, and maintenance of comprehensive insurance on the asset-finance book.
Relationship to the existing facility
The new facility runs alongside the first facility drawn between October 2025 and May 2026. The first facility's principal repayments are concentrated in the August–October 2026 window (approximately €3.55 million, ≈83% of its outstanding balance as of end-May 2026), and a portion of the new facility's drawdown over that period is allocated to refinancing those maturities as they fall due. Combined outstanding across the two facilities peaks at approximately €5.15 million in July 2026, before the first facility's maturities are repaid; thereafter, the new facility's six-month tranches establish a laddered maturity profile of their own, with peak outstanding of approximately €4.8 million managed through the monthly drawdown pace, reserve accumulation ahead of maturities, and the revolving nature of the loan book.
Rationale
The facility addresses the liquidity constraint identified in the growth plan and is structured consistently with the first facility, which the Company has serviced and repaid on schedule to date. While the ≈20.7% per annum blended cost is material, it is mitigated by risk-based pricing, the revolving deployment of capital across multiple lending cycles, the build-up of reserves ahead of bullet maturities, and the lower duration risk associated with a six-month tenor. The growing share of secured asset-finance lending further supports the facility's risk profile relative to the Company's historically unsecured book.
Tanir Credit & Accounting Services Limited (hereinafter referred to as Tanir) was founded in 2018 and is transitioning to a fully digital model. The company currently operates a hybrid model and ismoving loan applications online via its website, with a native mobile app planned within 2–3 years. Tanir serves Kenya’s domestic market end‑to‑end, with borrower concentrations in Nairobi and Mombasa, and uses M-Pesa for loan disbursement and repayment. The company provides short-term credit (short-tenor) across two lines: B2C micro‑loans for individuals and B2B loans to micro and small enterprises, including a dedicated factoring product.

Regional market overview (East Africa and MEA)
The East African lending market has expanded rapidly over the last decade, with digital credit becoming a central tool of financial inclusion. Within the broader Middle East & Africa (MEA) region, the alternative lending market is projected to exceed ~€10.5 billion annually by 2028 (from about €3.7–€3.9 billion in 2023), implying a ~20–25% CAGR. East Africa is a primary growth driver, supported by deep mobile-money ecosystems and rising investor participation. Note on comparability: MEA figures quoted here are annual, whereas some country figures below (e.g., Kenya 2019–2023) are multi-year cumulative.
Key growth drivers
High mobile-money penetration and rails: real-time disbursement and repayment via products integrated with M-Pesa.
Unmet demand: underbanked and informal-sector workers lack access to traditional bank credit.
Telecom and fintech innovation: wallet overdrafts and digital-first lenders, with Kenya's wallet-overdraft system disbursing ~€15.2 million per day.
Capital inflows: sustained venture and strategic interest across fintech.
Regulatory evolution: licensing regimes in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania improve consumer protection and legitimise providers.
Regional challenges
High effective APRs on short-tenor unsecured loans, risks of borrower debt-cycling, and fragmented regulatory rules across countries.
Country snapshot — Kenya
Kenya is the region's most advanced digital lending market. Between 2019 and 2023, Kenyan lenders disbursed a cumulative ~€10.0 billion across ~270 million digital loans (≈ KSh 1.512 trillion). Over the same period, ~8 million non-digital loans totalled ~€54.9 billion (≈ KSh 8.282 trillion). By number of loans, digital channels dominate (>97%); by value, banks still account for well over 90% due to larger ticket sizes. On a per-country basis, this five-year total implies an average annual digital disbursement of ~€2.0 billion, placing Kenya among Africa's largest and most mature digital credit markets.
Market characteristics (Kenya)
Users: ~11.4 million unique borrowers in 2023, up from 7.5 million in 2019.
Purpose: over 80% of digital loans are used for household consumption (food, rent, emergencies), with business credit a smaller but growing share.
Competitive landscape: approximately 153 licensed Digital Credit Providers (DCPs), alongside telco–bank partnerships (M-Shwari, KCB M-Pesa), wallet overdrafts (e.g., Fuliza), independent fintech lenders (Tala, Branch, Zenka), and microfinance institutions and SACCOs with digital channels.
Regulation: all digital lenders require a CBK licence, with prudential and consumer-protection standards including a minimum capital requirement of ~€0.13 million (≈ KSh 20 million) for licensing.
Growth outlook (Kenya)
Independent estimates value Kenya's digital and alternative lending market at roughly ~€246 million in 2023, with projections reaching ~€670 million by 2028 (≈ 20–23% CAGR). Continued growth is expected as licensing deepens trust, analytics improve, and SME and asset-backed use-cases expand beyond pure consumption lending.
Asset finance and the boda-boda economy
Motorcycle ("boda-boda") and smartphone asset finance is among the fastest-growing and most defensible segments of Kenyan inclusive lending, and the focus of Tanir's secured lending line. The sector is large and systemically important: over two million licensed boda-boda riders are currently active in Kenya, and the sector collectively generates over KSh 660 billion annually, accounting for at least 4.4 per cent of Kenya's GDP. Motorcycle adoption has been supported by policy since 2008, when import duty on motorcycles was zero-rated to promote their use for business.
The defining market shift is from renting to financed ownership. Under the legacy model, riders rented motorcycles and paid the owner roughly KSh 300 per day, retaining no assets at the end. Asset finance reverses this: a rider acquires the motorcycle on credit, builds equity with each payment, and ultimately owns an income-generating asset. The economics favour ownership materially — self-owned, asset-financed riders earn on average about KSh 1,100 per day (around KSh 316,000 per year), and 67 per cent of riders report that ownership gives them stronger financial security. This productive, cash-generating use case is the foundation of the segment's comparatively strong repayment behaviour.
The model is well established and scaled by specialist non-bank lenders, which validates both demand and unit economics while signalling a competitive field. In 2025, Mogo financed more than 72,000 mobility assets and 100,000 smartphones across 36 counties in Kenya, and M-KOPA has financed smartphones for millions of customers since 2010 and now has more than 5,000 electric motorbikes on the road, alongside Watu Credit and others. Typical commercial terms across the segment combine a borrower deposit of roughly 10–22% with daily or weekly repayments aligned to rider cash flow; Watu, for example, requires a deposit of around KSh 15,000 for a new motorcycle or KSh 23,000 for a used one, with repayment over 12 to 18 months, while Mogo offers terms from a 22% down payment over 52 to 78 weeks. Adjacent smartphone financing extends the same secured logic to digital inclusion, broadening the addressable base beyond riders to micro-entrepreneurs more generally.
For a licensed digital lender, the segment is attractive on four counts: a materially higher average ticket than consumer micro-loans, a secured and recoverable risk profile through asset-level controls (logbook retention, GPS tracking, remote device locking and bundled insurance), borrower income that is generated by the financed asset itself, and a very large, still-underpenetrated addressable market.
Key client segments
Individual borrowers: informally employed workers, small traders, casual labourers, and underbanked salaried clients seeking short-term liquidity.
Micro and small businesses: working-capital needs such as inventory, contract execution and cash-flow smoothing.
SMEs with factoring needs: financing against contracts or invoices, or for urgent transactions, under enhanced due diligence.
Asset-finance customers: boda-boda riders and operators acquiring income-generating motorcycles, and micro-entrepreneurs financing smartphones, on a secured, installment basis. Where boda-boda riders previously appeared within the individual-borrower segment as unsecured consumption clients, asset finance reclassifies them as secured, asset-backed borrowers.