Restless Global is a Strategic Advisory firm specialized in the African Creative Industries and Sports Business.

We help international companies, institutions and financiers expand their activities in these areas with:

  • Market intelligence and analysis, studies and reports

  • Investment strategy, financial tools development, fund design and management

  • Technical Assistance program design and implementation

  • Deal sourcing, business development, negotiation and closing

  • Thought leadership, marketing and communication strategy

  • Organization, curation and hosting of Creative Industries events and conferences

Founded by Marie Lora-Mungai in 2015, Restless Global leverages a deep network of experts across the African continent.

Over the past 18 years, Marie’s work - as an entrepreneur, investor and strategic advisor - has focused on creating compelling content, fostering long-lasting partnerships, and launching or supporting successful companies that showcase Africa’s diverse talents.

As a Creative entrepreneur, she notably built a studio and an 80-person production team in Kenya, raised several million dollars to finance African media initiatives, created and distributed viral TV shows (including the hugely popular XYZ SHOW now in its 13th season), launched one of the first VOD platforms on the continent (Buni.tv, acquired by TRACE Group), executive produced several TV series in Nigeria, organized a major event which generated $20 million in equivalent advertising value for partners, and ran a panafrican talent management agency.

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Financing the Creative Sector

Over the past few years, Restless Global has built a rare expertise on the Financing of the African Creative Industries. The firm has built frameworks, strategies and tools to facilitate the investment of both public and private actors in the Creative sector and has advised its clients on how to adapt traditional and alternative financing models (incl. debt, private equity, venture capital, grants, microcredit, crowdfunding) to service different segments of the African Creative entrepreneurial ecosystem.


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Current and past clients include the IFC (World Bank), Afreximbank, AFD, Proparco, AfDB, UNESCO, the governments of France and Nigeria, Netflix, Warner Bros., Twitter Films, Triggerfish Animation, FilmOne Entertainment, Rainbow Sports, TRACE TV, as well as luxury fashion brands, European production companies, diaspora or African TV channels and publications, and start-up accelerators or incubators.