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TodayThursday, April 23, 2026

Ascent Capital

Left to right: Richard Mugera, an Associate Partner at Ascent Capital; Marieke Geurts, Investment Director at Amethis; Edward Burbidge, CEO of I&M Burbidge; Edgar Mukasa, Associate Director of tax and regulatory Services at KPMG Uganda; and Kendall Evans, a Partner at Bowmans Kenya. All emphasise the importance of communicating and managing stakeholder expectations before, during, and after investments, as well as when planning for and executing exits.

CONSCIOUS UNCOUPLING: Navigating the Complexities of Private Equity Exits: Expert Lessons from East Africa 

Private equity (PE) transactions are often hailed as engines of economic growth, bringing much-needed capital to businesses and boosting their expansion potential. However, poor planning and misaligned expectations between investors and investee
April 16, 2025
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Anthony Natif founded Guardian Health in 2012, while in Graduate School at the University of Washington. With the aid of an equity investment by Ascent Capital, the company has now grown to become the largest pharmacy chain with 18 stores in 6 districts and growing.

Q&A with Anthony Natif, the brilliant oncology pharmacist who at 27 years founded, Guardian Health, now Uganda’s largest pharmacy chain worth over USD10 million

After just about two years, he left to fully work for Guardian Health Limited, a pharmacy business he had started while at the University of Washington with an initial capital of USD50,000.
November 30, 2022
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28-year-old Ssendiwala Cedric David, the Guardian Health Limited General Manager, who successfully steered the pharmacy chain through a period of resilience and growth since March 2020.

Q&A: How Guardian Health has with Ascent Capital’s help emerged out of Covid-19 a market leader and is gunning for 30 stores in 15 districts

Regardless of the tough period, Cedric has held steady, growing the business to 18 stores in 6 towns—the largest pharmacy chain in the country today and growing. Cedric sat down with CEO
July 18, 2022
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