Who We Are

11 years at the intersection of capital, regulation and execution

Since 2015, TITC has provided strategic advisory to the decision-makers shaping African FinTech. We operate where institutional capital deployment, regulatory frameworks and operational capability converge. Our focus is deliberate: leadership quality determines investment outcomes, regulatory success and operating performance.

Independent, connected and execution-aware

We are positioned to advise because we understand the interplay between governance, regulation and operational leadership. That positioning is built on independence, relationships and repeated exposure to live market decisions.

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Independent intelligence

We maintain no equity positions in portfolio companies. That independence matters when boards and investors need objective views on management quality and execution risk.

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Regulatory access

Direct relationships with central banks, regulators and policy institutions across multiple African jurisdictions inform our view of supervisory expectations.

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Capital markets insight

We advise development finance institutions, sovereign vehicles and institutional investors whose decisions are shaped by leadership quality and governance strength.

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Operator reality

Our perspective stays grounded in the commercial and regulatory realities that management teams face while scaling in-market.

Executive leadership and directors

TITC is led by a team that combines ecosystem visibility, operating experience and execution discipline across advisory, talent and market-facing work.

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CEO

Darren Franks

Founder and CEO of TITC, Darren leads the firm's strategic direction across advisory mandates, ecosystem engagement and market intelligence in African FinTech.

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Director

Danielle Lawrence

Danielle brings operating and business leadership experience across recruitment, client delivery and growth execution, strengthening TITC's mandate support capability.

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Director

Symone Davids

Symone contributes leadership across talent, search execution and operator-facing engagements, with a market view shaped by live hiring and growth mandates.

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Director

Meghan Lee Mare

Meghan supports client engagement, delivery coordination and relationship-led execution across TITC's advisory, events and commercial work.

Connected to the networks shaping African FinTech

Our work stays close to the industry bodies, benchmarking platforms and specialist communities where payment innovation, market standards and executive relationships are actively formed. These partner networks strengthen the quality of our intelligence and keep our perspective grounded in live market dialogue.

Why it matters

We do not work from the sidelines. TITC contributes inside the forums where leadership credibility, ecosystem priorities and market-readiness signals are debated in real time.

FINASA

Industry association and policy dialogue platform supporting South African FinTech market development.

African FinTech Network

Continental ecosystem network connecting associations, operators and market-building initiatives across Africa.

EWPN

European payments leadership network advancing dialogue, visibility and senior connectivity across the sector.

Findexable

Global FinTech data and benchmarking platform known for tracking ecosystem maturity and market momentum.

Payments Association of South Africa

South Africa's recognised payments industry body, central to market standards, infrastructure and modernization conversations.

Bring our perspective into your next mandate or event

We support live strategic mandates and also participate in conferences, executive sessions and moderated discussions where leadership and regulation intersect.