About Bonita FMI

Who we are, and why we exist.

Bonita FMI is a specialist financial market infrastructure advisory and assurance practice. We work at the intersection of institutions, regulation, technology and implementation, helping clients understand what needs to be solved, determine whether the ecosystem is ready, and reduce the risk of committing significant investment before the underlying constraints are properly understood.

At a glance
Advisory & assuranceSpecialist support across financial market infrastructure.
Upstream of implementationDiagnosis and readiness before major investment is committed.
Across the lifecycleFrom diagnosis and readiness through go-live and resilience.
Practitioner-ledGrounded in African payments and infrastructure experience.
Our operating proposition

We operate upstream of implementation

Successful infrastructure programmes begin before procurement and technology deployment. We diagnose ecosystems, assess institutional and market readiness, identify underlying constraints, and help define the interventions required before significant investment is committed. Where required, we remain engaged through implementation to provide independent delivery assurance and ensure solutions are ready to operate as intended.

What is the underlying problem?
What already exists, and how well does it work?
Are the institutions, participants and regulatory environment ready?
What dependencies and risks could undermine implementation?
What intervention should be prioritised?
What should investment actually fund?
Our approach

A structured lifecycle

We apply the same methodology across financial infrastructure programmes, from diagnosis through to operational resilience.

Diagnose

Understand the market, ecosystem, institutions, regulatory environment and existing infrastructure.

Define

Establish the underlying problem, requirements, priorities, intervention and implementation roadmap.

De-risk

Assess readiness, dependencies and risks before significant investment and implementation decisions are committed.

Assure

Provide independent oversight across programme delivery, integration, testing and participant readiness.

Validate

Confirm certification, operational readiness and go-live preparedness.

Sustain

Strengthen resilience, performance, governance and continuous improvement.

Who we work with

Institutions and partners

Governments & ministriesCentral banks & financial authoritiesDevelopment partners & DFIsFMI operatorsFinancial institutions & payment providersPrime contractors & implementation partners

We can engage as an independent adviser, consortium specialist, specialist subcontractor, embedded technical adviser or implementation assurance partner.

Practitioner-led expertise

Built on deep practitioner experience

Bonita FMI is built on deep practitioner experience across African payments, payment technology, digital channels and financial infrastructure. The experience informing our practice spans central-bank advisory on national payment infrastructure, Verifone payment-solution engineering, digital-channel leadership at Selcom, and payment switching, settlement and integration experience with Transaction Payment Solutions (TPS).

This practitioner foundation enables Bonita FMI to bridge policy, institutional, operational and technology perspectives, bringing implementation realities into strategic and investment decisions.

Experience informing our practice
Central-bank advisoryNational payment infrastructure programme
VerifonePayment-solution engineering across African markets
SelcomDigital payment-channel leadership
Transaction Payment SolutionsSwitching, settlement and integration
Our purpose

Financial infrastructure should not begin with technology.

It should begin with a clear understanding of the problem, ecosystem, institutions, participants and readiness conditions required for investment to succeed. Bonita FMI exists to bring that clarity upstream, and to remain alongside programmes where independent assurance is needed through implementation and operationalisation.