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Anti Corruption Evidence Programme
2016 – 2021
Location Nigeria
Client SOAS
Purpose
Providing policy advice and communications support to the SOAS-managed Anti Corruption Evidence Programme, which delivers practical research on ‘what works’ to tackle corruption in developing countries.
Sector Economic Growth and Governance
Australia Awards–Africa
2016 – 2020
Location Australia, Kenya, South Africa
Client DFAT
Purpose
Built the long-term capacity of African governments by providing masters level and short course scholarships.
Sector Education and Workforce Development
BRAC Servicing
2017 – 2025
Location Myanmar, Tanzania, Uganda
Client BRAC
Purpose
Supporting multiple BRAC country offices in post investment support services.
Sector Capital Advisory
BRAC Uganda
2018 – 2020
Location Uganda
Client BRAC
Purpose
Supported BRAC Uganda in the sale of 51% of its stake.
Sector Capital Advisory
Business Model Design and Ecosystem Support Relevant for Solar Irrigation Systems
2019 – 2021
Location Egypt
Client Chemonics Egypt
Purpose
Providing technical assistance for Business Model Design and Ecosystem Support Relevant for Solar Irrigation Systems.
Sector Economic Growth and Environment
Capacity Development Programme COVID-19
2020 – 2021
Location Mauritius, Netherlands
Client Nederlandse FMO
Purpose
Supported FMO customers with technical assistance to address challenges related to the impacts and effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Sector Capital Advisory, Economic Growth, Innovative Finance
Challenge Fund for Youth Employment
2019 – 2025
Location Algeria, Burkina Faso, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Tunisia, Uganda
Client Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Purpose
Aiming to create a prosperous future for 200,000 young women and men in the Middle East, North Africa, Sahel & West Africa, and Horn of Africa regions.
Sector Economic Growth, Education and Workforce Development
COVida (SDS-OVC)
2016 – 2020
Location Mozambique
Client FHI
Purpose
Provided service delivery and monitoring and evaluation support to orphans and vulnerable children.
Sector Governance and Measuring Impact
Debt and Equity Capital Raising
2018 – 2020
Location Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire
Client Solon Capital Partners
Purpose
Supported in raising additional equity and debt capital to fund further development of the existing portfolio and new real economy investments in target markets.
Sector Capital Advisory
Discover-Health
2016 – 2021
Location Zambia
Client JSI Research & Training Institute
Purpose
Improving the lives of Zambia’s population by ensuring equitable access to and use of high-quality health services and products at the district and community levels.
Sector Economic Growth and Health
EC Nutrition Advisory Services
2014 – 2021
Location Ethiopia
Client AECOM
Purpose
Delivering nutrition, technical assistance, and advisory services.
Sector Governance and Health
EC State Building Contract Budget Support Program
2016 – 2020
Location Sierra Leone
Client Linpico
Purpose
Supported the Government of Sierra Leone in improving resilience to face external shocks and in reaching the New Deal Peace-building and State-building goal.
Sector Governance
Environmental, Social and Governance Performance Benchmark Study
2020 – 2020
Location Nigeria
Client Dangote Cement
Purpose
Assessed the Environmental, Social, and Governance, or Sustainability Performance Reporting, and highlighted opportunities for improving in areas where there are gaps.
Sector Governance
Feasibility Study for Production of Herbs, Spices and Aromatic Plants
2019 – 2020
Location Lesotho
Client Lesotho Ministry of Trade & Industry
Purpose
Advised the Government of Lesotho on income diversification opportunities for farmers and agricultural enterprises and provided financial business cases and an investment promotion strategy.
Sector Economic Growth
Cocoa Farmers Diversification
Location: Ghana
Client: A Food and Agriculture Company
Purpose
Conducted cocoa productivity, an income baseline and improvement program, and assessed and prioritised diversification crop options to enhance cocoa farmers’ income.
Sector Economic Growth
Feed the Future Malawi Agricultural Diversification Activity
2016 – 2022
Location Malawi
Client USAID
Purpose
Increasing farmers’ resilience and livelihood stability by forging stronger relationships with commercial buyers and promoting new technologies.
Sector Economic Growth and Governance
Financial Need Assessment and Product Design for Smallholder Farmers in West Africa
2020 – 2021
Location Liberia
Client BRAC Liberia Microfinance
Purpose
Designing and piloting agri-lending products for farmers and other value chain actors that meet market needs and align to BRAC’s strategy and systems.
Sector Economic Growth
Ghana JET
2020 – 2025
Location Ghana
Client FCDO
Purpose
Contributing towards economic transformation in Ghana, creating more jobs and supporting inclusive growth and poverty reduction, while exploring opportunities for climate-friendly interventions.
Sector Economic Growth and Inclusive Growth
Ghana Mobilising Finance in Agriculture
2020 – 2024
Location Ghana
Client USAID
Purpose
Using incentives to spur agricultural finance market behaviour change and system reforms leading to improved economic growth for Ghana.
Sector Economic Growth
Health Policy Plus
2015 – 2022
Location Global
Client USAID
Purpose
Working with governments across four continents to optimise resources and foster equitable health services, supplies, and delivery systems.
Sector Governance, Health, and Innovative Finance
Human Development Innovation Fund
2013 – 2021
Location Tanzania
Client FCDO
Purpose
Identifying and supporting innovations that have the potential to create social impact in education, health, water, sanitation, and hygiene across Tanzania.
Sector Economic Growth and Measuring Impact
Improving Market Systems for Agriculture
2018 – 2022
Location Rwanda
Client FCDO
Purpose
Reducing poverty in Rwanda by supporting agricultural markets to work better for the poor.
Sector Economic Growth
Independent Evaluation of Private Enterprise Program Ethiopia
2014 – 2025
Location Ethiopia
Client FCDO
Purpose
Developing an evaluation framework and approach for the Private Enterprise Program Ethiopia and conducting an impact evaluation of the program.
Sector Economic Growth and Measuring Impact
Independent Evaluation of Land Investment Transformation Program
2015 – 2024
Location Ethiopia
Client FCDO
Purpose
Designing and implementing an independent impact evaluation of the Ethiopia Land Investment Transformation Programme (LIFT).
Sector Measuring Impact
Institutions for Inclusive Development (I4ID)
2016 – 2021
Location Tanzania
Client FCDO
Purpose
Strengthening democratic institutions and governance in Tanzania so that they are more inclusive and accountable, and economic growth provides more benefits for impoverished people.
Sector Governance and Inclusive Growth
Integrated Health Systems Activity
2020 – 2023
Location Rwanda
Client USAID
Purpose
Developing sustainable financing strategies and ensuring that the Rwandan population has access to quality health services that meet the established minimum standards.
Sector Health and Innovative Finance
Investment Support Facility for Smallholder Inclusive Transactions
2019 – 2022
Location Malawi
Client Foundation for a Smoke-Free World
Purpose
Generating and closing at least USD 75 million in transactions that integrate at least 25,000 smallholders into their business models.
Sector Economic Growth
Kenya Health Management Information Systems II
2016 – 2021
Location Kenya
Client HHS CDC
Purpose
Increasing access to quality data to improve clinical service delivery for better patient management and public health programs in line with Kenya’s 90-90-90 treatment targets.
Sector Governance, Health, and Measuring Impact
Kenya Investment Mechanism
2018 – 2023
Location Kenya
Client USAID
Purpose
Closing financial gaps that prevent capitalisation of clean energy and agriculture sectors by encouraging strategic partnerships, facilitating transactions, and mobilising USD 400 million in finance and investment in these sectors.
Sector Economic Growth and Governance
LAFIYA
2020 – 2027
Location Nigeria
Client FCDO
Purpose
Saving lives, reducing suffering, and improving economic prospects for the poorest and most vulnerable through encouraging the government to increase resources invested in health, improving health services’ effectiveness and efficiency and reducing the total fertility rate.
Sector Health
Liberia Multi-Stakeholder Forest Governance and Accountability Project
2019 – 2023
Location Liberia
Client FCDO
Purpose
Aiming to improve forest governance in Liberia by enhancing the level of accountability and oversight of Liberia’s EU Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) process.
Sector Environment
Malawi Nacala Rail and Port Value Addition and Inclusive Private Sector Development Project
2018 – 2022
Location Malawi
Client Malawi Investment and Trade Centre
Purpose
Linking 17 agro-processing SMEs, 25 farmer groups, and 1000+ smallholders with training, markets, and finance.
Sector Economic Growth
Mali HSS
2020 – 2025
Location Mali
Client USAID
Purpose
Increasing the capacity of Malians to plan, finance, and manage their own health systems at the facility, district, regional, and national levels.
Sector Health
Market Development Component for the Zimbabwe Livelihoods and Food Security Programme Phase II
2019 – 2021
Location Zimbabwe
Client FCDO
Purpose
Improving the food security and nutrition of smallholder farmers and rural communities in Zimbabwe by designing and implementing market development initiatives.
Sector Economic Growth
Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
2014 – 2020
Location Nigeria
Client FCDO
Purpose
Provided technical and programmatic assistance to generate increased demand for, and access to, high quality health services to help save the lives of pregnant women, newborns, and children.
Sector Health
Mobilising Data for Anti-Corruption
2019 – 2024
Location Nigeria
Client FCDO
Purpose
Using data to catalyse change in the anti-corruption sector by facilitating partnerships that will investigate corruption cases and improve the uptake and analysis of data for more sanctions and prosecutions of corruption.
Sector Governance
Nigeria Integrated Health Program
2017 – 2025
Location Nigeria
Client USAID
Purpose
Identifying and supporting rapid scale-up of proven health interventions to improve and strengthen Nigeria’s health service delivery systems.
Sector Governance and Health
Investment Mobilisation for Prosperity and Catalytic Transformation (IMPACT)
Location: Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
Client: FCDO
Purpose
Supporting impact investments into businesses that reach the underserved as consumers, suppliers, distributors, or employees in some of the world’s poorest and most fragile states.
Sector Economic Growth
Nigeria SCALE
2020 – 2025
Location Nigeria
Client USAID
Purpose
Strengthening the financial management and advocacy capacity of local Civil Society Organisations and Business Membership Organisations to create a more accountable, transparent, peaceful, and democratic Nigeria with more effective and efficient public service delivery.
Sector Governance
NPI EXPAND
2019 – 2024
Location Ethiopia, Liberia, Mali, Senegal, United States of America, Venezuela
Client USAID
Purpose
Aiming to increase the availability and utilisation of high-quality health services by developing the capacity of new and underutilised partners.
Sector Health
Operational and Technical Support to Tanzania’s Ministry of Health
2020 – 2021
Location Tanzania, United States of America
Client Avenir Health
Purpose
Providing operational and technical support to the Reproductive and Child Health Section of Tanzania’s Ministry of Health.
Sector Health
PCESA Agricultural Sector Program for Economic Growth
2016 – 2021
Location Burkina Faso
Client DANIDA
Purpose
Offering technical assistance to banks to improve their capabilities and providing sustainable funding to agro processing value chains.
Sector Innovative Finance
PERL – Engaged Citizens
2016 – 2021
Location Nigeria
Client FCDO
Purpose
Supporting transformative reforms in service delivery processes by facilitating partnerships between citizen groups, legislators, and government at local, state, and federal levels.
Sector Governance
Private Enterprise Programme Ethiopia (PEPE)
2013 – 2020
Location Ethiopia
Client DAI Europe
Purpose
Supported economic opportunities for women and “greening” growth.
Sector Economic Growth and Environment
Programme for Supporting Renewable Energy and Promoting Gender Equality in Egypt
2019 – 2022
Location Egypt
Client European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Purpose
Undertaking a market study and providing technical assistance to promote women’s economic opportunities in the renewable energy sector in Egypt.
Sector Inclusive Growth
Propcom Mai-Karfi
2011 – 2021
Location Nigeria
Client FCDO
Purpose
Increasing employment, food security, and productivity of the rural poor by facilitating relationships across agricultural markets, creating jobs, and enabling greater access to inputs and finance.
Sector Economic Growth
Provision of Rural Finance Capacity Building Services
2018 – 2020
Location Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Uganda, Zambia
Client IFAD
Purpose
Addressed the barriers and needs of the financial service providers and mainstreamed climate, environmental, and social governance into their operations.
Sector Economic Growth
Purdue Improved Crop Storage Bags (PICS)
2020 – 2020
Location Malawi
Client Client Name Confidential
Purpose
Partnered with the client to sustainably increase food security for small farmers across Malawi by providing 110,000+ Purdue Improved Crop Storage bags (PICS) as samples and training to smallholders and communities.
Sector Economic Growth
Regional Agriculture and Market Systems Activity
2020 – 2027
Location Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
Client USAID
Purpose
Promoting increased agricultural production, trade, improved policies, finance & investment, and resilience to shocks and stresses in the East Africa region by addressing agricultural issues that can only be solved on a regional basis.
Sector Economic Growth, Inclusive Growth
Rwanda Multi Donor Civil Society Support Programme
2015 – 2020
Location Rwanda
Client FCDO
Purpose
Enabled Rwandan civil society to become more effective at influencing its government on key policy issues and supporting social cohesion, reconciliation, good governance, and human rights.
Sector Governance
SEFAA Liquidity Mechanism
2020 – 2020
Location Africa
Client Small Foundation
Purpose
Advised Small Foundation on the various liquidity mechanisms available.
Sector Capital Advisory
Service Provider to the planned Energy and Environment Partnership (EEP) Trust Fund
2017 – 2020
Location Botswana, Burundi, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Seychelles, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Client KPMG
Purpose
Managed the EEP fund, which finances innovative, early stage clean energy projects in East and Southern Africa.
Sector Environment
Skills for Prosperity
2020 – 2023
Location Nigeria
Client FCDO
Purpose
Providing necessary training, technical support, and capacity building to strengthen government and private sector systems and processes to institutionalise a National Apprenticeship and Training System.
Sector Economic Growth
South Sudan CIP Development
2020 – 2021
Location South Sudan
Client UN Foundation
Purpose
Providing technical and advisory services to the Family Planning 2020 Initiative Department of United Nations Foundation.
Sector Health
Stamping out Trafficking in Nigeria
2019 – 2020
Location Nigeria
Client FCDO
Purpose
Improved the capacity and effectiveness of the Edo state government, civil society, and communities to coordinate an evidence-based response to tackle the drivers of human trafficking and unsafe migration from Edo State.
Sector Governance
Strengthening Access Bank’s Initiative
2019 – 2020
Location Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, Zambia
Client KIT Royal Tropical Institute
Purpose
Supported Access Bank Nigeria, Ghana, Rwanda, and Zambia to grow its Women in Business segment and better serve WMSMEs by offering financial and non-financial services.
Sector Economic Growth
Support to Public Finance Management Reform in Lesotho
2015 – 2021
Location Lesotho
Client Linpico
Purpose
Contributing to the implementation of Lesotho’s national development agenda as embodied in the Vision 2020.
Sector Economic Growth and Governance
Supporting local banks and companies towards the development of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
2017 – 2022
Location South Africa
Client South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI)
Purpose
Supporting local banks and companies in South Africa towards the development of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy with a social impact.
Sector Economic Growth and Environment
Support to the Office of the National Authorising Officer of the European Development Fund
2018 – 2022
Location Netherlands, Zambia
Client European Union
Purpose
Contributing to efficient and effective programming and implementation of EU funded projects and programs by the NAO.
Sector Economic Growth
Sustainable Outcomes of Children and Youth in Uganda
2015 – 2021
Location Uganda
Client CRS
Purpose
Improving the health, nutrition, education, and psychosocial wellbeing of vulnerable children, as well as reducing abuse, exploitation, and neglect of these children.
Sector Economic Growth and Measuring Impact
Mobile for Development Central Innovation Fund Manager
Location: Africa and Asia
Client: GSMA
Purpose
Providing robust risk and fund management expertise to the GSMA, and supporting the GSMA with the identification, selection, and funding of innovative digital solutions that have the power to make transformative impact and reduce inequalities in emerging markets.
Sector Economic Growth, Education and Workforce Development, Environment, Governance, Inclusive Growth, and Innovative Finance
Technical Assistance for the Employment Promotion through SMMEs Support Programme
2018 – 2022
Location South Africa
Client European Union
Purpose
Supporting inclusive and sustainable economic growth and employment creation in South Africa, and contributing to the target of reducing the official unemployment rate from 25% to 14% by 2020.
Sector Economic Growth
Technical Assistance in Support of the Education Sector in Sierra Leone
2017- 2022
Location Sierra Leone
Client Proman Group
Purpose
Providing Sierra Leone’s relevant institutions with technical assistance to strengthen its management capacity and deliver educational services.
Sector Education and Workforce Development, and Governance
Technical Assistance Team for the DINU Programme – Uganda
2017 – 2024
Location Uganda
Client Proman Group
Purpose
Consolidating stability in northern Uganda, eradicating poverty and under-nutrition and strengthening the foundations for sustainable and inclusive socio-economic development.
Sector Economic Growth and Governance
Technical Assistance to the Department of Devolution and Planning
2015 – 2022
Location Kenya
Client Eurecna
Purpose
Contributing to the implementation of the devolution process as outlined in the new Constitution in Kenya.
Sector Economic Growth and Governance
TFA 2020 Regional Coordinator for Africa
2016 – 2020
Location Ghana, Liberia
Client World Economic Forum
Purpose
Engaged the TFA 2020 Regional Coordinator for Africa and facilitated the shared objectives of TFA 2020 and the P4F Programme in supporting sustainable forest management.
Sector Environment
Time Driven Activity Based Costing
2020 – 2021
Location Kenya, Mozambique
Client Brandeis University
Purpose
Obtaining routine and accurate cost information on the provision of HIV services at the facility level and using this information to effectively allocate resources, improve monitoring efforts, and increase efficiency.
Sector Health
Transparency and Accountability for Improved Service Delivery and Economic Development
2019 – 2024
Location Malawi
Client FCDO
Purpose
Identifying areas for economic development and service delivery through the implementation of issue-based projects.
Sector Economic Growth and Governance
Transforming the Economy through Climate Smart Agribusiness (NU-TEC)
2015 – 2022
Location Uganda
Client FCDO
Purpose
Increasing the incomes and climate resilience of small farmers by attracting agribusiness investment and stimulating market linkages.
Sector Economic Growth
Uganda Health Systems Strengthening
2019 – 2024
Location Uganda
Client USAID
Purpose
Strengthening health systems that are critical for delivering high-quality health services by improving leadership, management, and accountability across public and private health sectors.
Sector Health
Venture Fund Structuring
2019 – 2020
Location Africa
Client Client Name Confidential
Purpose
Supported in identifying, defining, and articulating an investment thesis for the creation of a USD 30 million early–stage venture fund.
Sector Capital Advisory
Voluntary Rights-Based Family Planning Project II
2020 – 2021
Location Nigeria
Client What Works Association
Purpose
Funding to finalise publications started under the first Voluntary Rights-Based Family Planning Project.
Sector Health
West Africa BioDiversity and Climate Change
2015 – 2020
Location Ghana
Client Tetra Tech
Purpose
Combatted wildlife trafficking, improved coastal resilience, and reduced deforestation, degradation, and biodiversity loss in key landscapes.
Sector Economic Growth, Environment, and Governance
Tupime Kaunti Project
Location: Kenya
Client: USAID
Purpose
Planning, implementing, and evaluating health services that are responsive to Measurement, Learning, and Accountability (MLA) objectives at the county level.
Sector Health and Measuring Impact