How we
can help
Engaging policymakers, using
evidence, achieving scale
How we
can help
Engaging policymakers, using evidence, achieving scale
How we
can help
Engaging policymakers, using
evidence, achieving scale
Our Services
Fit for Purpose offers seasoned counsel, tailored assistance, and hands-on management to help you magnify your impact, wherever you are along the path to scale.
Strategic advisory services. Coaching and mentoring. Training and capacity building.
We will sit next to you, shoulder to shoulder, and look at the problem together. We’ll provide seasoned counsel and practical insights that you can translate into tangible results.
- Strategic advisory services for senior decision makers
- Short- or long-term coaching and mentoring for leaders, social entrepreneurs
- Customized training and capacity building for individuals and teams
Technical and analytical assistance. Inputs and support for implementation and delivery.
We will work hand in hand with your team, providing assistance and support as you tackle the challenges of scale and policy impact.
- Technical assistance and targeted inputs
- Landscape, sector, stakeholder, and institutional analyses
- Grantee, partner, and portfolio assessment and due diligence
- Risk assessment and mitigation
- Team capacity augmentation with hands-on support
Program management and oversight. Delivery and execution of projects, workstreams, initiatives.
We will get it done, executing your priorities on your behalf, ensuring your ambitions translate into results on the ground.
- Project management and oversight
- Design and implementation of programmatic toolkits and operational plans
- Delivery and execution of tasks, workstreams, programs
Networking, facilitation, advocacy, and representation. Conflict resolution and risk mitigation.
We will represent you when and where you need it, ensuring you have the seasoned presence to build and maintain critical relationships.
- Identification and development of key champions, institutional entry points, and networks
- Facilitation of collaboration across portfolios, within organizations, and among stakeholders
- Conflict resolution and crisis management
- Advocacy and representational services
Strategic advisory services. Coaching and mentoring. Training and capacity building.
We will sit next to you, shoulder to shoulder, and look at the problem together. We’ll provide seasoned counsel and practical insights that you can translate into tangible results.
- Strategic advisory services for senior decision makers
- Short- or long-term coaching and mentoring for leaders, social entrepreneurs
- Customized training and capacity building for individuals and teams
Technical and analytical assistance. Inputs and support for implementation and delivery.
We will work hand in hand with your team, providing assistance and support as you tackle the challenges of scale and policy impact.
- Technical assistance and targeted inputs
- Landscape, sector, stakeholder, and institutional analyses
- Grantee, partner, and portfolio assessment and due diligence
- Risk assessment and mitigation
- Team capacity augmentation with hands-on support
Program management and oversight. Delivery and execution of projects, workstreams, initiatives.
We will get it done, executing your priorities on your behalf, ensuring your ambitions translate into results on the ground.
- Project management and oversight
- Design and implementation of programmatic toolkits and operational plans
- Delivery and execution of tasks, workstreams, programs
Networking, facilitation, advocacy, and representation. Conflict resolution and risk mitigation.
We will represent you when and where you need it, ensuring you have the seasoned presence to build and maintain critical relationships.
- Identification and development of key champions, institutional entry points, and networks
- Facilitation of collaboration across portfolios, within organizations, and among stakeholders
- Conflict resolution and crisis management
- Advocacy and representational services
Where we can help
The Fit for Purpose network stretches across the continent. Drawing on our expertise and established track record of building trust and influence with key decision-makers in multiple contexts, we help our clients get more out of their existing relationships and forge new ones.
We can engage with ministries of health, education, agriculture, and development, among others, and can work as peers with senior civil servants and decision-makers in public, private, and civil society sectors. Our network includes:
National and sub-national policymakers in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Malawi, Zambia, South Africa, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Botswana, Nigeria, Ghana, Mali, South Sudan, Zimbabwe
Bi- and multilaterals: African Union, African Development Bank, NEPAD, UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, UNHCR, WHO, World Bank, USAID, JICA, DFID
Private sector networks: Commonwealth Business Association, Global Business Coalition, Kenya Association of Manufacturers, Kenya Private Sector Alliance, et al.
Funders and philanthropic entities at global and regional levels
Academic institutions, researchers, and think tanks
Non-governmental organizations, implementers, and advocacy groups
Our Experience
Our Approach
What are the big challenges at the intersection of policy, evidence and scale? What does that mean for your purpose and path? With a powerful global research infrastructure, there’s more evidence than ever — and a need for it to inform efforts to scale.
