01 · Research, evidence & evaluation
Feasibility studies before the larger commitment
We review a project concept for commercial and institutional feasibility before a larger study, loan or investment is commissioned.
Tell us what you needWe review a project concept for commercial and institutional feasibility before a larger study, loan or investment is commissioned, so the questions that could stop the project are answered first.
- Led by
- Michael Gagakuma and Prof. Wisdom Gagakuma
- Delivery
- Remote, and on site from Accra
- Fees
- Fixed fee, quoted to your scope
- Free tool
- Feasibility sensitivity explorer
- Contracting
- GKM Legacy Holdings, Maryland
Led byMichael Gagakuma and Prof. Wisdom Gagakuma
- Contracting
- GKM Legacy Holdings, Maryland
- Consultation
- from USD 90
What you receive.
Documents you can use, each with its method and sources attached.
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See a demonstration of the output: Specimen · Feasibility studies
Feasibility memo
Commercial and institutional feasibility, with the assumptions stated.
Critical questions list
The issues that could stop the project and how to resolve them.
Stakeholder and institutional map
Who decides, who operates and what capacity exists.
Scope for the full study
What the next study must cover, so it is procured well.
Scope and fees.
Fees are agreed in writing before work begins. Estimates are shown as estimates.
Fees
Fixed fee, quoted to your scope
Send a brief or book a short call. We reply with a written scope, dates and a fixed fee before any work begins.
What we need from you
- Concept note and any prior studies
- Access to the sponsor and key stakeholders
- Available cost and demand data
Not included unless agreed
- Engineering design and surveys
- Environmental and social impact assessment
- Travel and fieldwork unless costed
Who commissions this, and when.
Buyers and moments where this work pays for itself, and where it does not.
Who it is for
- Development banks and donors
- Private investors and project sponsors
- Government units preparing projects
- Consortia preparing a bid or a pre-feasibility stage
When to call us
- Before commissioning a full feasibility study
- When a concept has to pass an internal investment gate
- When institutional or skills questions could decide the project
When it is not the answer
Engineering, environmental and field studies are specialist work. We scope them explicitly as exclusions or costed additions, rather than implying they are covered.
How the work runs.
Each stage ends in something you review before the next begins.
Stage 1 of 5
Research question
Agree the concept, the decision and what counts as feasible.
Review pointThe question and the decision it serves, agreed in writing.
Stage 2 of 5
Method
Set the method, criteria and sensitivity ranges.
Review pointMethod note signed off before any collection.
Stage 3 of 5
Sources
Collect documents, data and stakeholder interviews.
Review pointSource list and access confirmed.
Stage 4 of 5
Findings
Test the concept against the criteria and name the gaps.
Review pointDraft findings, each traced to its sources.
Stage 5 of 5
Decision
Hand over the memo and the scope for the next study.
Review pointDecision memo and data handed over.
Documented experience.
Roles held by the principal who leads this work, each with its source.
- Project team member since 2023Lower Volta dredging: feasibility and stakeholder engagementThe Professor contributed to pre-project feasibility and major-stakeholder engagement for the consortium delivering the Lower Volta dredging assignment.
- Feasibility report completed December 2024Aveyime Water Supply Project: institutional and skills analysisThe Professor contributed skills development and institutional analysis, through Colan Consult, to the project’s feasibility report.
Individual experience of our principals, before or outside GKM Strategic Advisory & AI. Not GKM contracts.
Questions buyers ask.
Anything else: ask in a brief.
What does this cost relative to a full study?
It is a bounded first stage, quoted to scope. Its job is to make the full study smaller, better targeted or unnecessary.
Have you done this kind of work before?
Our principals have contributed to feasibility work in Ghana, including institutional and stakeholder analysis; the records below are individual experience with sources.
Can you join a consortium?
Yes, as the institutional, skills or stakeholder specialist.
Related work
What needs to move forward?
Tell us the decision, the challenge or the opportunity. We reply with a scoped approach, a named principal and a fee before any work begins.
No charge to submit an enquiry.