Who we help · Institutions
Development banks & DFIs
Due diligence, feasibility inputs, institutional assessments, competency and skills work and financial models for development banks and DFIs.
1 of 3What you face
Decisions we help you make.
Where our work usually starts with organisations and people like you.
Whether a counterparty or client institution has the capacity it claims
Whether a project’s assumptions hold
What capability a client institution needs
How to appraise with accountable evidence
How we work with youWe work within your appraisal and procurement frameworks, with methods and limits stated.
2 of 3What we do
Services, by practice.
Every service here has a defined first scope and a fixed fee agreed in writing before work begins.
3 of 11 practices serve this group
02Management & institutional strengthening
4 of the 7 services on this page
- AI-readiness and AI-governance assessmentWe map how one team or institution already uses AI, where data and decisions are exposed, and which governance gaps matter most. Diagnostic recommendations are kept separate from implementation, so you decide what to fund next.→
- Competency frameworks, job architecture and JD manualsWe develop and validate the competency architecture for one role family first, test it against the real work, and only then scale it across the institution, so the framework is used rather than filed.→
- Training-needs assessment and skills auditsKnow exactly what your people cannot do yet, and what closing the gap involves. We measure required against current capability, role by role, and turn the gaps into a prioritised, costed training plan you can defend to a board, a ministry or a donor.→
- Institutional and organisational reviewWe review one institutional unit’s mandate, structure, processes and controls, and return options and a prioritised action memo that leadership can decide on.→
- Due-diligence researchBefore you sign with a partner, supplier or grantee in Ghana or West Africa, we investigate the counterparty within agreed registers and sources. You receive the findings, the questions that remain open, and the full source trail.→
- Feasibility studiesWe 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.→
3 of 3What you can try now
Start with a free tool.
Working tools matched to the services above. Results on screen straight away.
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Evidence register and due-diligence checklist
List the claims a decision depends on, where each one comes from and how confident you are. The register shows which conclusions rest on unsourced or self-reported evidence, and what to request next.
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Feasibility study sensitivity analysis
Enter your investment, revenue and cost assumptions. The explorer calculates net present value, internal rate of return and payback, then shows which assumption moves the result most.
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Training needs assessment
Map the skills each role needs against the skills people have today. The workbench scores every gap, weights it by importance and headcount, and drafts a prioritised training plan you can take to a board, ministry or funder.
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Strategic plan template
Set out your purpose and priorities, then give every objective a measure, a target, an owner and a review date. The template drafts the plan outline and checks that nothing is left without someone accountable for it.
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AI inventory template
List every AI system and use in your organisation with its owner, data, impact on people and human review. The register ranks what to review first by a published rubric, without pretending to certify anything.
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Partner due diligence checklist
Compare potential local partners on weighted criteria, and record for every score whether it is verified, only claimed or unknown. The matrix separates the verified score from the claimed one and lists the checks still open.
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Also in institutions
- NGOs, donors & development partners21 services
- Governments & public institutions16 services
- Universities & training providers11 services
- Professional bodies, chambers & membership organisations12 services
- Foundations, philanthropies & impact funds12 services
- Social enterprises & community organisations9 services
- Health organisations & care providers8 services
- Faith-based organisations & charities6 services
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.
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