Connecting the dots

What We Do - AJW Africa

Research and Knowledge Banking

Research and Knowledge Banking

We generate rigorous evidence through mixed-method research and data analytics, and turn it into practical strategies, programmes and investments for governments, development partners, foundations and businesses.

Research and Knowledge Banking

Apprentice Job Work Africa Ltd (AJW Africa) is a Kenyan, woman-led evidence, insights and advisory firm with an African outlook and operations spanning the East African region that helps Governments, Development Partners, Foundations, Financial Institutions and private sector organizations make better decisions through rigorous research and analysis. The firm specializes in generating evidence and translating it into practical strategies, programmes and investments that address complex economic and social development challenges across the public, private and development sectors.

The firm combines quantitative and qualitative methodologies including Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI), Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI), Key Informant Interviews (KIIs), Focus Group Discussions (FGDs), institutional surveys, desk research, and data analytics. AJW Africa’s capability is demonstrated through a portfolio of diverse assignments undertaken for development finance institutions, corporates, foundations, and public sector actors. They include: 4 Market Intelligence Studies conducted for the African Guarantee Fund (AGF) under the FinRise Programme – (funded by Mastercard Foundation), Executive Office of the President of Kenya under the Office of the Chief of Strategy Execution, Setting up of the Absa Kenya Foundation, and a national Agricultural Energy Value Chain Mapping Study for CLASP under an IKEA Foundation-funded initiative amongst others.

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Strategic Plan Formulation

Strategic Plan Formulation

We help clients build measurable, concrete strategies that link business with development, giving them an edge in engaging communities and meeting environmental, social and governance requirements.

Strategic Plan Formulation

We work with clients to formulate a measurable and concrete course of action that links business with development, thereby giving them a competitive edge in engaging communities as well as meeting their environmental, social and governance requirements.
Organisational Capacity Development

Organisational Capacity Development

We set up foundations, from legal registration and governance structures to institutional policies, and strengthen existing organisations’ systems, processes and people for greater success.

Organisational Capacity Development

We set up Foundations, guiding them on the organizational and operational requirements, such as the legal frameworks that best serve their modes of registration, oversight and management structures and the origination of institutional policies. Where these exist, we work to augment our Client’s systems, structures, processes and people in order to optimize their operations, services and products for increased success.
Program Design and Implementation

Program Design and Implementation

We design and deliver scalable, end-to-end programmes that pool partners’ strengths to tackle Africa’s most pressing challenges, such as youth unemployment and enterprise growth.

Program Design and Implementation

We design and implement creative, scalable, replicable end-to-end programmes that form consortiums, pooling competencies and resources together to solve the most pressing socio-economic problems in Africa, such as youth unemployment, growth and sustainability of Corporates and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). In doing so, we embed innovations rooted in science and technology.
Proposal Writing and Fundraising

Proposal Writing and Fundraising

We originate proposals seeking to raise funds from donors, based on our client’s needs.

Business Development Support Services

Business Development Support Services

We deploy trained, well-equipped university graduates to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to provide essential business services such as accounting, legal and marketing support.

Business Development Support Services

We provide enterprise support services to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) through an innovative mechanism that utilizes graduates drawn from universities, equipped with tools and deployed to the MSMEs for provision of essential business services such as accounting, legal and marketing.
Mid-term and Final Evaluations

Mid-term and Final Evaluations

We work with governments, donors and non-governmental organisations to monitor results, build on lessons learned and measure the impact of aid and development programmes.

Consortium Development and Strategic Investment Facilitation

Consortium Development & Strategic Investment Facilitation

We bring together the right partners, technical expertise, financing and leadership to turn ambitious development priorities into bankable, large-scale investment projects, from concept to implementation.

Consortium Development & Strategic Investment Facilitation

AJW Africa facilitates the development and delivery of large-scale, multi-year investment projects by bringing together the right consortium of partners, technical expertise, financing and institutional leadership.

We design and structure complex projects, assembling multidisciplinary teams of transaction advisers, engineers, technical specialists, financial advisers, investment bankers, financiers and project delivery partners. By aligning these capabilities around a common investment proposition, we help turn ambitious development priorities into bankable projects and implementable investments worth millions of dollars.

Our strength lies in navigating complexity. We understand how to structure initiatives involving multiple stakeholders, interdependent workstreams, diverse financing requirements and long-term implementation horizons. We work with and are trusted by governments, senior private-sector leaders, investors and development partners to build the partnerships and delivery arrangements required to take strategic projects from concept and feasibility through investment structuring, financial close and implementation.

We facilitate strategic partnerships and investment consortia across sectors critical to Africa’s economic transformation, including:

  • Agriculture & Agribusiness: Agricultural modernisation, irrigation, mechanisation, agro-processing, value addition and food security.
  • Green & Renewable Energy: Solar, wind, hydropower, biomass, energy efficiency and other clean energy solutions.
  • Infrastructure Development: Roads, bridges, transport systems, public facilities and other essential infrastructure.
  • Oil & Gas: Project development, investment facilitation, strategic partnerships and energy-sector initiatives.
  • Other Strategic Sectors: Water and sanitation, industrial development, technology, environmental sustainability and other priority sectors.