What We Do - AJW Africa
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. Read more on this here.
Strategic Plan Formulation
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
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 MSMEs. In doing so, we embed innovations rooted in science and technology.
Proposal Writing and Fundraising
We originate proposals seeking to raise funds from donors, based on our client’s needs.
Business Development Support Services
We provide enterprise support services to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises 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
We work with governments, donors and NGOs to monitor results, build on lessons learned and measure the impact of aid and development programmes.
