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DEV. INC helps governments, companies and development institutions structure complex opportunities, align the right partners and move from ambition to commitment.
Where public priorities, private capital and institutional interests meet.
Building partnerships and mobilising resources across business, philanthropy and international development.
Mobilised from global technology, finance and African corporate partners.
Experience working across African markets and global institutions, with a strong understanding of how priorities, decision-making and partnership environments differ across contexts.
Why DEV. INC
Governments, companies, funders and development institutions may recognise the same opportunity, but they do not assess it through the same lens, operate under the same constraints or commit for the same reasons.
DEV. INC works across those boundaries. We align institutional interests, shape credible propositions and build the structures and relationships required to move complex opportunities forward.
Our advantage is not simply access. It is understanding how institutions make decisions, what gives them confidence to commit and how to bring them together around an opportunity each has a reason to support.
What we do
We help governments, companies and development organisations turn strategic priorities into propositions that attract capital, partners and institutional support, then work with leadership to move them from interest to commitment.
We help international institutions and companies navigate African markets, understand the institutional landscape and build partnerships that are locally credible, strategically relevant and positioned to last.
DEV. INC leads the strategy, participant engagement and structure of convenings built around a defined institutional objective. We identify and engage the decision-makers and partners required, shape the proposition and design the conversation to translate senior-level attention into partnerships, commitments and action.
We design executive programmes that help private sector leaders navigate government and public leaders engage business more effectively. Programmes are developed for delivery with universities and senior practitioners.
Track Record
Experience working across government, business, philanthropy and international development.
GPE · Cisco · Microsoft
Built and managed GPE's corporate partnerships with Cisco and Microsoft, including brokering Cisco's participation and extending online data analytics training across sub-Saharan Africa.
Officials in more than 20 ministries of education gained access to practical data analytics training to strengthen evidence-based planning and decision making.
Nigeria
Designed and supported a senior-level engagement around Nigeria's education priorities, connecting the agenda directly to economic growth, workforce development and national competitiveness.
Nigeria's education priorities moved into direct engagement with influential business leaders and were positioned as a strategic private sector concern.
Motsepe Foundation
Led the research, content development and end-to-end delivery of an accessible guide spanning health, education, finance, employment and legal rights.
Complex information became a practical resource distributed to women through schools, communities and Foundation programmes across South Africa.
This track record includes work delivered in previous institutional roles.
How we work
Every engagement begins with the institutional objective, the decisions required and the stakeholders whose commitment will determine the outcome.
DEV. INC brings together the strategic, sector and regional expertise required by each mandate. We work closely with leadership teams from initial positioning through engagement, negotiation and execution.
Not another strategy document. A clearer proposition, stronger institutional alignment and a credible path towards commitment.
Our Model
DEV. INC brings together senior advisers and specialists across strategy, finance, public policy, partnerships and regional markets. Each team is structured around the institution, opportunity and outcome required.
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If you are seeking capital, strategic partners or stronger institutional alignment, we should talk.