About us

WHY AFRICA CAPABILITY (PTY) LIMITED

Africa Capability (Pty) Limited (AfriCap) is a consultancy firm born from the realization that Africa, working with its strategic partners can deliver effective and responsive social sector services to support its sustainable developmental goals. We believe in the latent capabilities and talents Africa has. These capabilities can be unleashed by building on the existing structures, systems and enhancing strategies for transformative service delivery. Africa Capability will do this by deploying its collective experience in evidence-based engagement with political leaders and policy makers on the reconfiguration of structures, systems and skills to ensure cost-effective and efficient implementation of policies and national strategic priorities. We will do this by: Strengthening national governance systems across the service delivery value chain will enhance alignment and harmonisation processes.

Supporting civil society organisations (CSOs) and community-based organisations (CBOs) reposition themselves in ever changing environment will be part of a menu of services aimed at strengthening community systems.

Facilitating the implementation of strategic plans and programmes which embed grants from the Global Fund and other global financing institutions. While strategic planning will be part of the services provided by Africa Capability; our business model will give more emphasis on operational planning for effective implementation. Institutional and systems  strengthening support will form part of this approach

Supporting national governments and client institutions to manage technical assistance requirements and the translation of outputs into policy and strategic actions.

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OUR TEAM

Our team will be drawn from the countries in the Africa continent driven by continuous professional development approaches relevant to the needs of country or market. The values mentioned above will inform the way we select, development and support our team members. This will build on the core team’s n interdisciplinary experience which spans over 30 years in health and development in Africa. This includes experience in health and welfare systems strengthening, HIV and AIDS programming as well as public sector reforms, governance and leadership, and community systems strengthening.

OUR BUSINESS APPROACh

Africa Capability’s Business Approach is unique in 6 key ways:

We believe that the solution lies with the client institution, organisation or national government. Our approach is to work with the client to clarify and identify the causes of service delivery bottlenecks and challenges

· We use information and best practices from our extensive day-to-day experiences in the region to align the suggested solutions to country systems, capacities and partnerships

· We work as a partner with clients, key institutions and funders through close collaboration to ensure that the solutions fit the client’s context

We ensure that capacity strengthening and knowledge transfer is embedded in the agreed solutions so that the client can stand on their own

· We have harnessed a superior communication path between bilateral agencies, program managers and leaders of organisations

· We believe that people are an organisation’s greatest resource as it is people who can deliver sustainable solutions. This is why we mentor and coach them in order to create a supportive and conducive environment for sustainable service delivery

Our Expertise

· Extensive experience in social sector strategic planning in the SADC region and the rest of Africa

Expertise in leadership and governance assessment, evaluation and strengthening

Expertise in health financing, resource tracking and performance-based funding models; including global fund processes

Experience and expertise in institutional assessment, technical support planning and institutional strengthening

Expertise in systems strengthening: supply chain management; monitoring and evaluation; financial and grant management.

· Regional and global expertise in: HIV/TB collaboration, integration of HIV into maternal neo-natal & child health; reproductive health and family planning

· Community and health systems strengthening, commodity logistics and management

Expertise in social and child welfare; including child protection and safety nets assessment and development

Experience working in projects funded by different donors including Global Fund, EU, PEPFAR, USAID; CDC, DFID, WORLD BANK, CIDA, SIDA

OUR CORE VALUES