Our Work

Organised by what it strengthened — not by what we sold.

More than 50 organisations driving change across the continent. A selection, mapped to the four pillars of our ecosystem model.

Pillar 01

Ecosystem Intelligence

Sollys Energy Impact Study
Impact Study

Sollys Energy Impact Study

A mixed-methods study of how pay-as-you-go solar deployment is reshaping livelihoods across Mangochi, Balaka and Ntcheu — household surveys, focus groups and key informant interviews, including the Future Female Energy Leaders Program. Findings span financial resilience, children's study hours, enterprise beyond daylight and community life.

Sollys Energy · Malawi · 2025
Malawi ESG Integration and Investment Forum
Knowledge Management

Malawi ESG Integration & Investment Forum

Knowledge management and strategic communications to mainstream ESG into the national investment conversation.

Innotec Creative Solutions · 2024
Malawi National Housing Symposium
Documentation

Malawi National Housing Symposium

Symposium knowledge management and documentation in support of affordable and accessible housing advocacy.

Mizu Live / Ministry of Lands · 2024

Pillar 02

Ecosystem Strengthening

Blessings Hospital
Organisational Transformation

Blessings Hospital — Service Transformation

Customer service transformation programme strengthening service systems, patient experience and organisational effectiveness.

Blessings Hospital · Malawi · 2026
National Library Project
CSI Partnership Architecture

Lilongwe BookFest — National Library Project

Social impact advisory that built an innovative corporate social investment partnership for long-term literacy outcomes and ecosystem development.

Standard Bank Malawi × Books and More · ongoing
Inclusive Cities training
Capacity Strengthening

Inclusive Cities — Zimbabwe

Design and delivery of Inclusive Cities training for city and district councils. Plus: strategy facilitation for Market Theatre Foundation, creative entrepreneurship training for Market Photo Workshop, and ongoing strategy advisory for Axis Solutions Africa.

DACT Zimbabwe · 2024

Pillar 03

Ecosystem Convening

Umunthu Social Impact Forum 2026
Flagship Convening

Umunthu Social Impact Forum 2026

A structured two-day convening of 200+ senior leaders from corporate, civil society, philanthropy, government, academia and impact investing — diagnosing Malawi's social impact ecosystem, catalysing cross-sector working groups, and launching the consultative phase of the Umunthu Social Impact Index. Built on the inaugural 2025 edition, Beyond Aid.

Thrive Afrika · Lilongwe · June 2026
Southern Africa Trust 20th Anniversary
Convening Management

Southern Africa Trust — 20th Anniversary

End-to-end convening management for the regional celebration and board meeting: concept, branding, programme, delegate travel and a commemorative exhibition.

Southern Africa Trust · Johannesburg · 2025
DARIRO 1.0 Civic Futures Roundtable
Facilitation & Production

DARIRO 1.0 — Civic Futures Roundtable

Facilitation, production and rapporteuring for a SADC-wide civil society convening on civic resilience and regional collaboration.

Southern Africa Trust · Pretoria · 2025

Pillar 04

Ecosystem Influence

Afrotellers Conference
Narrative Power

Afrotellers Conference 2024 & 2025

Full production of two editions of the continental storytelling convening — 400+ delegates from 17 African countries, multi-venue and hybrid. The 2026 edition heads to Mombasa, Kenya.

Afrotellers · Johannesburg · 2024–25
Afrikan Stories for Social Change exhibition
Storytelling Programme

Afrikan Stories for Social Change

Mentored 20 storytellers from 8 countries to produce a multimedia exhibition on the power of social movements — opened at the 3rd African Social Movements Baraza in Accra, Ghana.

TrustAfrica / ASM Baraza · 2025
Standard Bank augmented reality exhibition
Immersive Storytelling

Standard Bank — AR Exhibition

An interactive augmented-reality storytelling experience for the launch of the 2024 Sustainability Report. Plus: the LSPCA Working Dogs Handbook — translation, design and production.

Standard Bank Malawi · 2025

Key publications

Read the thinking behind the work.

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Umunthu360: An Operating System for Legitimacy

White paper · 2026
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Umunthu Social Impact Index — Edition 1.0

White paper · 2026
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Sollys Energy Impact Study

Impact report · 2025