Together, we can tackle
humanity’s toughest problems.

Who We Are

Wasafiri is a consultancy and institute helping leaders and organisations tackle the toughest problems.

From climate change to conflict, from food security to healthcare, some challenges feel impossibly complex. Yet from our work on the frontlines, Wasafiri remains relentlessly optimistic. By building collective and adaptive responses to seemingly intractable issues, ordinary leaders can bring about extraordinary change.

What We Offer

Consulting

Strategy, research and project management services for organisations tackling complex problems

The Institute

Equipping leaders and organisations with the knowledge and resources needed to drive system change

Systemcraft

Our framework for helping change leaders and their institutions determine “What next?” when grappling with a complex problem

Change Initiatives

The issues we’re passionate about and have committed to for the long-term

FREE SYSTEMCRAFT GUIDE

BLOGS AND EVENTS

Blog, Events, Social

The Diana Ware Award 2019

Blog, Economic, Social

/ March 21, 2019/Hamish Wilson

Is DFID convening enough for impact at scale?

DFID has convening power - not least because it has significant resources -, takes a results-based approach, and it covers all dimensions of poverty reduction

Blog, complexity, Leadership

/ March 7, 2019/Hamish Wilson

Responsible Leadership: A virtue never tested is no virtue at all

Responsible leadership for a complex world. We live in a world facing challenges that no single individual or institution, however well intentioned, powerful or well-resourced, can tackle alone. Challenges such as climate change, the rise of popularism, inequality, biodiversity loss and more.

Blog, complexity

/ March 1, 2019/Hamish Wilson

Tools for evaluating complex conflict systems

At Wasafiri, we have recently been discussing different measurement techniques when trying to understand how change happens in complex conflict-affected environments. This is no easy task.

Blog, Careers

/ March 1, 2019/Hamish Wilson

Wasafiri is recruiting for Senior Manager - Food Systems and Inclusive Growth

Blog, complexity, Economic, Social

/ February 20, 2019/Hamish Wilson

How might leadership on food systems in Africa deliver better for nutrition?

Might a bird’s eye view of investments in agri-food systems in Africa alarm or excite us, as we consider the findings of the EAT-Lancet Commission? Is the future food supply in Africa sufficiently incentivised to transition to meet future demand for healthier diets?

Blog, Economic

/ February 13, 2019/Hamish Wilson

Africa’s Generation!

Ten million young Africans enter the workforce each year, but only three million new job opportunities area created. This has African and European policy-makers quivering in their shiny shoes.

Blog, complexity

/ February 6, 2019/Hamish Wilson

Diets to save the planet!

How might stakeholders in food systems respond to ‘a global imperative’ on future diets? Could a stronger systems approach help?

Blog, complexity, Economic

/ January 31, 2019/Hamish Wilson

There are no quick fixes - A look at the global risks of 2019

"We are drifting deeper into global problems from which we will struggle to extricate ourselves." This bleak outlook summarises the World Economic Forum's recently published Global Risks Report. The scale, complexity and urgency of such challenges is breathtaking.

OUR CLIENTS

“Wasafiri helped establish the cross-sector collaboration that is now improving Africa’s agricultural economies.”

Boaz KeizireHead of Policy and Advocacy, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa