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, Economic, Social

/ May 15, 2019/Alex Rees

10 x 10: Ten years and ten priorities to eliminate extreme poverty in Kenya

3.9 million Kenyans, some 8% of the population, face the stark reality of living in extreme poverty.

Blog

/ May 8, 2019/Alex Rees

Jenny Costelloe joins Wasafiri to expand work with business on the SDGs

The Sustainable Development Goals define the most compelling global challenges of our era. Wasafiri’s work with multinationals is demonstrating the vital leadership role they can play in forging more inclusive and sustainable economies, and strengthening global public goods like security, health, biodiversity and climate

Blog

/ May 3, 2019/Alex Rees

Wasafiri’s May Reading (and Listening) List!

At Wasafiri we thought we’d slow things down a little, and share with our community what we’ve been reading and listening too in the past couple of months

Blog, Events, Social

/ May 3, 2019/Alex Rees

The Diana Ware Award 2019

Blog, Economic, Social

/ March 21, 2019/Alex Rees

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/Alex Rees

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/Alex Rees

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/Alex Rees

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

Blog, complexity, Economic, Social

/ February 20, 2019/Alex Rees

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?

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