Our Origins
Our name, Wasafiri, means “travellers or explorers” in Swahili, and was inspired by the phrase, “Traveller, there is no path, we make the path as we walk together.” Founded in 2010 by a Rwandan, a Zambian, a Briton and an Australian, with support from the leadership development organisation Impact International, we established Wasafiri as a professional home for people committed to the lifelong adventure of tackling humanity’s toughest problems.
Our Team
Our staff and consultants form a global community of brilliant advisors, systems-thinkers, researchers, facilitators and practitioners. Working out of our offices in the UK, Kenya and the USA, they are brought together for their adventurous spirit, commitment to tackling complex problems and track record of delivering change. Click here to meet our team.
Our Ambition
In our hyper-connected and ever-changing world, we feel that existing leadership and governance approaches are struggling to respond to the scale and intensity of challenges that threaten progress. Through our knowledge and consulting services, Wasafiri aims to forge new approaches and partnerships that, from the global to the local, help practically shift human and environmental systems towards a more just, equitable and sustainable world.
Our Organisation
We’ve always believed that businesses of all sizes have a powerful role to play in tackling such problems. Wasafiri is no exception and this means delivering value to all of our stakeholders. In doing so, we’re proud to have been honoured by B-Corporation in 2019 as a ‘Best for the World Company’ for helping our clients improve their impact in serving populations struggling with deep problems such as poverty, insecurity or lack of opportunities. We’re also a committed member of the UN Global Compact, and are continuously exploring how to become a more adaptive, human-centred organisation (you can read about what we’re learning here.)
Our Experience
Since our founding we’ve worked at the heart of some of the world’s toughest problems. We’ve mitigated conflict in Afghanistan, Somalia and South Sudan. We’ve secured a fairer deal for poor countries in global climate change negotiations. We’ve forged cross-sector collaboration that is improving incomes for millions of African smallholders. And, as anyone working on these issues will know, at times we’ve been humbled, frustrated, and plain scared. We’ve also been inspired and amazed. We’ve worked alongside remarkable people leading change as civil servants, business leaders, academics, pioneers and activists. And we’ve learned a great deal about how change happens. We salute you.
Our Jobs
We’re always interested in connecting with thinkers and consultants with an interest in systems-change and with experience grappling with the complex problems in the geographies where we work. If you’re interested in learning more, please contact us at opportunities@wasafirihub.com.
Our Offices
Africa
Ikigai,
LR. NO.1870/11/398,
General Mathenge Drive,
Nairobi, PO BOX 1093-00606,
Kenya
PHONE
+254 (0) 721 264 162
EMERGENCY OUT OF HOURS
+44 7470 403694
Our Clients
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