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Thinking from the Field

What InvestKenya Tells Us About Where Capital Wants to Flow

The most useful document in Kenyan economic strategy is not a policy paper. It is the InvestKenya sector portfolio. Twelve sectors. A mature institutional architecture. USD 2.9 billion closed at KIICO 2026 in March.

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Public Sector Advisory Practice

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What the National Infrastructure Fund Bill, 2026 Actually Changes

A clause level reading of Kenya's proposed Fund from the seat of donors, governments, and the firms that move capital between them.

What the National Infrastructure Fund Bill, 2026 Actually Changes

A clause level reading of Kenya's proposed Fund from the seat of donors, governments, and the firms that move capital between them.

University Partnerships Are Africa's Most Underused Development Instrument

The capacity exists. The pipeline exists. The MOUs that connect them do not exist at the scale the development moment requires.

University Partnerships Are Africa's Most Underused Development Instrument

The capacity exists. The pipeline exists. The MOUs that connect them do not exist at the scale the development moment requires.

Devolution at Twelve: What County Strategy Still Gets Wrong

Devolution has not failed. It has plateaued. The next decade is about whether counties fix the operational layer the framework never taught them to build.

Devolution at Twelve: What County Strategy Still Gets Wrong

Devolution has not failed. It has plateaued. The next decade is about whether counties fix the operational layer the framework never taught them to build.

Nature-Based Solutions Are Now a Financing Category, Not a Theme

How NbS moved from policy footnote to capital class, and what Kenya needs to do to access the pool that is now open.

Nature-Based Solutions Are Now a Financing Category, Not a Theme

How NbS moved from policy footnote to capital class, and what Kenya needs to do to access the pool that is now open.

Why Land Value Capture & PPPs Will Determine Kenya's Next Decade of Urban Investment

Two instruments. One on the books and barely used. One in operation but pipeline thin. Both are needed.

Why Land Value Capture & PPPs Will Determine Kenya's Next Decade of Urban Investment

Two instruments. One on the books and barely used. One in operation but pipeline thin. Both are needed.

The Independent Engineer Is the Last Line Between a Road PPP and a Public Finance Failure

Why oversight quality on performance-based concessions determines whether the model works at all

The Independent Engineer Is the Last Line Between a Road PPP and a Public Finance Failure

Why oversight quality on performance-based concessions determines whether the model works at all

Kenya's Cities Are Not Failing Because of Money

What a Decade of Municipal Performance Assessments Actually Reveals About Urban Governance in Kenya

Kenya's Cities Are Not Failing Because of Money

What a Decade of Municipal Performance Assessments Actually Reveals About Urban Governance in Kenya

GCF Access in East Africa: Closing the Readiness Gap

The conditions that determine whether a country consistently accesses the Green Climate Fund, and how to close the gap.

GCF Access in East Africa: Closing the Readiness Gap

The conditions that determine whether a country consistently accesses the Green Climate Fund, and how to close the gap.

Scale Is Not the Enemy of Quality. Poor Design Is.

What Delivering Business Development Services to 110,000 Young Kenyans Taught Us About How Development Programmes Actually Work

Scale Is Not the Enemy of Quality. Poor Design Is.

What Delivering Business Development Services to 110,000 Young Kenyans Taught Us About How Development Programmes Actually Work

How a KES 5M Brief Shaped a USD 350M Investment

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How a KES 5M Brief Shaped a USD 350M Investment

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From Strategy to Delivery: ACAL's Public Sector Advisory Model

Why the gap between policy design and programme execution persists, and how to close it.

From Strategy to Delivery: ACAL's Public Sector Advisory Model

Why the gap between policy design and programme execution persists, and how to close it.

Building M&E Frameworks That Actually Drive Decisions

Most monitoring systems measure activity. The best ones change programme strategy. Here's the difference.

Building M&E Frameworks That Actually Drive Decisions

Most monitoring systems measure activity. The best ones change programme strategy. Here's the difference.

The Green Climate Fund Has USD 40 Billion. Most African Countries Cannot Access It.

The institutional conditions that determine which countries consistently attract climate capital and what the rest are actually missing

The Green Climate Fund Has USD 40 Billion. Most African Countries Cannot Access It.

The institutional conditions that determine which countries consistently attract climate capital and what the rest are actually missing

Africa's Urban Century Is Already Underway. The Question Is, Who Controls It?

Why spatial planning is the most underfunded determinant of Africa's economic future

Africa's Urban Century Is Already Underway. The Question Is, Who Controls It?

Why spatial planning is the most underfunded determinant of Africa's economic future

The Strategy Was Sound. So Why Didn't It Change Anything?

The structural reason most public sector advisory fails, and what advisory that actually works looks like

The Strategy Was Sound. So Why Didn't It Change Anything?

The structural reason most public sector advisory fails, and what advisory that actually works looks like

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