Governments
Working with public institutions to strengthen enterprise programmes, local economic development and the systems supporting businesses.
PARTNERSHIPSAFRIBA / COLLABORATION
Stronger systems
are built
together.
CONNECTED CAPABILITY
AfriBA works with organisations that want to strengthen enterprise, generate useful evidence and create more inclusive economic opportunity.
We bring together local understanding, enterprise practice, research and institutional capability around shared economic challenges.
COMMUNITIESINSTITUTIONSCAPITALMARKETSEVIDENCE
01WHY PARTNER?
Complex problems
need connected
responses.
No single organisation holds every part of the solution to enterprise growth.
Communities understand local realities. Governments shape enabling systems. Businesses bring markets and expertise. Funders provide capital. Researchers generate evidence.
Our role is to help connect these capabilities around practical approaches that strengthen enterprise and local economies.
WHO WE WORK WITHDifferent partners.
Different partners.
Shared ambition.
Partnerships can begin with a programme, research question, enterprise challenge or opportunity to test a new approach.
AfriBACONNECTING CAPABILITY
Government
Development
Business
Capital
Research
Communities
Development organisations
Partnering on initiatives that connect enterprise development with inclusive growth, livelihoods and stronger local economies.
Businesses
Connecting private-sector capability, markets and expertise with opportunities to strengthen grassroots enterprise.
Funders & investors
Supporting the design, evidence and delivery of initiatives intended to create sustainable enterprise and economic opportunity.
Universities & researchers
Generating evidence, testing ideas and building stronger links between research and real economic activity.
Enterprise communities
Working directly with entrepreneurs, groups and local networks to understand needs and build solutions from the ground up.
02
WAYS TO WORK TOGETHERPartnership can
Partnership can
take many forms.
Programme design
& delivery
Develop and implement initiatives focused on enterprise, livelihoods and local economic development.
Research
& evidence
Investigate enterprise challenges, generate useful evidence and translate findings into practical implications.
Learning
& capability
Build practical learning experiences for entrepreneurs, enterprise groups and institutions.
Advisory
support
Support strategy, programme development, implementation and learning around enterprise initiatives.
HOW WE PARTNERShared purpose.
Shared purpose.
Practical delivery.
PARTNERSHIP PATHWAY01—04
01
Understand
Start with the objective, economic context and people the partnership is intended to serve.
02
Design
Shape the partnership around a clear problem, practical response and shared definition of success.
03
Deliver
Bring the relevant capabilities together and translate the partnership into practical implementation.
04
Learn
Measure what happens, capture useful evidence and use the learning to strengthen what comes next.
03WHAT MATTERS
The best partnerships do more than combine resources. They combine different perspectives around a problem worth solving.
OUR CAPABILITIESExplore how
Explore how
we work.
01GGE Practice
02Business School
03Advisory
04Evidence
Our partnerships draw on AfriBA's work across GGE Practice, Business School, Advisory and evidence generation.
Explore our workSTART A CONVERSATIONHave an idea
Have an idea
worth building
together?
Tell us about the challenge, opportunity or programme you are working on and where you think AfriBA could contribute.
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