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PASIDA

PASIDA Advisory

Bring us the challenge.
Build the right response.

Advisory is where our Associates become delivery. Governments, development partners, utilities and private clients commission teams drawn from PASIDA's vetted Associates — people who live inside the systems they are asked to fix.

Service lines
6
Regions covered
5
Brief acknowledgement
48h
African-led teams
100%

Services

What we deliver

Each engagement is scoped around a decision the client has to make — not around a template deliverable.

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Evidence & diagnostics

Service 01

Rapid evidence reviews, baselines and situational analyses that establish what is actually true before decisions are made.

Six service lines — select a segment to see the scope

Grid planning, mini-grid programmes, tariff and access work make up the largest share of commissioned briefs.

Typical team composition

Technical specialists

Practising engineers and scientists who work inside the systems under review.

Engagement process

How an engagement runs

Five stages, each with a named owner and a written output. No stage begins before the previous one is agreed.

Stage 01 of 05

Brief

You describe the challenge through the Challenge Room or a direct conversation.

Client case studies

Delivery, described honestly.

Illustrative engagements shown to explain the delivery model. Named client work is published only with written permission.

Energy access · West Africa

Mini-grid programme design for a national electrification agency

PASIDA assembled a four-person team spanning regulation, engineering and finance to convert a policy commitment into a tendered programme.

  • Programme design document
  • Tariff and subsidy model
  • Tender-ready technical specification

Water security · Southern Africa

Non-revenue water diagnostic for a metropolitan utility

A field diagnostic paired with asset-management review, delivered in-country with the utility's own engineering staff embedded in the team.

  • Loss-reduction roadmap
  • Capital prioritisation matrix
  • Staff capability handover

Climate finance · North & East Africa

Adaptation pipeline preparation for a national climate fund

Structuring support translating NDC priorities into a screened, fundable pipeline with an accompanying readiness assessment.

  • Screened project pipeline
  • Readiness assessment
  • Funder engagement pack

Who we work with

Institutions that have to deliver.

  • Governments & regulators

    Ministries, regulatory authorities, municipalities and river-basin bodies.

  • Development partners & DFIs

    Bilateral agencies, development banks, climate funds and foundations.

  • Utilities & developers

    Power utilities, water authorities, IPPs and infrastructure developers.

  • Universities & consortia

    Research institutions, NGOs and multi-partner programme consortia.

Our commitment

Every assignment is led by African practitioners, priced transparently, and closed with a handover that leaves capability behind. Where the client agrees, findings become public knowledge through the Think Tank so the continent — not just one institution — benefits.

PASIDA keeps commissioned Advisory work visibly distinct from independent Think Tank research and contributor publishing. Each page states its content type and the team responsible for it.