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.
PASIDA Advisory
Bring us the challenge.
Build the right response.
Advisory is where the network becomes 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.
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Services
What we deliver
Each engagement is scoped around a decision the client has to make — not around a template deliverable.
Evidence & diagnostics
Rapid evidence reviews, baselines and situational analyses that establish what is actually true before decisions are made.
Policy & regulatory design
Tariff frameworks, licensing regimes, allocation rules and institutional design, drafted with implementation in mind.
Feasibility & technical assessment
Resource assessment, network and infrastructure review by practising African engineers and scientists.
Project design & structuring
Programme logic, financing structure and delivery arrangements for bankable, implementable projects.
Proposal & RFP support
Concept notes, technical proposals and bid response packages built around a credible delivery team.
Monitoring, evaluation & learning
Measurement frameworks, mid-term reviews and learning products that survive contact with reality.
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.
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Brief
You describe the challenge through the Challenge Room or a direct conversation.
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Team
PASIDA assembles a named team from the vetted roster, sized to the problem.
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Proposal
Scope, deliverables, timeline and terms confirmed in writing before work begins.
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Delivery
A PASIDA advisory lead holds quality, coordination and client communication.
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Handover
Deliverables, data and — where agreed — a public knowledge product with the Think Tank.
Client case studies
Delivery, described honestly.
Illustrative engagements shown to explain the delivery model. Named client work is published only with written permission.
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.
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.
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.