Are you seeking a trusted
friend and partner through
your learning, discovery and
strategy journey?

Let us assist you in reframing,
reimagining, and resolving
pressing challenges, enabling
you to achieve social innovation
for a brighter future.

Recent & Upcoming Activities

DD Booklet Launch

DD’s inaugural booklet; The Lives, Times, And Chapters of People Making Good Happen in Africa: Reflections From Leaders In The Social Impact Space, will be launching on 26th September, 2024. Stay tuned!

B-Lab Africa Summit

A two-day event focused on impact investing, resilience and collaborations in and beyond Africa. The summit highlighted the need for businesses to prioritise #people, #planet, and #profit, and showcased examples of companies successfully implementing impact-driven models.

The Nile - September Edition

A quarterly newsletter from Development Dynamics that illuminates and shares reflections, updates, and interconnectedness of social impact issues while amplifying the work of leaders and practitioners making good happen, especially in Africa.

Impact In Africa

Better Organizations, Better Programs, Better Impact

Our Values

People
First

Individual and collective well-being drives our passion.

Love &
Liberation

We are fueled by a spirit of empathy for social justice and change.

Stewardship

Accountability to our people, partners, and planet guides our every step.

Development Dynamics (DD) is a certified B Corp firm, a trusted pan-African think tank, do tank and consulting agency unlocking the next generation of Innovation, Investment, and Impact.

We fuse design thinking, systems practice, and strategic foresight to reframe, reimagine and resolve pressing, complex and urgent challenges.

Additionally, we curate deep insights and convene diverse ecosystem players to collaboratively shape the future of impact — while co-designing future-fit, future-ready, and future-flex strategies, enhancing institutional and movement capacity and resilience — by identifying, managing, and measuring metrics that matter, and securing and de-risking investments with precision.

To reach out for an exclusive, non-binding consultation, drop an email to experience@dd.co.ke.

Our Approach
At DD, we work in collaboration with leaders, organisations and movements to;

Reframe

Reframe complex social challenges. Our goal is to unveil new insights and perspectives that drive innovative solutions.

Reimagine

Re-imagine with our partners and come up with transformative strategies that break away from the ordinary.

Resolve

Resolve challenges effectively. Our commitment is not just to identify issues, but to provide technical assistance for the implementation of resolutions that last.

Our Strategic Pillars
triple play approach

Insights Hub

We are your learning and strategy partner, here to journey with you and help shape the direction of your innovation and investment strategy. We do this by;

Bridging knowledge and evidence gaps through case studies, rapid assessments, research, and evaluation for actionable recommendations.
Producing independent analyses and feeding into sector/practice reports and white papers.
Connecting the social impact ecosystem through Last Thursdays and other thematic convenings for learning and exchange.

Innovation Accelerator

We are your critical friend and thought-partner for your purpose-driven initiatives to get to the desired success. We do this through;

Advisory services and capacity strengthening for leaders and practitioners on industry-tested strategies, benchmarks, toolkits and frameworks.
Consultancy & technical advisory services on strategy, organisational/movement building and impact measurement.

Investment Catalyst

We are your incubator and amplifying partner working with funders and purpose-driven organisations to secure, streamline access, de-risk, manage and multiply game-changing returns on investments.

We do this through;

New business development
Grant management, and
Impact measurement.

DESIGN THINKING

We employ design thinking rooted in empathy to create functional solutions that address and drive innovation for meaningful human-centred experiences.

SYSTEMS PRACTICE

We analyse complex systems interactions, collaborating with individuals and organisations to gain a holistic understanding of social and business landscapes.

FORESIGHT MAPPING

We use scenario building for strategic foresight, enabling the design of adaptable and resilient interventions.

DD team are very efficient at implementing new strategies, processes, and procedures. Not only do they work with senior management to develop a plan of action, but they also work directly with program staff and beneficiaries to implement strategies that bring the desired change.

Daisy Tuzo Associate Director, PPG

We wholeheartedly express our sincere appreciation and deep gratitude to Development Dynamics for their exceptional guidance and remarkable adaptability as facilitators. Their expertise and know-how in co-creation workshops have left a lasting impact on us.

Luz, Yuri, Julia Governance Committee of the ILGA World Board

This conversation on intersectional feminism led by DD was absolutely phenomenal! Understanding how our engagement with feminism influences community development projects can significantly enhance their impact.

Last Thursday Audience Member Not Shared

The Movement Building Masterclass for Social Impact by DD was nothing short of insightful. From the amazing facilitators to the global classroom.

MBFSI Cohort 2 Graduate Change-Maker