Welcome to Practical Action Consulting Eastern Africa  

Based at the regional office of Practical Action in Nairobi, our consultancy benefits from the expertise, knowledge base and global reach of the parent organization.  Our operations in Eastern Africa began in the early 1990s and have  expanded through extensive promotion of our services and capacity-building locally and regionally.  We provide demand-driven, value-added services to a range of clients, including local and international NGOs, donor agencies, government departments and the private sector.

Our team consists of permanent staff and associate consultants from diverse professional backgrounds.  We specialise in assignments that add value to the development work of Practical Action, contribute to knowledge-based development, and enable the dissemination of ideas and best practice throughout the region.  Practical Action Consulting has a long-term vision to expand its sphere of influence and partnership working throughout Eastern Africa.

We have a track record of experience in the following activities:

• Institutional strengthening, organizational capacity assessments and training inputs
• Programme/project reviews, surveys, feasibility analyses, and baseline studies
• Programme monitoring and evaluation, mid- and end-term reviews
• Technical support for program design and development
• Gender and development issues
• Business development services, including small- and medium enterprise development
• Community energy, water, housing & sanitation
• HIV/AIDS awareness training, surveys and capacity development
• Agri-business: market development and linkages 
• Drought cycle management support
• Conflict management
• Pastoral livestock and markets development
• Biodiversity conservation and environment
• Market assessment and analysis
• Project and programme management support

Meet the Eastern Africa Team

Recent Projects

2008

• Cook Stove Production & Training in Somaliland
• Consultancy to Qualify: Substantiate & Develop ways of Intervening Using Appropriate Technology Local Economic Development (Technologies for Livelihoods)
• Ripple DFID Water Project

2007

• Mobile Phone Waste
• Training of Field Monitors in North Eastern Turkana - Individual and Group Business Initiatives

2006

• Small Business Support Strategy, Kenya
• Policy Impacts on Pastoral Areas, International
• Promotion of Employment Through Training Assessment Studies, Somalia
• Water, Environment and Sanitation Committee Management Training Workshop, Somalia
• Water Management and Leadership Training, Somalia
• Raising Awareness of Girls' Education & Increasing Girls' Enrolment and Retention, South Sudan
• Strengthening Primary Health care in Upper Nile, South Sudan
• Basic Education and Primary Health Care Evaluation, Somalia 
• Technical Support on Food Processing Technologies, Rwanda
• Social Impact Assessment Study, Rwanda
• Impact of animal traction intervention on food security and livelihood programme in Aweil, South Sudan
• Addis Ababa Street Vendors: Development of a Business Development Support, Ethiopia

2005

• Health, Water and Sanitation Needs Assessment and Development of a 3-year Support Programme in Twic County, South Sudan

2004

• Livestock Market Access Initiative - Feasibility and Identification of Opportunities for Intervention, Turkana, Kenya

Practical Action Eastern Africa, PO Box 39493-00623, AAYMCA Building, Along State House Crescent, off State House Avenue, Nairobi, Kenya | Phone: +254 2027 19313 | Email: consulting@practicalaction.or.ke