Practice Areas
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We recognize the obvious strategic importance of agriculture and food security within the developing world, and particularly in Africa. Transforming agricultural performance through improved productivity, efficient market systems, enabling environment, trade and investment is vital to feeding our growing populations, and lifting tens of millions...
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We believe that Small and Growing Businesses (SGBs) are critical to increasing market opportunities and catalyzing local economic development. Onward Resources provides business advisory services and management consulting to SGBs, including in operations, strategy, marketing, financial management and new product development. We assist them to...
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Fostering the development of market relevant skills and capabilities is a vital cornerstone that underpins economic growth, hence the need to support current and potential workforce to acquire these skills is essential. Onward Resources provides market-informed skills development via training and targeted programming capable of propelling forward...
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Across East Africa, governments, development agencies, and private sector entities are making significant investments aimed at bridging demand and supply gaps in energy markets. Even with these commendable efforts, access to affordable energy remains a challenge to a majority of low income homes and small businesses, both in urban and rural areas...
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The recent and on-going discovery of crude oil and natural gas clusters and rare earths across most of East Africa indicates that the region is poised to become a hub of energy and materials production in the coming decades, significantly enhancing the region’s economic prospects. It is estimated that oil and gas contribution to East Africa’s GDP...
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Onward Resources promotes efforts that integrate gender and youth in productive economic engagement, bearing in mind that approximately 70% of Africa’s population is below the age of 30. We also recognize that the economic contribution of men and women varies often because of the roles that each plays, and that understanding these differences...