Our Services
Who We Serve
Development organizations, donor agencies, United Nations, government departments, corporate’s, communities and individuals to help address some of the most difficult development problems and barriers to poverty reduction. We choose clients who have a major role in Africa and who are serious about improving human dignity in our societies.
Our Mantra
“Working together we can make a lasting change and impact in Africa”
Our Offering
1. Gender Assessments
Many organizations struggle to understand the root causes of gender inequality within their systems, programs, and structures limiting their ability to implement effective, inclusive solutions
How we do it:
- We conduct comprehensive gender assessments to identify gaps, opportunities, and pathways for gender equity within programs, institutions, and policy frameworks. Our assessments inform actionable, context-specific recommendations that foster inclusive development.
- We use participatory tools, institutional audits, and stakeholder consultations to ensure diverse voices are captured. Our process includes document reviews, gender diagnostics, and reporting tailored to organizational needs.
2. Global Gender Equality & Social Inclusion
Description: Gender aware planning and program design involves paying attention both to content and process. Organizations need to be conscious of “what they do” and “how they plan to do it “when designing country level strategies.
We bring to your organization a depth of experience in gender aware programming.
How we do it:
- We focus on understanding how social norms limit opportunities for women and girls. Men and boys, by identifying the how to integrate gender equality within program objectives.
- By applying Gender Equality framework and promoting justice, including in project / program design.
- By carrying out Gender Self Assessments in organizations to identify gender gaps.
- We come up with solutions that empower and transform their lives.
- We design culturally appropriate, practical ways to overcome the barriers identified during the research or situation analysis.
- We deconstruct gender and power relation’s and advise on how to engage men, boys and communities to promote gender equality.
- We build capacity for women and girls to achieve their full potential in life.
3. Gender Analysis, Program Design & Implementation
Description: Development interventions often overlook how power, identity, and inequality intersect leading to unintended exclusion of women and marginalized groups.
How we do it:
We apply intersectional gender analysis to uncover the systemic barriers that affect different groups. Our tailored methodologies ensure policies, strategies, and investments reflect the lived realities of women, girls, and marginalized communities.
We apply analytical frameworks and disaggregated data analysis, conduct focus group discussions, and apply power and influence mapping to highlight gender-based constraints and opportunities.
Program Design & Implementation
Description: Program design is integral to any part of any project or program. We have extensive experience in the area, having designed programs across different sectors and countries. We offer a full range of program design services.
How we do it:
- Drafting concept notes, undertaking scoping studies, undertaking feasibility studies, constructing logical frameworks including identification of objectives, outputs, outcomes and impact of projects
4. Policy Development, Advocacy & Campaign
Description: Outdated or non-inclusive policies continue to perpetuate inequality and limit systemic transformation within institutions and across development sectors. We believe sound policies are rooted in evidence we support organizations with research on program experience to inform policy initiatives at the local, national , regional and international level.
How we do it:
- From national gender policies to sector-specific guidelines, we lead policy reform processes that embed gender equality, social inclusion, and accountability. We work hand-in-hand with governments, multilaterals, and civil society actors.
- We facilitate inclusive policy dialogues, conduct legal and policy reviews, provide drafting and implementation support, and ensure alignment with regional and global standards such as CEDAW, SDGs, and AU protocols.
- Through our evidence based advocacy we identify what needs to be done and advice on how to achieve SMART results.
- We tailor make campaign strategies to achieve the goals of our client’s programs.
5. Gender Strategy Development & Implementation
Many institutions lack coherent, actionable strategies that align with global gender commitments and respond to on-the-ground realities.
How we do it:
- We design and implement gender-responsive strategies for institutions, programs, and multi-country initiatives. Our strategies are practical, results-driven, and aligned to global commitments such as CEDAW, SDGs, and the AU Gender Agenda.
- We co-create with stakeholders through workshops and needs assessments, establish results frameworks, and provide technical support for rollout, monitoring, and adaptive learning.
6. Training & Capacity Building
Lack of gender knowledge and awareness among staff often hinders effective implementation of inclusive practices within organizations.
How we do it:
- We deliver engaging, context-sensitive trainings for professionals, community leaders, and government officials. Our capacity building programs strengthen technical knowledge, shift mindsets, and build allies for gender equality. Through customized workshops, training-of-trainers (ToT) sessions, e-learning platforms, and post-training mentoring to reinforce knowledge transfer and behavioral change.
- We also offer specialized gender clinics for institutions, helping them understand why gender matters and equipping managers and staff with the knowledge and tools to implement inclusive practices across all operations.
Women Economic Empowerment & Institutional Capacity Building
Description: Women have the potential to change their own economic status , as well as that of their communities and countries in which they live. Unequal opportunities and power relations between men & women continue to hamper women’s ability to lift themselves from poverty and gain more options to improve their lives.
Pearl strengthens the capacities of organizations to understand and respond to the unique needs of women, girls, men and boys with gender strategies that work.
How we do it:
- Through skills development , We develop training materials and conduct training workshops and courses through our partners and credible institutions around Africa.
- We advise our clients on most effective poverty reduction economic empowerment programs.
- We connect our women business owners to access market for their products in Africa and beyond.
7. Leadership Development for Women & Girls
Despite growing recognition of women’s leadership potential, many women and girls still face systemic barriers to advancing into influential roles .
- We nurture leadership potential through mentoring, coaching, and customized programs that empower women and girls to lead with purpose, courage, and clarity—across sectors and generations.
- We deliver structured leadership journeys, one-on-one coaching, peer-to-peer learning, and action labs designed to unlock personal growth, strategic foresight, and institutional influence.
- We work with women in politics to enhance effective political participation, support women in managerial positions, and strengthen women in senior leadership roles. Our leadership programs unlock confidence, sharpen strategic decision-making, and foster values-based leadership. Organizations benefit from increased innovation, improved governance, and more inclusive business outcomes after engaging with our leadership development offerings.
Mentorship coaching and training programs
– Mentoring Adolescent Girls
Description: Adolescence is a critical period, when girls future potential and opportunities can flourish through education, economic opportunity and psychosocial support, or that potential can be stunted and stifled by the irreversible effects of child marriage, early pregnancy , HIV and other preventable hardships.
We help them to grow into a mountain, and not shrink into a grain of sand. To support them apply their efforts to become the highest mountain of all and strain their potential until the mountain cries for mercy”
-Og Mandino revised.
How we do it:
- We provide leadership training and mentorship to young girls to support them develop self-
leadership as a life skill; to know their life purpose and to get to know and understand themselves better; to learn and discover themselves and build a personal brand. - We carefully guide them to write the book they want to read
- Women Leadership Development
Description: Women continue to be underrepresented at senior management levels. The transformation of an organisation requires the transformation of its leaders.
How we do it:
- By providing opportunities for women to improve and develop their leadership skills through leadership development training to enable them to become more effective in their various roles.
- By supporting women to master the four zones of influence which enables them to reach their full potential.
- By developing connection economy leadership culture within organizations. (This is an economy that has relationships at its core).
Conversation with Edith: Ignite Your Impact
Step into a transformational journey with our Founder and Director, Edith Makandi. Our high-spirited, customized one-on-one sessions. Conversation with Edith are designed to awaken purpose, sharpen intent, and fuel impact. These powerful engagements are ideal for women leaders, aspiring changemakers, and visionaries seeking clarity, strategy, and inspiration.
Each session is tailored to your unique path, challenges, and ambitions guiding you to break through barriers, amplify your voice, and lead with confidence. Past participants have described these sessions as “life-changing,” “awakening,” and “an accelerator for authentic leadership.”
Ready to lead with purpose? This is more than a coaching call—it’s a catalytic experience that aligns your personal growth with social transformation.
8. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Building Inclusive Systems. Transforming Organizations. Driving Impact.
At Pearl Development Consulting, we position DEI as a strategic driver of performance, innovation, and sustainable impact—not just a compliance requirement. We support organizations to move from commitment to practical, measurable, and transformative action.
What DEI Means
- Diversity: Valuing differences across gender, race, age, disability, culture, and lived experiences
- Equity: Addressing systemic barriers to ensure fair access to opportunities
- Inclusion: Creating environments where everyone can contribute and thrive
Our Approach
- Leave No One Behind
- Intersectionality
- Participation & Voice
- Accountability
- Sustainability
- DEI & GESI Strategies and Action Plans
- Policy and Institutional Reform
- Inclusive Leadership & Culture Transformation
- Safeguarding, PSEA & GBV Risk Mitigation
- Training and Capacity Building
- Gender-Responsive Monitoring & Evaluation
Embedding DEI enables organizations to:
- Strengthen decision-making and innovation
- Improve employee engagement and retention
- Deliver more inclusive and effective programs
- Build trust with stakeholders
- 20+ years of experience across 30+ countries
- 1,000+ professionals trained
- Proven integration of DEI across energy, climate, health, and biodiversity sectors
Partner With Us
Move from intention to impact. Build inclusive systems that deliver for all.
9. Monitoring & Evaluation
Description: It is critical to monitor and review the progress of organisations program to see if they are achieving the aim and objective of the program. It’s is important to track gender related changes in organizations work
How we do it:
- We define program objectives which identify changes organizations want to achieve on gender equality or girls empowerment.
- We support organisations to align their program objectives with program goals , focused at the outcome level, and based on sound gender analysis.
- We identify indicators which measure progress in promoting gender equality or girls empowerment by collecting and analysing sex-
disaggregated data. - We develop gender aware indicators
10. Impactful Corporate Social Responsibility
“We believe that the leading global companies of 2020 will be those that provide goods and services and reach new customers in ways that address the world’s major challenges—including poverty, climate change, resource depletion, globalisation, and demographic shifts.”
-Niall Fitzgerald, former CEO & Chairman, Unilever
“Its therefore imperative that business invest in CSR to make a world a better place”
-Edith Makandi, Director and Founder Pearl Development Consulting.
How we do it:
- We support organizations or functions go beyond philanthropy by:
- We develop CSR success models to enable organizations or functions reach their dream, fulfil their core purpose and achieve the desired identity and brand promise.
- We develop of CSR strategies (aligned with corporate strategy and National Development Plans), value for investment and sustainability.
- Stakeholder analysis: needs, value experience, new value proposition and projects identification; CSR project benchmarking interface facilitation); CSR project identification, development and implementation advice/support; Advice on credible service providers; CSR governance (monitoring, evaluation, audits, reporting) and CSR funding facilitation and/or acquisition.