ECIAfrica

About ECIAfrica

ECIAfrica has provided cutting-edge solutions to Africa's most difficult development challenges for the past 14 years. Grounded in local reality, ECIAfrica is a unique South African development consultancy providing technical expertise, world-class project management, and international best practice.

ECIAfrica is a partly owned subsidiary of DAI, a leading international development consultancy based in Washington, DC. Initially formed in 1994 through a joint venture between DAI and South African development experts, ECIAfrica remains a strategic partner of DAI with deep corporate ties, including overlapping history, personnel, and mission. ECIAfrica benefits from seamless cooperation with DAI and access to the company's global network of resources, technical expertise, and project management systems.

ECIAfrica employs more than 85 African experts who work in our home office and on long-term projects. Our staff provide solutions that are informed by their deep understanding of the political, social, and economic dynamics of the countries in which we work.

ECIAfrica takes a multi-sectoral approach to economic and management development consulting. We understand that sustainable economic development requires the public and private sectors to work together. Reflecting this approach, our specialist staff is organised within two main operating divisions: 1) enterprise, finance and agribusiness development; and 2) governance and public sector management. Each division enriches the other's work in research, project design, assessment, policy development, market analysis, institutional capacity building, and product development.

ECIAfrica staff work together across divisions to ensure a holistic approach to specific assignments. Development finance and enterprise development overlap with agriculture, rural development, and public sector infrastructure and service delivery and all sectors of the economy -- public and private -- are affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. This flexibility allows the ECIAfrica team to develop tailored solutions for its clients.