Development Frontiers (Deft) is a Kenyan-based consultancy firm that works for East African and Great Lakes region organisations that are primarily in the development service sector. Our core focus is local and international organisations and the public sector.
Deft provides services in corporate governance, compliance and risk, research and M&E, strategic planning, agricultural value chain development, business development, as well as editing and publication of development communication materials.
We provide experience and skills that enhance the capacity of our clients to effectively address their core mandate.
We are a consultancy that appreciates that each assignment is unique and should be treated as such. In our processes, we interact, share skills and experiences, while at the same time, drawing lessons from all those involved to improve future engagements.
Development Frontiers (Deft) is a Kenyan-based consultancy firm that works for East African and Great Lakes region organisations that are primarily in the development service sector. Our core focus is local and international organisations and the public sector.
Our Mission
To consistently deliver quality and relevant services to our clients
Our Vision
timely solutions for our clients -always
'Deft'
/dêft/
Adjective
- Neatly skillful and quick in one’s movements.
- Demonstrating skill and cleverness.
Our Experience
Meet Our Team
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Henry Ochido
Managing Consultant, Quality Assurance Leader at Development FrontiersOver twenty years of professional expertise in the Not-for-profit sector in the areas of regulation,...
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Carey Francis Ayuka, PhD
Monitoring and Evaluation LeaderA social scientist with years of experience in public health projects, monitoring and evaluation....
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Cege Mwangi
Development Communication SpecialistMaking technical information communicate for all audiences; organising presentations and publications...
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Daniel Lang’o
Head of ResearchQualitative research practitioner, trainer, with more than 24 years of experience in the theory...
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George Odhiambo
Agribusiness Expert, Egerton UniversityAgricultural value chain analysis, agricultural trade and international economics, agricultural...
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Michael Kalo
Business Development ExpertBusiness Development and Innovation specialist, curriculum development, research, training, planning,...
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Deft has demonstrated high quality in its consultancy services and have been flexible to tailor services to our needs
Deft has provided FPEAK with monitoring and evaluation services in the context of the agricultural value chain generally and the fresh produce sector specifically. We have always found Deft’s consulting services to be of high quality and tailored to our needs.
Deft provides quality training and technical consulting services on legislative development and which responds to the often evolving needs of our Members of the County Assembly— We found the delivery of their services to be excellent and their reports timely, concise and well constructed”
Deft always endeavours to make their capacity assessments, training and advisory relevant and practical and no doubt there has been a marked improvement in our partner identification and grant risk management as well as in the governance and compliance levels of partners due to their support.