About Us

Established in 2009 in South Africa, MASAZI Development Solutions is a development research consulting firm that generates knowledge to provide evidence–informed technical and programming support services to organisations involved in business, health, social, economic and developmental work in sub-Saharan Africa.

The goal of MASAZI Development Solutions is to generate evidence, knowledge and innovation to build efficient and effective business systems.

WHAT WE BELIEVE IN “MASAZI” is a Nguni word meaning “Let us know”. This signifies our vision, which is the use of knowledge.

LEADERSHIP AND CAPACITY MASAZI directors have skills in leadership, monitoring and evaluation, training, public health research, communication and biomedical sciences. The director of MASAZI has more than 30 years of experience working in the international NGO sector, academia and government sectors. MASAZI also has a network of associates that it may call upon.

Our Mission

We strive to destroy the apathy that sucks the life out of the business world by inspirering the mind, during business hours.

Our Goal

Improve organizational alignment and culture through structured business system and knowledge.

Our Vision

We help you simplify your business environment so that you can free up money, time and resources to invest in innovation.

MASAZI DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS, CREATING THE RIGHT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT FOR YOU

The understanding of business environment helps an organization to make realistic plans and ensure their effective implementation. It also helps the business enterprise in identification of opportunities and threats.

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Services

We offer the full spectrum of services to help organizations work better. Everything from creating standards of excellence to training your people to flow efficiently in your organisation.

SYSTEMS

Building monitoring and evaluation systems

FRAMEWORK DEVELOPMENT

Developing frameworks for improving efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability in performance using M&E tools

TRAINING

Training in research skills, monitoring and evaluation

TRAINING SOFT LIFE SKILLS

Training in “soft life skills” (networking, communication, public speaking, presentation and report writing)

EVALUATION

Conducting evaluation and research for generating knowledge and improving the functioning of projects and programmes.

FACILITATING

Facilitation skills for workshops or group discussion.

PROPOSAL WRITING

Training in resource mobilization (proposal writing).

Our Skills

Our high competence along with deep knowledge in research consulting allow us to be one of the best among quality control companies to satisfy our numerous customers from all over the world and provide high quality of their products.

RESEARCH 98%
TIME MANAGEMENT95%
EVALUATION 96%
TRAINING 97%
174

Clients

121

Projects

58,364

Hours Of Support

6

Hard Workers

Our Clients

  • All
  • PUBLIC HEALTH HIV
  • Public Health Maternal And Child Health
  • Orphans And Vulnerable Children And Youth Sports
  • Mines Occupational Health
  • Strategy And Development
  • Life Skills And Youth Development
  • Documentation
  • Training

2016

Process evaluation of the NRASD global fund ART adherence programme.

2015

End of project performance evaluation of CIDA’s 36 HIV/AIDS Response Fund sub-projects in South Africa.

2014-2016

Baseline of social determinants of health, disease burdens and health system in the Lesotho Highlands Water Project.

2013-2014

Mid-term evaluation of the HIV and AIDS Prevention, Treatment, Care and Support Project in Prison Settings in Sub-Saharan Africa.

2009-2010

Rapid Baseline Assessment to further inform nationwide scale-up of the Minimum PMTCT Package in Lesotho.

2009-2010

Research supporting Fred Hollows Foundation, South Africa, in its pursuit of the vision of “ a world where no one is needlessly blind ”.

2012

An evaluation of a programme dealing with orphans and vulnerable children for two organizations; Starfish and OLF Foundations.

2009-2011

Evaluation of CAMFED’s three year Civil Society Action for displaced children and young women in the Zimbabwe Programme..

2011

End of project evaluation of child survival outcomes in the Limpopo Province, South Africa.

2012

Evaluation of the ex mine workers’ programme at St. Benedicts Hospital.

2011

Harmonization of the Maputo Plan of Action for the operationalization of the Continental Policy Framework for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (2007-2015) with MDG4 (reduce child mortality) & 5 (improve maternal health).

2011

Evaluation of the UNFPA third country Programme of Assistance to the South Africa.

2011

Evaluation of the midterm review of the Sexual Reproductive Health Strategy and formulation of the National SRH Policy in Swaziland.

2010-2011

Position Analysis for Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.

2013

Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights Services for adolescents & young people (Safeguard Young People in Southern Africa Programme).

2010

End of project evaluation of the Risk Avoidance strategies for Youth Project in Haiti, Kenya, and Tanzania.

2011

Review of the Southern African AIDS Trust SAT, Counselling Guidelines for Children who are infected and affected by HIV and AIDS.

2009-2015

Senior MASAZI staff members have been resource trainers in short term courses in research, M&E at the universities of Pretoria, Limpopo and Witwatersrand.

2009-2018

Training in Monitoring and Evaluation Training in integration of population data in development planning.

END OF PROJECT EVALUATION OF THE RICK AVOIDANCE

Risk identification is very important in determining which risks may affect the project and documenting their characteristics. The key benefit of this process is documentation of existing risks and the knowledge and skills offered by the project team anticipate risk events.

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www.masazisolutions.co.za