About Us

We are a small and unique ‘education for transformation’ entity working in Zimbabwe primarily and beyond. We are inspired by Heritage Based Education 5.0 policy of Zimbabwe. We have a pan-Afrikanist pre-disposition and we believe in One Afrika and we are inspired by AU Vision 2063. Over the last 2 decades we have worked with state and non-state entities in Zimbabwe, with African governments, AU and UN agencies, donors, NGOs as well as investors on aspects of rural development, agricultural and food systems policy and transformation, land governances and so on. During this period, we have horned in on a specific change theory for Africa’s transformation. We are essentially a ‘barefoot academy’ for Zimbabwe specifically and for Afrika generally. We develop intellectual products for the advancement of Afrikan society.

Our Change Theory

Core Problem: Africa’s persistent "dual economy" (formal/informal, urban/rural, colonial/indigenous) binds all 55 Afrikan countries in a low or Middle-Income-Trap that stalls structural transformation processes. The mass exclusion of most Afrikans from the modernising industrial economy, perpetuates socio-economic marginalisation, environmental degradation, and eroded self-determination. This duality stems from unresolved colonial trauma embedded in institutions, policies, and collective psychology of Afrikans. Theory of Change: Sustainable African transformation requires the dismantling dualities simultaneously across three dimensions: Mental Decolonization (Shifting mindsets from inherited colonial paradigms to African-centric worldviews); Material Restructuring (Dismantling the dual-economy; Replacing extractive economic architectures with inclusive systems); Spiritual Reclamation (Reviving community-rooted value systems that honour social/environmental capital).

What we do

We are educators, analysts and strategists broadly in societal structural transformation as well as in several sectors including agriculture, land reform and resettlement, rural development, business, finance, government, and education. We have vast experience in food security, agricultural policy, land policy and governance, national and international agricultural research systems, as well as community-based natural resources management. We offer educational and skills enhancing programmes, starting with vocational training to certificate and diploma programmes for communities, as well as doctoral studies on Afrika’s leadership development. Following the direction of Heritage based 5.0, our work will have varying combinations of: Teaching, Research, Community Service, Innovation and Industrialisation.

Our Work in Zimbabwe

In applying the change theory, we have crafted and implemented the following programmes for individuals, communities, organisations and the government of Zimbabwe: • Rural Industrialisation and Implementation of Heritage-Based Education 5.0. We work in Partnership with Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education Innovation Science and Technology Development (MHTEISTD). • Land Tenure Implementation Programme in collaboration with Ministries of Lands, Local government, Finance and justice and Legal. • Reparations for Colonial Injustices in Partnership with Ministry of Local Government and Public Works

Our work on the Afrikan Continent

• Over last decade we provide strategic advisory services to Africa Union (AUC/AUDANEPAD) on Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). We also support mainstreaming AUC/AfDB/UNECA Land Policy Initiative (LPI); we have led development of Guiding Principles for Large Scale Land Based Investments (LSLBI) in Africa. • Land Policy Initiative of the Africa Union • We provided leadership in drafting of Science Agenda for Agriculture in Africa, covering cropping, livestock-pastoral and food systems, under auspices of Forum for the Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA). • We have worked on short term assignments and/or advised African governments on agriculture and land: Malawi, Cameroon, Tanzania, South Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Burundi, Rwanda, Kenya, Swaziland, Lesotho and South Africa. 1. Dismantling and Decolonizing mental dualities and rebuilding leadership for Afrika’s development 2. Pillar 2: Dismantling the dual economy and material dualities, (missing pillar 3?) 3. Pillar 4: Rural Industrialisation – sustainable intensification of agriculture integrated with village and township manufacturing and tertiary economy 4. Pillar 5: Rebuilding social, environmental and spiritual capital, reinventing community based natural resources management 5. Integrating rural-urban economies into one mainstream economy 6. The Hubs are foundation for a RURAL-URBAN INDUSTRIAL INTEGRATION AND ECONOMY LINKAGE PROGRAMME under NDS 2. 7. Dismantle the ‘Dual Economy’ and its ‘Middle-Income Trap’ affecting Zimbabwe and all 55 African countries. 8. Pilot with a Community Industrial Innovation Hub in each province under NDS 2.