Company Overview
Ruzivo Development Consulting (hereafter referred to as Ruzivo) is a research and consulting company registered in Zimbabwe (Reg. No. 5383/2015). Some of the countries where Ruzivo Director and Associate Consultants have worked in include Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Lesotho, Swaziland, South Africa, Malawi, Mauritius, Botswana, Namibia, Kenya, Burundi, Mauritius, Ivory Coast, Senegal and Nigeria. We have also done assignments that include other countries outside Africa such as Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Indonesia, Myanmar and Bangladesh.
Broadly our interests are in public health, governance, rural development, community development and civil society strengthening. Ruzivo works with a network of associates experienced in knowledge management, organisational development, documentation, capacity development, research, monitoring and evaluation. Our associates are matched according to their experience and requirements of the assignment. Ruzivo complements and enhances the quality of delivering its services by partnering and collaborating with likeminded consulting firms and organizations in Zimbabwe and in the region.
Ruzivo is committed to helping clients enhance the performance of their organizations and to achieve expected results. To this end, Ruzivo provides clients with detailed diagnostics of their current situation, offers solutions to organizational constraints and gaps, and assists in the implementation of these solutions. Ruzivo’s solutions ensure that people, processes, policies and systems within an organization support the objectives, outputs and outcomes the organization is expected to achieve. Ruzivo seeks to apply innovative qualitative and quantitative methodologies that provide insights into the results, relevance and cost-effectiveness of policies and programs. We have established a reputation of providing timely, rigorous research in projects that range from small-scale focussed studies to very complex, large-scale evaluations. Ruzivo works with its clients to help them articulate what it is they are trying to achieve and how they will know they have been successful. With our expertise in research, monitoring and evaluation, we also build appropriate frameworks that are realistic and can be readily implemented.
The majority of Ruzivo services have been offered to Zimbabwe-based development organizations. Additionally, Ruzivo has conducted a number of assignments in West, East and Southern Africa (Zambia, Mozambique, Lesotho, Swaziland, South Africa, Malawi, Botswana, Mauritius, Namibia, Kenya, Burundi, Ivory Coast, Senegal and Nigeria).
Our Approach to Consulting
Ruzivo’s approach to consulting services has been shaped by over 12 years of interfacing with NGOs, development agencies and government departments in Zimbabwe and beyond. In approaching development and management consulting assignments, Ruzivo is committed to:
Working with clients to identify clearly their information and service needs.
Collecting and analyzing data and information with thoroughness and precision, using the best available methods.
Developing well-supported reports capable of withstanding the feedback from internal and external stakeholders.
Providing facilitation services to help organizations plan and implement change.
Developing and implementing solutions that are long-term, integrative, state-of-the-art and responsive to the broader context in which client organizations operate.
Adhering to its internal peer-review process for large projects to ensure they meet and exceed client satisfaction.
Above all, Ruzivo’s consultants and associates know the differences between facts, findings, conclusions and recommendations and know how to make the linkages between data, information, knowledge and the results clients seek.
Ruzivo conducts research and prepares meaningful results while upholding high levels of excellence in project management and client service.