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ABOUT UBUNIFU

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UBunifu Akili Solutions (UBAS), formerly known as Innovative Minds, is a premier development consultancy firm based in Zimbabwe with a global reach. We specialize in partnering with governments, international organizations, and development practitioners—both state and non-state actors—to deliver cutting-edge research, evidence-based solutions, and technical expertise that drive impactful policy decisions and transformative development programming. Read More!

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Experience

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Success Rate
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Evaluation

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Surveys

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Strategic Planning

UBUNIFU AKILI SOLUTIONS

We are The Best

To ensure exceptional value for money, UBAS stays ahead of emerging trends in research, monitoring and evaluation (M&E) and development economics. By leveraging strategic partnerships, UBAS delivers effective, innovative, and comprehensive solutions that address the evolving needs of its clients. These collaborations enable UBAS to provide holistic services, blending expertise, innovation, and practicality to deliver impactful results that exceed client expectations.

UBAS is dedicated to fostering sustainable livelihoods in the Global South by championing inclusive growth, sustainable development, and gender equality.
Our mission is to contribute meaningfully to the eradication of poverty while driving a shared social and economic transformation in developing and peripheral nations, with a particular focus on empowering women and other marginalized groups. Through evidence-based solutions, strategic partnerships, and gender-responsive policies, UBAS seeks to empower communities, strengthen institutions, and create pathways for equitable and lasting progress that benefits all, irrespective of gender.

UBAS seeks to achieve its mission by providing technical expertise across various domains, ensuring that gender equality and social inclusion are integrated into every aspect of our work. Our areas of expertise include:
  • Programme monitoring & evaluation
  • Programme design and management
  • Concept and proposal development
  • Social and economic research, with gender-sensitive data analysis
  • Policy analysis to promote equitable development
  • Strategic planning for sustainable, inclusive growth
  • Organizational assessments
  • Feasibility, baseline, KAPB, and impact assessments
  • Market analysis
  • Customer satisfaction surveys
  • Data collection, processing, and management with a commitment to gender-disaggregated data
  • Development of guidelines/manual development
  • Training and facilitation
  • Rapporteur services
  • Report writing, emphasizing gender analysis and inclusive recommendations
At UBAS, our work is guided by core values that define who we are and how we operate:
  • Integrity: We uphold the highest standards of honesty and ethics in all our engagements.
  • Accountability: We take full responsibility for our actions, ensuring transparency and trust in every partnership.
  • Innovation: We embrace creative solutions and cutting-edge methodologies to address complex development challenges.
  • Professionalism: We are committed to delivering excellence, precision, and quality in everything we do.
  • Teamwork: We foster a culture of collaboration, leveraging diverse expertise to achieve shared success.

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Professional and skillful Team

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20+ Years Of Experience In Finance

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Sectors of Operation

UBAS operates in the following sectors:

Child Protection

We support programmes that prevent child abuse, exploitation, and neglect. In addition, we provide research, policy recommendations, and programme evaluations on child safeguarding, alternative care, psychosocial support, and legal protection frameworks.

Education

We assess and enhance education programmes, including early childhood development, primary and secondary education, vocational training, and digital learning. Our focus is on improving access, quality, and inclusivity, particularly for marginalized groups.

Gender and inclusion

We conduct gender analysis and mainstreaming strategies to promote equity and empower women and girls, addressing critical issues such as gender-based violence, economic empowerment, and social inclusion in development programmes.

Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR)

We support initiatives that enhance access to reproductive health services, family planning, maternal health, and HIV/AIDS prevention, advocating for sexual health rights and youth-friendly services.

Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH)

We support programmes that work on improving access to clean water, sanitation facilities, and hygiene education to prevent diseases and promote public health. This includes the evaluation of WASH interventions in both emergency and development contexts.

Climate Change

We provide research and policy guidance on climate adaptation, mitigation, and resilience-building strategies. This includes assessing climate change impacts on vulnerable communities and supporting sustainable environmental solutions.

Agriculture

We support agricultural and rural development programmes focused on sustainable farming, climate-smart agriculture, value chain development, and rural agripreneurship. We also evaluate agricultural interventions to improve productivity, resilience, and food systems.

Food Security

We assess food security challenges and support the implementation of interventions on access to nutritious food, emergency food assistance, nutrition-sensitive agriculture, and resilience-building strategies. This includes resource mobilization for food emergency appeals.

Health and Nutrition

We evaluate public health programmes, including HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health, and nutrition interventions, ensuring evidence-based policies and improved healthcare delivery. We support efforts to combat malnutrition through research, policy guidance, and programme implementation to enhance food and health outcomes.

WHAT WE DO

our services

UBAS provides the following consultancy services to its clients. UBAS’s approach in offering these services integrates expert knowledge and experience in economic and development issues to produce empirical evidence that its clients need for critical decision making. More Services

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL)

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Organizational Development


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Knowledge Management


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Our Clients

CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES

In all the services we offer, we embrace the following cross-cutting issues, which are critical to driving economic development and transformation:

Environment:

Promoting sustainable practices to safeguard natural resources for present and future generations.

Gender and Women’s Rights:

Advancing equality and empowering women as essential contributors to inclusive development and societal progress.

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Let’s Get To Work Together

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Some of the organisations that the team members supported as individuals or part of UBAS or other organisations include:
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