Africa market strategy & implementation

Enter African markets with confidence.

UK-based. Africa-focused. Supported by a multi-country consultant network.

Core Capabilities

Four ways we help clients turn African opportunity into practical action.

01

Market Entry & Growth

Choose the right market and build an entry strategy grounded in contextual realities.

  • Country and sector assessment
  • Market and competitor intelligence
  • Entry and expansion strategy
02

Investment & Opportunity Advisory

Identify credible opportunities and understand the commercial, stakeholder, and impact considerations behind an investment decision.

  • Opportunity scouting
  • Due diligence support
  • Stakeholder and risk mapping
03

Research, Evidence & Partnerships

Generate evidence, foster institutional alignment, and partnerships to design products and programmes with confidence.

  • Qualitative and quantitative research
  • Policy and programme analysis
  • Partner identification and brokerage
04

Implementation & Representation

Keep momentum after the strategy is agreed through local coordination, stakeholder engagement, representation, and adaptive delivery support.

  • Local representation
  • Government and stakeholder engagement
  • Project coordination and troubleshooting

Sector Opportunities

Sector expertise shaped around the realities of each market.

We connect sector knowledge with the context needed to turn a promising idea into a workable opportunity.

Mining & Tourism

Opportunity assessment, market entry, partnership development, and implementation support across mining value chains and tourism economies.

Urban Planning & Development

Strategy, research, and partnership support for urban growth, infrastructure, place-making, and sustainable development.

Research & Development

Evidence-informed policy, research partnerships, programme design, and implementation support across sectors.

Technology & Intelligence Systems

Product and market strategy, data and intelligence systems, AI validation, digital transformation, and adoption pathways.

Strategy Packages

Start at the level that matches your market readiness and ambition.

Every engagement is shaped by sector, geography, organisation size, decision stage, and the level of in-market support required.

01

Explore

Find the strongest opportunity.

For teams comparing countries, sectors, customer needs, partners, demand signals, or regulatory conditions.

Typical outcome

A clear evidence base and prioritised route forward.

02

Enter

Build the market-entry blueprint.

For organisations preparing a launch, investment, research partnership, programme, or serious expansion decision.

Typical outcome

An actionable strategy covering market fit, partners, risk, and execution.

03

Execute

Move from plan to delivery.

For clients requiring local coordination, representation, stakeholder engagement, monitoring, and ongoing problem-solving.

Typical outcome

Stronger local traction and accountable implementation support.

Affiliated Publications

Grounded in evidence.

Selected work connected to Mkango & Associates leadership and advisors spans strategic partnerships, evidence-informed policy in African research ecosystems.

2026Journal article

Agricultural gaslighting: Extractive logics in agrarian governance in Malawi

Dumisani Z. Moyo & Amber Murrey · African Geographical Review

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In pressBook chapter

Slow dissent and agronomic judgement: Environmental justice beyond the three-pillar paradigm in Malawi

Dumisani Z. Moyo & Blessings H. Z. Moyo · Palgrave Macmillan

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2025Journal article

Unintended socio-economic transformations associated with large-scale renewable energy projects: the case of Menengai Geothermal Project in Kenya

Cynthia Wamukota et al. · Review of Regional Research

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2025Research feature

Resilience in the palm of the hand

Cynthia Wamukota · Stockholm Environment Institute

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2025Journal article

Strengthening antimicrobial stewardship in public health facilities in Malawi through a participatory epidemiology approach

JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance

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2025Conference paper

Black Reason, Epistemic Justice & Agrarian Governance in Malawi

Dumisani Z. Moyo · RGS-IBG Annual International Conference

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2025Conference paper

Agricultural Black Reason & Just Futures

Dumisani Z. Moyo · Global Conference on Economic Geography

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2024Journal article

Understanding specific gender dynamics in the cowpea value chain for key traits to inform cowpea breeding programs in Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania

Dumisani Moyo et al. · Frontiers in Sociology

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2024Policy feature

Environmental Stewardship and Housing in the UK

Cynthia Wamukota · Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation

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2024Journal article

Breaking the Glass Ceiling: A Multiregional Study of Mentorship and Leadership in All-Women Surgical Teams

Journal of Healthcare Leadership

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2024Workshop paper

Agricultural Black Reason and the challenge for just futures: a decolonial archaeology of Malawi's national development plans

Dumisani Z. Moyo · Institute for African Development, Cornell University

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2023Research paper

Effects of Menengai Geothermal Development on Land Use, Socio-economic Transformations and Food Security of the Surrounding Region in Nakuru County, Kenya

Cynthia N. Wamukota · University of Nairobi

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2023Journal article

Applying design thinking for collaborative strategic planning in global health partnerships

Journal of Global Health Reports

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2023Journal article

Functionality of technical working groups in enabling evidence-informed decision-making within Malawi's Ministry of Health

Health Research Policy and Systems

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2023Book chapter

Datification, Digitization and the Narration of Agriculture in Malawi: From Productivity Measures to Curated Folklore

Dumisani Z. Moyo & Deborah P. Dixon · Routledge Handbook of the Digital Environmental Humanities

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2023Conference paper

Necropolitics, Researcher Positionality and the Tired Politics of Indigeneity vs Modernity

Dumisani Z. Moyo · RGS-IBG Annual International Conference

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2022Journal article

A plastic and reconstructive surgery landscape assessment of Malawi

European Journal of Medical Research

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2022Journal article

Cleft Lip and Palate Research in Low- and Middle-income Countries: A Scientometric Analysis

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open

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2021Conference paper

Agricultural education and digitization praxis in Malawi agriculture: a decolonial interrogation

Dumisani Z. Moyo · RGS-IBG Annual International Conference

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2021Conference paper

Coloniality, Decolonialism and the Question of Malawi's Agricultural Education System

Dumisani Z. Moyo · EADI ISS Conference

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2018Journal article

Epidemiology of hepatitis B, C and D in Malawi: systematic review

BMC Infectious Diseases

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2017Book chapter

Indigenous knowledge perceptions and development practice in northern Malawi: Lessons from Small-Scale Farmers' Agricultural Practices

Blessings H. Z. Moyo & Dumisani Z. Moyo · IGI Global

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2017Workshop paper

Interfacing Indigenous Knowledge, Agricultural Resilience and the Inter-country Meta-production Function

Dumisani Z. Moyo · CMAAE Thesis Dissemination Workshop

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2016Book chapter

Agricultural Output Aggregation at a Crossroads: Insights from the Interface of Quantitative Analysis, Agricultural Modernization and Indigenous Knowledge, 1961-2005

Dumisani Z. Moyo et al. · Improving Rural Livelihoods

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2016Conference paper

Interfacing Indigenous Knowledge, Agricultural Resilience and the Inter-Country Meta-Production Function

Dumisani Z. Moyo et al. · Seventh International Conference on Agricultural Statistics

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2015Journal article

Building a knowledge translation platform in Malawi to support evidence-informed health policy

Health Research Policy and Systems

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2015Conference paper

Agricultural Output Aggregation at a Crossroads? Insights from Mathematics, Agricultural Modernization and Indigenous Knowledge

Dumisani Z. Moyo et al. · Economics Association of Malawi Research Symposium

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2013Journal article

Indigenous knowledge perceptions and development practice in northern Malawi

Blessings H. Z. Moyo & Dumisani Z. Moyo · The Geographical Journal

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2012Research thesis

Agricultural Resilience According to Indigenous Knowledge-Based Case Studies and Economic Quantitative International Production Studies

Dumisani Z. Moyo · MSc thesis

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Whether you are comparing markets, planning an investment, building a partnership, validating a product, or preparing to deliver locally, we will help identify the most useful next steps.