What we are accountable for, before we have results to show
Watu Wazuri Afrika has not delivered its first programme yet. Rather than fill this page with numbers we cannot source, it sets out the chain we will be measured on — and what each link is expected to produce.
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Problem areas addressed
Named in the company profile
5
Levels in the impact model
Each with a stated expected result
14
Groups the model is designed for
Beneficiaries and stakeholders
Eight problem areas we exist to address
Impact is a claim about change, and a claim about change is meaningless without the starting point. These are the gaps the company profile names — the things any figure on this page will eventually have to be measured against.
Public health gaps
Persistent burdens of communicable and non-communicable diseases, mental health conditions, substance use disorders, disability and obstetric fistula, alongside limited recovery services, inadequate diagnostics, and inequities in access to prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and assistive technologies.
Economic fragility
Limited access to affordable and ethical finance, savings-for-investment mechanisms, business development support, financial literacy, market access and livelihood diversification.
Youth unemployment and underemployment
Limited pathways for young people, graduates, women and digitally skilled youth to apply their knowledge in productive enterprises, technology, manufacturing and innovation.
Supply chain dependence
Overreliance on imported health products, agro-inputs, assistive devices, diagnostics, energy products and essential technologies that could be produced, assembled or adapted locally.
Food, nutrition and soil insecurity
Low productivity, weak value addition, declining indigenous seed varieties, poor soil health, limited organic production, weak agro-processing capacity, and insufficient fortified and nutritious foods.
Climate, energy and environmental vulnerability
Deforestation, inefficient energy use, weak water-for-production systems, pollution, biological waste, e-waste, radioactive waste, poor waste management, greenhouse emissions and disaster risks.
Social exclusion and dignity gaps
Limited tailored opportunities and support systems for women, children, youth, refugees, persons with disabilities, people affected by substance use, people recovering from illness, and communities affected by displacement or disaster.
Skills, research and innovation gaps
Inadequate vocational, digital, research, enterprise incubation, technology transfer and community engagement platforms for community-level transformation.
From inputs to long-term impact, in five levels
Each level states what goes in and what it is expected to produce. Read downwards, it is a chain of commitments; read upwards, it is how any result we eventually report will have to be traced back.
Inputs
ApproachCapital, partnerships, technical expertise, land, community networks, digital tools, training resources, policy alignment and research capacity.
Expected resultOperational readiness, programme infrastructure and investable project pipelines.
Activities
ApproachTraining, service delivery, local production, enterprise incubation, agri-tech hubs, research, community mobilisation, financing facilitation and market linkage.
Expected resultAccessible services, practical solutions, community-owned enterprises and market-ready products.
Outputs
ApproachPeople trained, enterprises incubated, products developed, agri-tech hubs established, health services delivered, financing models piloted and communities prepared.
Expected resultExpanded access, improved skills, increased local productivity and stronger community systems.
Outcomes
ApproachImproved health-seeking behaviour, stronger livelihoods, increased youth employment, better investment practices, reduced import dependence and improved resilience.
Expected resultHealthier, more productive, more self-reliant and better organised communities.
Long-term Impact
ApproachInclusive prosperity, stronger African value chains, environmental sustainability, ethical wealth creation and reduced vulnerability among excluded groups.
Expected resultCommunity transformation and sustainable development across Uganda, East Africa and Africa.
Three figures, and what they are not
These are the measures the model will report against. None of them has a value yet, and every one of them is marked as unverified on this page until it does.
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People reached
Awaiting the first programmeProvisional — not yet independently verified—
Enterprises incubated
Awaiting the first cohortProvisional — not yet independently verified—
Hubs established
Awaiting the first siteProvisional — not yet independently verified
The people the model is designed around
The profile is explicit about this rather than general: a deliberate focus on ordinary Africans, women, youth, vulnerable households, faith and community institutions, refugees, persons with disabilities, and communities facing health, climate, livelihood and exclusion risks.
Communities and people
8 named in the company profileOrdinary Africans
The people the whole model is anchored in — building a better life for the ordinary African.Women
Tailored livelihood, health and enterprise pathways, including savings-for-investment and skilling.Youth and graduates
Pathways for young people and graduates to apply their knowledge in productive enterprise, technology and manufacturing.Vulnerable households
Households facing health, climate, livelihood and exclusion risks.Refugees and displaced communities
Communities affected by displacement, including through skilling, incubation and disaster response.Persons with disabilities
Assistive technologies, mobility aids, rehabilitation, and inclusive livelihood and recreation opportunities.People affected by substance use
Harm reduction, recovery support, and incubation pathways for people recovering from substance use disorders.Faith and community institutions
Churches, mosques, schools and community groups, linked into agri-tech hubs and commercial value chains.
Institutions we work alongside
6 named in the company profileGovernment and local government
Ministries, local governments and regulators, through structured partnerships and public-private partnership opportunities.Development partners
Development partners and financing institutions supporting programmes, research and infrastructure.Investors and financing institutions
Impact investment and ethical financing for transformational projects and investable project pipelines.Universities and technical agencies
Universities, research institutions, vocational institutes and technical agencies, to test, document and scale solutions.Private sector actors
Market linkage, traceability, aggregation, out-grower models and institutional production partnerships.Civil society and communities
Civil society organisations and community groups as partners and co-creators, not as recipients.
What has to happen before a number appears here
So that the absence of figures reads as a stage rather than as an omission.
The data system comes first
Beneficiaries, services, production, sales, financing, training outcomes and environmental indicators are tracked in one digital system from the first programme — not reconstructed from memory at report time.
Evidence before scale
Pilots are documented, evaluated with university and technical partners, and refined before replication. What scales is what was shown to work, in writing.
Marked until verified
Any figure published before independent verification is labelled as provisional on the page where it appears, for as long as that remains true.
Three ways to work with us
Whether you are a ministry, a funder, a university or a community institution, there is a route that goes to the right desk.
- Government, universities, civil society, faith institutions
Partner with us
Joint delivery, technical collaboration, research and public-private partnership. Tell us what you are trying to solve and where you already work.
Start a partnership conversation - Funders, impact investors, development partners
Invest in the pipeline
Catalytic capital and ethical financing for investable, enterprise-led projects in health, agri-industry, local production, energy and climate resilience.
Request the project pipeline - Communities, groups and individuals
Access a service
Community health, skilling, savings and enterprise support, agri-tech and inclusion services — for households, savings groups, schools and faith institutions.
Talk to us
Get the project pipeline and briefings
One email when a project reaches investment readiness, when a pilot publishes results, and when we open a partnership round. No newsletter, no list rental.
Read the full profile
Vision, mission, the ten objectives, all fourteen thematic areas, the twelve solutions, the impact model and the sustainability strategy — the complete document this site is written from.
The PDF is being prepared. Ask us and we will send it to you directly.Work with us
Whether you are a ministry, a funder, a university or a community institution, there is a way in.
Eight problem areas, five levels, one chain we can be held to.