Development Reimagined

What Development Reimagined does

Development Reimagined is a Nairobi-headquartered, African-led and women-led international development consultancy founded by Hannah Ryder, a former Senior Economist at the UK Department for International Development and UK climate change negotiator. The firm partners with governments, businesses, and international organisations to deliver bespoke advisory services across Africa-China relations, climate action, development finance, FOCAC, global trade, and decolonising development. It maintains a secondary presence in Beijing to support its Asia-Africa workstreams.

The firm's core offerings span four service lines: Sound Strategic Advice, Data-Driven Analysis, Strong Partnerships & Events, and Dynamic Investment Support. Its product surface includes the China-Africa Climate Action Tracker (a proprietary database covering 56 climate cooperation projects across 25 African countries with a 2025 update that introduced critical minerals as a new category), the Africa Disagreement Tax report on credit rating divergence, a Bretton Woods Institutions governance analysis, and a US-Africa Health Agreements assessment. Two sub-brands, Africa Reimagined (a China market entry platform) and Africa Unconstrained (unconstrained development strategy platform), productize market-specific consulting beyond the parent brand.

Revenue is generated through professional services engagements with named clients including the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, UNDP China, the African Union, the World Bank, and formerly DFID. The go-to-market model is sales-led, partnership-based, and content-driven, with the firm publishing extensive research reports, infographics, and policy briefs to drive inbound engagement and convening high-level side events at venues such as the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings. Revenue figures, pricing, headcount specifics, and funding history are not publicly disclosed; the firm operates as an independent, privately-held entity with no recorded institutional capital raised.

Name

Development Reimagined

Legal name

Development Reimagined

Website

https://developmentreimagined.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Development Reimagined is an African-led, women-led international development consultancy headquartered in Nairobi that delivers bespoke strategic advisory, data-driven analysis, partnerships, and investment support to governments, businesses, and international organisations across Africa-China relations, climate action, and development finance.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

International Development Consulting

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172), Environmental Consulting Services (541620), Scientific Research and Development Services (5417)

SIC

International Affairs (9721), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Technical Cooperation, Capacity Building & Policy Advisory Programs (BPADABAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Climate Change Mitigation, Adaptation & Resilience Programs (BPAIAMAD), Climate Change Mitigation/Adaptation & Natural Resource Management Technical Assistance (BPADAEAJ), Institutional Capacity Building & Training (Workforce/Systems Strengthening) (BPADAEAC)

Keywords

• International development consulting
• Africa-China relations
• Development finance advisory
• Climate policy analysis
• Sustainable development strategy

Headquarters

HQ city

Nairobi

HQ country

Kenya

HQ region

Africa

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Strategic Advisory Services: Bespoke consulting engagements for governments, businesses, and international organisations on development challenges including trade, aid, finance, climate action, and sustainable development.
2. Research and Analysis Publications: Reports, infographics, databases, and policy briefs published and shared with clients and stakeholders, supporting advisory service delivery.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Development Reimagined is an African-led, women-led international development consultancy that provides bespoke strategic advisory, evidence-based policy analysis, and data-driven research on Africa-China relations, climate action, development finance, trade, and sustainable development. It serves governments, businesses, and international organisations through consulting engagements, proprietary databases (e.g., the China-Africa Climate Action Tracker), reports, infographics, and high-level events.

Product overview

Development Reimagined is an African-led, women-led, award-winning international development consultancy offering a portfolio of advisory services including Sound Strategic Advice, Data-Driven Analysis, Strong Partnerships & Events, and Dynamic Investment Support. The company operates specialized platforms including the Africa Reimagined Platform (a China market entry service) and Africa Unconstrained. Key analytical products include the China-Africa Climate Action Tracker database, plus various thematic reports on development finance, climate action, Africa-China relations, decolonizing development, FOCAC, and global trade. The firm produces reports, infographics, databases, policy briefs, and event convenings for governments, businesses, and international organizations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Africa Reimagined: Africa's premier China market entry service platform offering full-service advisory and strategic consultancy.
• Africa Unconstrained

Products and services

• Sound Strategic Advice

Quantifiable outcome

• Tracked 56 new China-Africa climate action projects across 25 African countries in 2025
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core, implementer, key stakeholder and former client.

• Oxford China International Consultancy (OCIC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Research partnership for debt relief and Covid-19 recovery analysis in Africa. OCIC and Development Reimagined conducted scenario simulations and produced infographics on Chinese debt relief impacts on African economies.
• China Africa AdvisorycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Joint partnership for competitive tender to evaluate Indonesian journalist climate change training project funded by Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
• Dr Soetermo Press Institute (LPDS)implementerStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Indonesian center for professional journalism training that proposed and implemented the climate change journalist training project.
• World Bankkey stakeholderStrategic or Co-development PartnerPulled together survey of policies and instruments countries have used to subsidise renewable energy development; engaged in knowledge sharing on green growth policies.
• UK Government (DFID)former clientStrategic or Co-development PartnerFormer employer context; involved in green growth policy research and climate finance analysis; funded various development research programmes.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@developmentreimagined
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/development-reimagined
• Xx.com/devreimagined
• Facebookfacebook.com/developmentreimagined

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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