Turning insight into impact across Africa by

advancing climate systems
designing inclusive finance
unlocking digital growth
building inclusive futures

Our Focus Areas

We work across interconnected sectors.

Financial inclusion systems

Inclusive finance–driven innovations and insights. We support the design and strengthening of digital public infrastructure (DPI), payment systems, and digital financial solutions across Africa, through research and technical assistance.
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Climate finance solutions

Generating evidence for financing productive and climate-resilient sectors, including agriculture, renewable energy, and agroforestry, to support rural development. We provide research and tailored implementation support to ecosystem actors.
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Lime CoLabs

A space to explore, test, and build ideas that matter. We apply behavioural and human-centred design to uncover user needs, barriers, and opportunities, and co-create solutions with stakeholders.
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Digital economy + AI
Supporting SMEs to move from early traction to sustainable growth through AI-enabled ecosystems. We enable AI adoption through digital tools, automation, and provide research and advisory to accelerators and investors.
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Our Services

From insight to scale, we support partners at every stage.

Research

Conducting economics-based action research with people, not on people, to address real-world problems through participatory methods, surveys, and in-depth interviews.

Diagnostics
Market Analysis (supply/demand)
Sector Value-chain Analysis
Impact Evaluation

Consulting

We translate evidence into actionable solutions through policy, programme, funding, and innovation design, grounded in African contexts.

Programme and Innovation Design
Policy Development
Funding Strategy
Institutional Delivery
Accelerator Support for Startups.

Technical Assistance

Supporting organisations to innovate and scale through digital transformation, strengthened governance, and enhanced access to financing mechanisms.

Strategy Facilitation
Digital Transformation
Systems Design & Implementation
Governance & Capacity Building
 Investment Readiness Support

Design Research

Through Lime CoLabs, we design, test, and scale user-centred and AI-enabled solutions, applying behavioural and human-centred approaches.

Design Research
Strategic UX Research
Strategic Facilitation and Co-creation
AI Enablement
Behavioural Market Segmentation
Prototype Design
Pilot Execution

The scale and reach of our work.

Over a decade of work across Africa in 30+ countries, we have built strong capacity to deliver projects at scale as a collective combining global experience and local expertise. 

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