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Deft Provides Core Expertise in:1. Non-Profit Organisations Incorporation• Advisory on the appropriate registration regime• Establishment, filing of registration documents,• Setting up boards (of directors, governors, or trustees) • Drafting constitutive documents• Support international NPOs to establish local governance structures2. Corporate Governance, Compliance and Risk• Board training• Board evaluations• Governance and compliance audits• Develop risk frameworks and compliance inventories, • Facilitate strategic retreats• Minute taking and advisory • Maintain members’ registers• Develop Board Charters, codes of conduct and governance policy documents• Support NPOs to comply with laws through advisory, drafting and filing of documents• Supports grant-making organisations to conduct throughgoing governance, compliance, and risk, due diligence assessments of potential or existing grantees3. Development Communications Deft supports organisations to communicate ideas and products effectively. • Control quality of information,• Design, produce and supervise dissemination in both print and digital media. 4. Research, Monitoring, Evaluation and LearningOur research, monitoring and evaluation consultancy supports clients to improve project design and to demonstrate project efficiency effectiveness and impact. Through this, our partners learn from their work thereby improving future programming policies and practice.5. Bespoke Training for NPOs We design special programmes to train staff and BoardsModules include:• Governance, ethics, and compliance training for Board of Directors, and induction courses for new directors• Leadership, compliance and accountability training for CEOs and senior managers• Training on risk audit and audit assurance for staff and board committees• Development of communication skills and strategies for information and knowledge management staff• Project planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, learning6. Business Development and Agricultural Value ChainsWe support economic growth programs for NPOs and development agencies, public sector organisations and SMEs. • Capacity building• Business development and growth• Agriculture value chain analysis• Policy advocacy, market system development, • Research, and monitoring & evaluation (M&E)• Business marketing• Strategic planning• Business planning • Compliance•

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  Consulting Firm

  Development Frontiers

  Apr 2011 - Present - Nairobi, Kenya

  Deft is a Kenyan-based consultancy firm that works for organisations in the East African and Great Lakesregion that are primarily in the development service sector. Our core focus is local and internationalorganisations, as well as the public sector.Deft provides services in corporate governance, compliance and risk, research and M&E, strategic planning, agricultural value chain development, business development, as well as editing and publication of development communication materials.For all our clients, we provide experience and skills that enhance their capacity to effectively address their core mandate. We are a consultancy that appreciates that each assignment is unique and should be treated as such. In our processes, we interact, share skills and experiences, while at the same time, drawing lessons from all those involved to improve future engagements.