Sus-Afric Institute Building Skills for Career Excellence

A comprehensive capacity strengthening program for Non-Profit Organizations (NPOs) in governance structures, enhanced project development, and strengthened financial management systems. This builds trust with partners and donors, significantly increasing their access to grants.

This program runs for one year, the partners take an assessment, to enroll in the program and are supported to strengthen their institutions. 

The program will run one hour per day online  trainings and capacity building. The following topics are covered on different days 

1. Institutional governance, setting up the board, and organization internal controls 
2.  Positioning your organization
3. Branding, communication strategy and digital presence 
4. Strategic planning and business development / resource mobilization 
5. Project implementation, monitoring, evaluation and documentation 
6. Financial management, budget control and grants management 
7. Donors and partnership Development
8. Preparing for donors and partner visits
9. Developing a resource mobilization strategy
10. Communication for resource mobilization 

Gain   on-the-job  high-level competencies in non-profit business development, strategic resource mobilization, brand alignment, and relational donor management.

Key objectives 

Non-Profit Business Development

Expanding mission-aligned impact and program sustainability.

Diversified resource mobilization (grants, sponsorships, earned income).

Donors, institutional grantors, local partners, and beneficiaries.

Social Return on Investment (SROI), beneficiary reach, and donor retention.

Mission alignment, democratic engagement, and collaborative affinity.

Key outputs 

Mission-Aligned 12-Month Operational Plan

Comprehensive Resource Mobilization Action Plan

Brand Pillars & Collaborative Positioning Framework

Forensic Funder-Mapping Spreadsheet & Tracker

Localization Transition & Nexus Co-Design Model

Multi-Party Teaming Agreement & Due Diligence Protocol

12-Month Relational Donor Stewardship Campaign

Weighted Go/No-Go Opportunity Evaluation Scorecard

Acquire essential skills in project monitoring and evaluation to assess performance, measure success, and foster data-driven improvement.

Theory of change

How to develop Theory of change that delivers value to donors and end users

Logical framework

How to design indicators that can be measured and analyzed 

Project Monitoring tools

·        Process monitoring tool, strategy monitoring tool, end of project evaluation tools, satisfaction monitoring tools

Knowledge management

• Case studies
•  White papers
• Advocacy papers
• Impact papers
• Success story
• Innovation documentation
• Policy briefs

Social Impact Events Management

• Conferences
• Expo
• Exhibitions
• Launch
• Learning event
• Symposium

Problem-solving public, private sector tech Products Design, development, piloting and scaling

Involves a holistic approach to technology and product development by incorporating human-centered design and systems thinking. It emphasizes on understanding user needs through iterative design, prototyping, and problem-solving to create innovative and sustainable solutions. We help enterprises in Ideation (Idea Generation): Brainstorming new product concepts based on customer needs and market research Idea screening, concept development and testing, developing a detailed product concept and testing it with potential users. We conduct business analysis, financial evaluation, including costs, projected sales, and profit potential.

Key support services

1. Product Development & Prototyping:  SUS-AFRIC provides coaching to enterprises throughout their journey in Building a working version or prototype, with engineers designing the actual product.

2. Business model design- SUS-AFRIC advises enterprises on how to improve their business model to achieve competitive advantage. 

3. Business plan development- SUS-AFRIC supports enterprises to come up with viable business plans, ensuring profitability and viability. 

4. Marketing strategy development. SUS-AFRIC supports enterprises to come up with clear winning marketing strategies for their products. Developing customer targeting, supply chains and communication channels. 

5. Business plan development- Based on demand, studies, SUS-AFRIC supports enterprises to come up with viable business plans  

6. Testing and Validation: User centric testing or pilot programs to ensure the product functions properly and meets user needs.

7. Product branding and packaging- Based o consumer study, SUS-AFRIC supports enterprises on how to package and brand products.

8. Commercialization (Launch):  SUS-AFRIC supports enterprises in releasing the product to the market, along with marketing, distribution, and support strategies.

Gain practical experience in data-driven research, project implementation, and analysis. This opportunity will help you master essential skills, providing a platform to design impactful solutions through evidence linking practice to realities of crosscutting challenges and evaluate success effectively for impact.

Module 1: Strategic Research Methodologies

Module 2: Systemic Market Diagnostics and Value Chain Facilitation 

Module 3: Advanced Monitoring, Evaluation, and Impact Assessment Frameworks 

Module 4: Revelation, Strategic Learning, and Public Policy Influence 

Module 5: Institutional Integration and Strategic Operationalization Guidelines

Prepares companies to put in place  Environmental protection, Labor & human rights compliance,  Governance & ethics, Traceability + data audit trail.  We help SMEs and growth-ready companies build ESG systems that are credible, affordable, and aligned to trade + finance expectations. This program will prepare organizations for the following. 

• Labor & human rights compliance -Revise organization policies to incorporate human rights and labour laws within a country and based on international standards, how employees and members of the public are able to express themselves through established grievance mechanisms, supplier codes.

• Environmental performance-Support implementation of the principles of protecting the environment, saving energy, waste management, water usage management, emissions footprints

• Governance & ethics – Support establishment of internal controls, polices in places on anti-corruption, how the board of directors provides oversight and accountability

• Traceability + data audit trail – support organizations  in putting in place feedback and grievance mechanisms for generation of evidence on ESG compliance, supplier mapping, incident reporting, and internal controls