KIGS Consulting
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KIGS field presence — Mogadishu HQ and five regional offices across Somalia
KIGS Consulting
Mogadishu · Horn of Africa · Est. 2018

Somalia's advisory and delivery firm.

A multidisciplinary team of Somali professionals: social governance specialists, electrical engineers, economists, environmental scientists, conflict analysts, public policy experts, and M&E practitioners, delivering integrated advisory and implementation work across the Horn. Permanently present since 2018.

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Clients & Partners
USAIDWorld Bank GroupUnited NationsEuropean UnionLondon School of EconomicsMinistry of Interior, Federal AffairsPuntland State of SomaliaJubaland State of SomaliaBanadir Regional AdministrationSouth West State of SomaliaGalmudug State of SomaliaHirshabelle State of SomaliaPuntland Ministry of InteriorUSAIDWorld Bank GroupUnited NationsEuropean UnionLondon School of EconomicsMinistry of Interior, Federal AffairsPuntland State of SomaliaJubaland State of SomaliaBanadir Regional AdministrationSouth West State of SomaliaGalmudug State of SomaliaHirshabelle State of SomaliaPuntland Ministry of Interior
Featured Assignment
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KIGS community dialogue session under the USAID TIS3 stabilisation programme
Stabilisation · USAID TIS3

Pre- & Post-Liberation Community Dialogue, Ceel Buur

Location
Ceel Buur · Galmudug
Period
2023
Role
Implementing Partner · Fixed Amount Award

Under a USAID Transition Initiatives for Stabilization Plus (TIS3) fixed amount award administered by DT Global, KIGS designed and delivered pre- and post-liberation community dialogue for Ceel Buur, preparing the ground for the district's recovery and supporting reconciliation as stabilisation took hold. Performance led directly to a follow-on TIS3 award for reconciliation and community cohesion work in newly recovered areas.

Key outcomes
  • +Pre-liberation dialogue delivered across community, clan, and authority lines
  • +Post-liberation reconciliation and cohesion sessions convened in the district
  • +Community priorities documented and channelled into stabilisation programming
  • +Follow-on USAID TIS3 award secured on the strength of delivery
Why KIGS

What sets us apart.

Permanent presence, multidisciplinary depth, built since 2018.

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Locally grounded with permanent national presence.

Six offices, 18+ staff, and federal–state institutional relationships sustained since 2018, not mobilised for a project.

6 offices · 18+ full-time staff
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Multidisciplinary expertise across advisory and technical disciplines.

45+ specialists across governance, M&E, research, conflict, gender, health, education, and engineering, all under one firm.

45+ expert consultants
03
Advisory and implementation strength in equal measure.

We design strategies and deliver them. Supervision, mediation, and handover, not just the report.

Strategy to delivery
04
Evidence-based, not opinion-driven.

Recommendations grounded in research and rigorous monitoring. Engineering grounded in named standards and measurable thresholds.

Named standards · Rigorous M&E
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Donor-compliant and internationally credible.

Operational to AfDB, World Bank, USAID, UN, and EU standards across procurement, safeguards, and reporting. We pass due diligence.

AfDB · World Bank · USAID · UN · EU
Client perspective
Programme Director
Bilateral Donor Programme, Mogadishu

“KIGS brought both the technical credibility and the contextual intelligence we needed. Their team understood Somalia's institutional landscape in a way that external consultants rarely do.”

National footprint

Six offices. Federal and state coverage.

Mogadishu headquarters, a regional hub in Bosaso, and four branches across Puntland, Jubaland, South West, and Somaliland.

Office network
6
Permanent offices
18+
Full-time staff
45+
Expert consultants
MogadishuHeadquartersBosasoGaroweKismayoBaidoaHargeisa
From our practice
All insights
Governance Note
April 2024 · 11 min

Designing federal–state coordination mechanisms that actually work

Practical lessons from supporting federal–state coordination in Somalia, and what distinguishes coordination architectures that hold from those that exist only on paper.

Practice note · KIGS Research
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