A specialist advisory firm at the intersection of conflict, fragility, and violence across Africa — combining investigative rigour, field experience, and evidence-based analysis to inform policy and programming in the world's most complex environments.
Our WorkRosslyn Consulting Ltd is a specialist advisory firm focused on conflict, fragility, and violence across Africa. We are a core team of three senior experts, supported by a trusted network of associates deployed on a project basis.
Our founding members have held senior roles with the United Nations, the World Bank Group, the International Crisis Group, and leading research and evaluation institutions.
We operate in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Swahili, and Amharic — enabling genuine field engagement across Central, Eastern, West, and Sahel Africa.
Rosslyn combines deep expertise across three pillars: cross-border programme design and the HDP nexus; investigative and security analysis of armed groups and natural resource governance; and impact evaluation, monitoring, and private sector development in fragile contexts.
Rosslyn operates a flexible, project-based model — assembling teams from its core members and associate network for each assignment. This ensures rapid deployment, low overheads, and tailored expertise for each client and context.
Our capabilities span the full spectrum of conflict-affected development — from frontline security analysis to rigorous econometric evaluation.
Political economy of violence, conflict drivers, fragility assessments, FCV country analysis, peacekeeping advisory.
Network investigations, jihadist financing, arms trafficking, militia dynamics.
Financial networks, corporate and investment due diligence, OSINT, UN Panel of Experts methodology.
HDP programming, borderland resilience, migration, cross-border health and trade.
Development finance, ESG, investment facilitation, DFI performance reviews.
Resource governance, illicit financial flows, extractive industries in conflict-affected areas.
Theory of change, logframe design, RCTs, quasi-experimental methods, results measurement.
Political transitions, state legitimacy, security sector reform, and peacebuilding programme design.
Our team has led and contributed to programmes and investigations for the world's leading multilateral, bilateral, and private sector clients.
We work across the multilateral, bilateral, private sector, and civil society landscape — wherever conflict and fragility intersect with development.
Our primary focus is Central and Eastern Africa, with substantial additional experience across the Sahel and West Africa. We are active across more than 35 countries.
We combine regional expertise with country-level depth — understanding the cross-border dynamics and sub-regional conflict systems that drive outcomes on the ground.
Central Africa
Eastern Africa
The Sahel
West Africa
A senior team assembled from the UN, World Bank Group, and International Crisis Group — each bringing a distinct and complementary area of practice.
Co-founded the UNDP Africa Borderlands Centre; led a $30M programme and $2M grant in the Sahel. Published extensively on cross-border health, trade, and displacement. Holds advanced GIS and qualitative/quantitative research skills.
Former UN Security Council panel investigator, MONUSCO Senior Political Advisor, and Acting Africa Programme Director at International Crisis Group. Specialist in extremist financing, militia networks, and investigative due diligence.
Lead on the IFC Africa Fragility Initiative ($70M), RCTs with Innovations for Poverty Action, and reviews of CDC and AfDB investments. Specialist in development finance, econometrics, and monitoring & evaluation systems.
If you are working on conflict, fragility, or development challenges across Africa, we would be glad to hear from you.