Aerial view of Hargeisa, Somaliland, the Hub's headquarters city

Regional Consultancy & Development Hub

Integrated leadership for a resilient Horn of Africa

Evidence-driven programmes across governance, economies, climate, and peace — designed in Hargeisa, built to scale across nine countries.

East African youth in a leadership training workshop

Pillar 01 — Human Capital

Governance that works, youth who lead

Leadership academies, employment pathways, and public service delivery labs that prepare people for civic and economic participation.

East African market trader at her small business stall

Pillar 02 — Economic & Trade Development

Finance that reaches the last mile

MSME acceleration, community banking, and market systems development that turn enterprise potential into household income.

Community tree-planting and reforestation work in the Ethiopian highlands

Pillar 03 — Climate Resilience

Restoring land, reducing risk

Nature-based restoration, community early warning systems, and green jobs that make environments habitable again.

Somali community elders in a mediation and dialogue meeting

Pillar 04 — Peace & Institutions

Peace, institutionalised

Community mediation, institutional performance reform, and civic platforms that make peace durable rather than episodic.

Who We Are

A regional consultancy and development institution advancing human capital, economic transformation, climate resilience, and peace-sustaining institutions across the Horn of Africa.

We deliver integrated, evidence-driven programmes that strengthen governance, empower youth, expand financial access, rehabilitate landscapes, and institutionalise peace and prosperity — rooted in systems thinking, local ownership, and scalable models replicable across the wider East African region.

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Programme leads reviewing regional plans together
Five Strategic Pillars

One integrated model. Five mutually reinforcing pillars.

Four of the five strategic pillars of Real Hub Initiatives — see below for the fifth
Pillar 01

Human Capital & Social Development

Strengthen governance and leadership, prepare youth for civic and economic participation, and improve public service delivery.

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Pillar 02

Regional Economic and Trade Development

Accelerate inclusive economic growth, expand financial access, and strengthen enterprise ecosystems.

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Pillar 03

Climate Change Resilience

Enhance climate readiness, disaster risk management, and land rehabilitation to create more habitable environments.

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Pillar 04

Peace-Making & Institutional Building

Reinforce peace mechanisms, harmonise public common interest, and strengthen institutions as bridges to prosperity.

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Pillar 05 Clean Water & Sustainable Green Energy Access Explore this pillar →
Programme Targets

These are the targets our programme design is built to reach — not yet-achieved results. Real-time dashboards and independent evaluations track progress against each; see Impact & Measurement for the full framework.

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Flagship Programmes

Flagship programmes across our five pillars

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Where We Work

Headquartered in Hargeisa. Built to scale regionally.

Stylised regional outline — not to scale, no boundaries implied

Headquarters: Hargeisa, Somaliland. Regional focus: the Horn of Africa and the wider East African region.

Regional coverage in detail
Shared Systems

Five functions that support every pillar

Policy & Advocacy

Policy analysis, briefs, and stakeholder advocacy.

Research & M&E

Baseline studies, evaluations, real-time dashboards.

Partnerships & Finance

Donor relations, revenue diversification, compliance.

Communications & KM

External communications and knowledge products.

Operations & HR

Procurement, recruitment, office and IT systems.

How these functions work
Partner With Us

Build with us

We work through five partnership models — government co-financing, bilateral and multilateral donor funding, private sector collaboration, academic and research partnerships, and social enterprise models — matched to what each partner brings.

Partnership discussion between programme leads around a table