Boutique Advisory, Consulting & Analytical Research

Policy Insights that Matter

Tutwa Consulting Group is a boutique consulting firm with a political economy focus on understanding Africa (with its 55 Member States) and its place in global economic governance. With our international perspective, pan-African ideology and our commitment to do no harm, we provide political economy analysis on continental political and economic integration.

Regional Integration Insights

Tutwa Consulting has a long and respected track record of work in support of African regional integration, industrialisation, economic development and trade facilitation. We are an important partner in many regional integration initiatives (particularly in Africa), assisting clients in identifying and implementing solutions to trade and investment constraints and addressing barriers to regional trade.

Regulation and Legislation Analysis

Tutwa Consulting provides policy and regulatory analysis and advice, based on cutting edge research, to international organizations, governments, companies, and think-tanks operating in African and select emerging markets, specialising in trade and investment policy and country policy and regulatory environments.

Market Entry and Expansion

Tutwa Consulting leverages its expertise and connections to help clients determine and implement the best strategy for entering new economies, or expending in existing spaces. These strategies may be via distribution, licensing, franchising, partnerships, or foreign direct investment. We help clients understand the policy and regulatory environment, business climate issues of the host country (district or region), while also ensuring that their business motivations and objectives for extending their footprint are clear and of mutual benefit for the client and the host economy.

What people say about us

Thanks again for presenting to our Parliamentary group yesterday! They really appreciated your presentation and the chance to engage with you.

Heather Thuynsma

University of Pretoria, Department of Political Sciences

On behalf of the Herbert Smith Freehills and Peter Leon, please accept this small token of appreciation for your participation in an incredibly successful media briefing on trade and investment on the 17th May. Your participation elevated the significance of and interest in the event and we are deeply grateful for that.

Sandra Sowray

Director, Prolog Consulting

Your contribution to the discussions around South Africa’s trade and investment environment, regulatory concerns within sectors and how the current political, economic and social landscape in South Africa is affecting business conditions was, as always, highly valuable, insightful and greatly appreciated by our clients.

Goolam Ballim

Chief Economist, Standard Bank Group

Many thanks for your contribution to both yesterday’s dinner and today’s public event. The conversation provided the Brussels audience with a novel and thought-provoking take on the current negotiations and left everyone with lots of food for thought. It was great to be able to draw on your expertise and recent research on the broader implications of TTIP and how non-party states might react.

Madeleine Goerg

Program Officer of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, Belgium

Thanks Catherine Grant Makokera and Peter Draper. Tutwa’s policy and technical contributions were indispensable for the success of this project and are duly acknowledged. To many future collaborations!

Brendan Vickers

Economic Adviser: International Trade at the Commonwealth Secretariat

Der Tutwa-Newsletter ist eine sehr gute Informationsquelle mit qualitiativ hochwertigen Kommentaren (The Tutwa Newsletter offers very valuable information and high quality comments).

Dorothee Overberg

Director of Overberg Projekte, Germany

Dear Peter, I want to thank you for your willingness to attend and excellent contribution to the Africa Outlook conference that we held earlier this week in Durban – it is greatly appreciated. The feedback has all been tremendous.

Dr Martyn Davies

Frontier Advisory, South Africa

Congrats on the GVCs paper. I think it came out very nice. I am also sure it is a very important contribution to an informed discussion of this topic, which, as we know, is of great relevance. I am particularly keen on papers that try to bring the global reality closer to home.

Anabel Gonzalez

Former Minister of Foreign Trade, Costa Rica; now Head of the World Bank’s Trade and Competitiveness Practice

I think it was a thorough overview of the landscape and I believe provided very useful input into our engagement with Treasury on these issues. I know that they have taken some of the points we have made, based upon your input, into account in their deliberations.