Our VisionTo be Africa's most trusted and leading multidisciplinary consulting firm of choice — delivering innovative solutions that strengthen institutions, unlock opportunities, and create lasting impact across the continent.
Advisory · Evidence · Delivery — across Africa
Building resilientinstitutions throughevidenceinnovationgovernanceknowledge& delivery.
A multidisciplinary consulting firm helping public and private institutions plan, implement, and account for the initiatives that shape the continent — with integrity and rigour.
Gibraltar Research Africa
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Track record — the founding team has delivered for
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01Who we are
A multidisciplinary consulting firm for institutions that cannot afford to get it wrong.
Gibraltar Research Africa is the trading name of Gibraltar Investments (Private) Limited, a Zimbabwe-registered consultancy providing advisory, technical, and project support across multiple sectors.
We help public and private institutions plan, implement, and account for development and commercial initiatives with efficiency and integrity — working alongside government, development partners, community-based organisations, farmer groups, and private enterprise.
A dependable partner for organisations seeking practical, evidence-based, and well-governed solutions to complex sectoral challenges.
Our VisionOur MissionTo provide reliable, evidence-based advisory, innovation design, project management, and procurement solutions that enable clients to design, implement, and evaluate initiatives that deliver measurable, scalable, and lasting impact.
What we doBusiness AdvisoryProject & Programme ManagementTechnical AssistanceProcurement Consultancy
02Core focus areas
Six disciplines,
one standard of rigour.
We concentrate our advisory, project management, and procurement expertise around six strategic pillars — each grounded in evidence and built to strengthen the institutions we serve.
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Public Policy, Programme & Institutional Advisory
Helping government and institutional clients design, review, and coordinate policy and strategy — and make optimal resource-allocation choices.
- Policy and strategy design & review
- Strengthening planning systems
- Programme coherence & coordination
- Evidence-based decision-making
Proven, from day one
A new firm, built on decades of combined delivery.
The numbers below reflect the collective track record our founding directors bring to every engagement.
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African countries
Delivery footprint across the continent
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Consultancy assignments
Competitively awarded and delivered
US$0M+
Funding mobilised
Including FAO US$8M and IFAD US$52M
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Peer-reviewed publications
Plus six authored book chapters
What we stand for
The principles behind every engagement.
Six values guide how we advise, deliver, and account for the work we take on.
Integrity
We work with honesty, transparency, and accountability — earning the trust of the clients we serve.
Excellence
We hold to high professional and technical standards: rigorous, well-documented, and fit for purpose.
Client-Centredness
We listen first and tailor our approach to each client's context — never one-size-fits-all.
Collaboration
We work in partnership across institutions and sectors, valuing shared learning over working in silos.
Innovation
We bring fresh, evidence-based thinking to complex challenges, adapting our tools as needs evolve.
Inclusivity
We embed gender-responsive and socially inclusive practice into the design of every assignment.
03How we work
Contextual expertise, sound governance, and delivery you can document.
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Understand the context
We listen first — mapping the institutional, sectoral, and political realities before proposing anything.
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Design the evidence
We build rigorous, evidence-based approaches and instruments tailored to the client's constraints and goals.
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Deliver with governance
We implement with transparent processes, sound controls, and clear accountability at every step.
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Measure and transfer
We evaluate what works, document it well, and transfer capability so impact outlasts the engagement.
Sectors we serve
AgricultureEnvironment & ClimateEnergyHealthEducationInfrastructurePublic SectorFinancial Inclusion
04Leadership
Directors who have delivered — across the continent.
Founded by Dr. Joseph Persevearance Musara and Sydney Mazambara, our team pairs deep sectoral expertise with governance, technology, and partnership experience built over decades of practice.
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FounderDr. Joseph Persevearance Musara
Co-Founder · Director of Corporate Strategy & Principal Consultant
A seasoned agricultural economist and development consultant with a PhD in Agricultural Economics and Management and over a decade delivering research, advisory, and value-chain programmes across nine African countries. He has led 30+ competitively awarded assignments for FAO, AfDB, GEF, SNV, GAIN, AGRA, and Food for the Hungry, and authored 30+ peer-reviewed publications and six book chapters.
Market systemsFood securityClimate resilience
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FounderSydney Mazambara
Co-Founder · Director of Legal, Risk & Compliance
A qualified lawyer and company secretary with nine years in corporate governance, legal and regulatory compliance, risk management, and contract negotiation. He holds an LLB (Hons) and an MBA, and is pursuing a PhD in Development Finance. He safeguards institutional integrity across every engagement.
GovernanceRiskContracts
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Joseph Aaron Musara
Head of Technology & Innovation
A software and data-systems engineer who designs, deploys, and maintains production software, dashboards, and data-integration pipelines across finance, HR, agriculture, and health. He builds AI-powered decision-support systems, with expertise spanning backend development, APIs, databases, and analytics.
SoftwareData pipelinesAI systems
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David Madanhi
Head of Business Development & Partnerships
A rural-development practitioner with over ten years in business development, value-chain development, and partnership building. As a specialist at Zimbabwe's Ministry of Agriculture he helped secure major awards including FAO US$8M and IFAD US$52M. He holds master's degrees from New Zealand and the Netherlands.
FundingPartnershipsProposals
Contact
Let’s build something that lasts.
Whether you are designing a programme, evaluating one, or need trusted hands to deliver — we’d welcome the conversation.
Registered office
26 Royal Crescent, Greendale
Harare, Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe