About Claricent Consulting Services
Claricent Consulting Services was incorporated in 2016. Our core business is to assist the public sector, non-governmental organisations and the private sector to conceive and deliver solutions that can help meet development objectives with special emphasis on SME development, NGO development, MFI development and development of sustainable co-operatives.
We understand that SMEs, MFIs, NGOs and co-operatives face similar issues, which mainly stem from a lack of skills. We develop solutions that are informed by strategies targeted at turning ailing institutions into viable ones. Our structured approach to development consulting work that we conduct is always preceded by a detailed and extensive diagnostic, that seek to understand the SME, MFI, NGO or cooperative condition in comparison to acceptable standards.
Studies have shown that most development consulting does not pay attention to strong areas, whereas our approach commends this. If weaknesses are identified, a comprehensive action plan is put in place to address them.
Vision
To be a development consulting company of choice in South Africa, and in the African continent.
Mission
To provide expert advice to SMEs, NGOs, MFIs, Cooperatives, Government and Private sector players; and to turnaround ailing institutions into sustainable entities.
Objectives
To unlock potential in the formal and informal markets; to provide working solutions to NGOs, MFIs, SMEs, Cooperatives, Government and Private Sector; and to harness the African intellect into developing our homeland.
Values
Confidentiality
Passion
Integrity
Quality
Excellency
Meet The Team
Mr Timothy Mutyavaviri
Director
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He is the founder and Managing Director of Claricent Consulting Services (Pvt) Ltd. He has over twelve years’ experience in the development industry. Mr Mutyavaviri worked in government, non-governmental organisations, government agencies and the private sector. He managed various donor funded research projects at the University of Zimbabwe Donor funded projects and has been involved in the capacity development of microfinance institutions. Timothy was heavily involved in coming up with the first performance standards for financial cooperatives and developed various tools which are used in the financial cooperative sector of South Africa including but not limited to the financial reporting framework, audit preparatory framework, skills gap analysis tool and a performance assessment tool. He worked for Gauteng Partnership Fund (GPF) where he acquired skills in managing funds for social housing, student accommodation fund, rental housing fund and emerging entrepreneur empowerment property fund. He has extensive experience in coaching, mentoring, training, strategy formulation and execution, financial management, policy development and analysis and auditing. Mr Mutyavaviri is currently doing a PhD in Economics with the University of Fort hare. He holds a Master of Philosophy degree in Development Finance (MdevF) from the University of Stellenbosch Business School, a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Zimbabwe and an Honour’s degree in Finance and Banking (HBS) from the University of Zimbabwe and an Executive Certificate in Treasury Management. Mr Mutyavaviri attended various short courses including but not limited to leadership development, strategic management, project management, coaching, and motivation and entrepreneurship development. Mr Mutyavaviri received an award in 2014 for being the best mentor of the year from the Banking Sector Education and Training Authority (BANKSETA) and the Co-operative Banks Development Agency (CBDA).
Dr Syden Mishi
Development Finance Professional
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Dr Mishi holds a Doctorate degree of Commerce in Economics, with over 9 years’ experience in capacity building: developing training material and facilitating workshops in areas of financial literacy, business strategy, entrepreneurship modules to rural communities and shop floor workers in South Africa. He has also developed and facilitated workshops for co-operative financial institutions’ practitioners since 2016 . In addition, Syden has been in the academic field since 2012, giving him over 5 years’ experience in conducting research and teaching. Syden is a recipient of various competitive research funding like National Research Foundation and PSPPD II. He brings to the team great experience in development finance, NGO sector , financial markets, monitoring & evaluation (specialising on impact assessments) among other aspects. Further, Syden has been trained to be a trainer in Local Economic Development (LED) issues under CENLED [University of Johannesburg].
Ms Rumbidzai Musoni
Banking Professional
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Ms Musoni is a banking professional with over 10 years’ working experience. She worked for the Stanbic group in Zimbabwe where she served at the back office as the Treasury Manager. She brings a wealth of experience in banking, finance and accounting. Ms Musoni holds an Honour’s degree in finance and banking from the University of Zimbabwe and is currently doing a Master’s in Development Studies at the University of South Africa. Academically, she was a lecturer in financial accounting at the University of Zimbabwe Department of Accountancy.