Sustainable Development β€’ Climate Finance β€’ Inclusive Enterprise Growth β€’ ICT4D

GLM Global Consulting

Driving Sustainable Growth. Empowering Communities.
Securing Futures Across Generations.

GLM Global Consulting (GLM) is a locally rooted, globally aligned consultancy advancing sustainable development, climate resilience, inclusive finance, and community empowerment across Kenya and beyond. We work through a multidisciplinary network of professionals to design and deliver practical, context-specific solutions in green economy, climate-smart agriculture, SME financing, women and youth empowerment, digital innovation, and institutional strengthening.

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Climate Finance & Green Economy
Carbon markets, blended finance & climate fund access
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SME Financing & Enterprise Growth
Investment readiness, business development & scaling
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Women & Youth Empowerment
Gender-responsive programming & financial inclusion
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Sustainable Livelihoods
Climate-smart agriculture, agroforestry & restoration
🌿Sustainable Development & Green Economy
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🌾Climate-Smart Agriculture & Carbon Markets
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About GLM Global Consulting

A Multidisciplinary Consulting Firm Built for Complex Development Challenges

GLM Global Consulting (GLM) is a multidisciplinary consulting firm committed to advancing sustainable development through inclusive, innovative, and practical solutions. We work at the intersection of environment, finance, enterprise development, and social transformation to unlock opportunities for communities, institutions, and businesses.

GLM operates through a consortium and professional network model, enabling the firm to mobilize specialized expertise across finance, climate, agriculture, digital systems, monitoring and evaluation, gender inclusion, human capital, and community development. Our model allows us to deliver integrated, context-specific, and scalable solutions for complex development challenges.

"Globally credible. Locally rooted. Built for practical impact."

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Service Areas
Across sustainable development, climate, finance & community
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Specialist Network
Multidisciplinary professionals across core thematic areas
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Consortium Model
Mobilizing right expertise for each assignment
Kenya & Beyond
Geographic Reach
Locally rooted with global alignment
Our Foundation

Philosophy, Vision & Mission

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Philosophy

GLM Ltd is founded on the belief that sustainable development must be inclusive, equitable, and future-oriented. We recognize that true progress lies in balancing environmental stewardship, economic growth, and social justice.

  • Intergenerational equity: safeguarding resources and opportunities for future generations
  • Intragenerational equity: ensuring fairness, inclusion, and access to opportunities within present populations
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Vision

To be a leading catalyst in transforming economies and communities through sustainable development, green innovation, and inclusive financial empowerment in Kenya and beyond.

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Mission

To deliver innovative, inclusive, and evidence-based solutions in sustainable development, climate-smart agriculture, renewable energy, and enterprise financing by empowering women, youth, and communities through strategic partnerships, capacity building, and tailored financial and technical support.

Core Values

What Guides Everything We Do

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Sustainability

Advancing environmentally responsible and climate-resilient solutions.

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Equity & Inclusion

Promoting fairness across and within generations, with a focus on women and youth.

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Integrity

Upholding transparency, accountability, and ethical practice.

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Innovation

Applying forward-thinking and practical solutions to development challenges.

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Partnership & Collaboration

Building strong networks for scalable and sustainable impact.

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Empowerment

Strengthening capacities for long-term self-reliance and resilience.

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Excellence

Delivering high-quality, measurable, and practical outcomes.

Our Services

What We Do

GLM Global Consulting provides advisory, capacity development, implementation support, and impact-focused solutions across sustainable development, finance, environment, and community transformation.

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Sustainable Development & Green Economy

  • Strategy development and advisory
  • Green growth frameworks
  • ESG and sustainability integration
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Climate Finance, Carbon Markets & Blended Finance

  • Climate financing advisory
  • Carbon credit project development
  • Access to global climate funds
  • Blended finance solutions
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Climate-Smart Agriculture & Landscape Restoration

  • Resilient agricultural practices
  • Regenerative agriculture & agroforestry
  • Ecosystem restoration & FMNR
  • Farmer and community capacity building
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SME Financing & Enterprise Development

  • Financial literacy & investment readiness
  • Business development services
  • SME growth and scaling strategies
  • Linkages to investors and financial institutions
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Women & Youth Empowerment

  • Women-led enterprise support
  • Youth mentorship and skills development
  • Gender-responsive programming
  • Financial inclusion initiatives
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Tailored Financing Solutions

  • Customized financing models
  • Investment structuring
  • Linking enterprises to financial institutions
  • Support for bankable project development
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Renewable & Clean Energy

  • Clean energy advisory
  • Rural energy access solutions
  • Sustainable energy transition support
  • Feasibility and implementation support
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Sustainable Livelihoods & Community Development

  • Participatory development approaches
  • Livelihood diversification
  • Community-driven development models
  • Social inclusion interventions
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Environmental Conservation & Green Growth

  • Tree planting and rearing
  • Ecosystem restoration
  • Sustainable land management
  • Biodiversity conservation
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Research, Policy & Advisory

  • Policy development and analysis
  • Baseline studies & impact evaluations
  • Knowledge generation for sustainable development
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Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL)

  • Results frameworks & impact measurement
  • Learning systems & adaptive management
  • Dashboards and reporting frameworks
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ICT for Development (ICT4D)

  • Digital solutions for agriculture and finance
  • Data systems for monitoring and reporting
  • Digital financial inclusion tools
  • Technology-enabled development solutions
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Human Capital & Organizational Development

  • Capacity building and training
  • Institutional strengthening
  • HR systems & workforce development
Capability Statement

Why GLM is Well-Positioned

GLM Ltd is a multidisciplinary consulting consortium with capacity to design and support high-impact interventions in sustainable development, financial inclusion, climate resilience, institutional strengthening, and community empowerment. Through its network of finance practitioners, ICT experts, MEL specialists, environmental professionals, gender and social development specialists, HR practitioners, and development consultants, GLM delivers integrated solutions tailored to complex development challenges.

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Technical Expertise Across Core Areas

GLM brings expertise in financial literacy, SME financing, gender-responsive programming, youth empowerment, climate-smart agriculture, digital systems, MEL, and sustainable livelihoods.

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Integrated Delivery Model

GLM goes beyond advisory by supporting programme design, capacity building, implementation support, monitoring, evaluation, learning, and adaptive management.

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Partnership-Driven Approach

GLM leverages networks with financial institutions, community-based organizations, development partners, technical experts, and local actors to enable scalable impact.

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Long-Term Strategic Partner

GLM is positioned to support long-term institutional strengthening, cross-sector solutions, and sustainable impact beyond project timelines β€” not limited to single-project delivery.

Delivery Model

How We Work

GLM's delivery model is practical, collaborative, and implementation-focused. We combine technical expertise with local context to produce tools, systems, strategies, and practices that can be adopted by institutions and communities.

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Understand

We begin by understanding the client's context, institutional needs, community realities, and development objectives.

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Co-Design

We work with stakeholders to design practical solutions, frameworks, tools, and implementation pathways.

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Build Capacity

We deliver training, coaching, mentorship, and institutional strengthening support.

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Implement

We support practical rollout through advisory, coordination, technical assistance, and field-level engagement.

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Measure & Learn

We track performance, document outcomes, generate learning, and support continuous improvement.

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Sustain & Scale

We help institutions embed solutions into their systems, partnerships, and long-term strategies.

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"Our consortium-based model enables rapid mobilization of the right expertise for each assignment while maintaining flexibility, quality, and cost-effective delivery."

Impact Lens

Our Impact Lens

GLM measures impact not only in outputs, but in long-term resilience, equity, and sustainability across generations. Our work is guided by a commitment to equity, resilient ecosystems, inclusive economic growth, and practical institutional transformation.

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Ecosystem Restoration

Supporting tree growing, land restoration, FMNR, and biodiversity conservation.

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Women & Youth Empowerment

Strengthening access to finance, mentorship, skills, enterprise development, and leadership opportunities.

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Climate-Resilient Agriculture

Promoting adaptive, regenerative, and climate-smart agricultural systems.

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SME Growth & Financing

Supporting enterprises to become investment-ready, resilient, and financially included.

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Community Livelihoods

Supporting communities to build sustainable, diversified, and resilient livelihoods.

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Data, Learning & Accountability

Embedding monitoring, evaluation, reporting, dashboards, and learning into programme delivery.

Collaboration

Strategic Partnerships & Collaboration

GLM believes transformative impact is achieved through collaboration, shared knowledge, and collective action. GLM works with and through a broad network of actors across sectors.

GLM's partnership-driven model enables local ownership, efficient resource mobilization, cross-sector integration, and sustainable implementation.

Strategic alignment note: GLM's areas of work align with initiatives in financial inclusion, SME strengthening, climate-smart agriculture, FMNR, women and youth enterprise development, green growth, and sustainable livelihoods.

We work with and through:

Development PartnersGovernment AgenciesFinancial InstitutionsSACCOs, MFIs & FinTechsCommunity-Based OrganizationsBusiness Development Service ProvidersEnvironmental & Climate ActorsTraining & Mentorship NetworksPrivate Sector Partners
Specialist Network

Our Professional Network

GLM Global Consulting is supported by a dynamic, multidisciplinary network of professionals who bring deep expertise across finance, development, environment, digital systems, institutional strengthening, monitoring and evaluation, and community transformation. This network enables GLM to mobilize the right expertise for each assignment and deliver integrated, high-impact solutions across sectors.

Dr. Njoki Ngaruiya β€” Strategy, People, Organization Consultant

Dr. Njoki Ngaruiya

Strategy, People, Organization Consultant

Strategy, people and organization leader helping institutions, leaders, and MSMEs build the capabilities required for sustainable performance, transformation, and scale.

Dr. Njoki Ngaruiya is a strategy, people, and organization leader with over 24 years of experience in institutional capacity building, leadership development, strategy development and execution, partnership-driven ecosystem development, and organizational transformation across Africa. She has held senior regional and global roles with Mastercard Foundation, AstraZeneca, GE Healthcare, and Novartis, where she led multi-country capability development, leadership, talent, organizational learning, and transformation initiatives across African markets. She is currently Managing Consultant at Qoreleap Consulting and Guest Lecturer at Strathmore Business School, advising African institutions, multinational organizations, and MSMEs on strategy execution, leadership effectiveness, organizational capability, sustainability, and readiness for scale. Dr. Ngaruiya brings deep expertise in executive coaching, organizational transformation, inclusive leadership, programme portfolio oversight, stakeholder engagement, and multi-sector partnership development. She has managed regional initiatives and budgets, supported leadership and capability programmes across diverse African markets, and contributed to institutional performance through strategy-aligned people and culture systems. Credentials: Doctor of Business Administration in Leadership; MBA in Strategic Management; BSc Nursing; Executive Education at Columbia Business School and Harvard Business School; Executive and Team Coaching; Human Change Management.

Strategy ExecutionLeadership DevelopmentExecutive CoachingOrganizational TransformationDEIB/GEDSIInstitutional Capability
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Dr Felista Waihuini Ng'ang'a (PhD) β€” Environmental Social Scientist, Sustainability & Development Specialist

Dr Felista Waihuini Ng'ang'a (PhD)

Environmental Social Scientist, Sustainability & Development Specialist

Environmental social scientist, researcher, university administrator, development practitioner and mentor strengthening sustainability, ESG, impact measurement, GEDSI and community development.

Dr. Waihuini is an accomplished Environmental Social Scientist, researcher, university administrator, and development practitioner and a mentor with over fifteen years of experience in climate-smart agriculture, sustainable development, gender and development, youth empowerment, and institutional leadership. She holds a PhD in Environmental Studies from Kenyatta University (KU) and currently serves as Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences at South Eastern Kenya University (SEKU) A registered Lead Expert in Environmental Impact Assessment and Audit (EIA/EA) with the National Environment Management Authority, Dr. Waihuini has extensive expertise in environmental governance, Environmental Social Governance (ESG) integration, community development, and inclusive institutional strengthening. Her work has focused on climate-Smart agriculture, biodiversity restoration, sustainable livelihoods, gender mainstreaming, and food security interventions in Kenya's dryland ecosystems. Dr. Waihuini has strong experience in participatory monitoring, evaluation and learning (PMEL), project accounting, reporting, stakeholder engagement, and development of gender-responsive and youth-focused programs. Having pursued CPA training and worked in project finance and accounting roles, she brings practical understanding of financial accountability and institutional reporting systems. Through her academic leadership and mentorship roles, she has actively supported youth development, social inclusion, and community empowerment initiatives. Dr. Waihuini's blend of research, governance, sustainability, and financial management experience positions her strongly within GLM Professional Network which seeks to support and work with financial and development institutions seeking to strengthen impact measurement, GEDSI integration and ESG frameworks.

Climate-Smart AgricultureESG & SustainabilityGender & DevelopmentYouth MentorshipImpact AssessmentFinancial ReportingCommunity DevelopmentEIA & EAPMEL SystemsStakeholder Engagement
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Elizabeth Okunda β€” Finance, SME Capacity Building & Market Positioning Specialist

Elizabeth Okunda

Finance, SME Capacity Building & Market Positioning Specialist

Bridging finance, strategy, and market positioning to help SMEs grow, scale, and attract investment.

Elizabeth Okunda is a finance and SME capacity-building specialist with over 20 years of experience spanning banking, business advisory, marketing strategy, and enterprise development across East Africa. She is the Founder and Managing Director of Lindok Capital Limited, where she leads initiatives focused on SME financing, advisory, and institutional strengthening. Her experience includes working with financial institutions, development partners and enterprise support programmes by global partners such as the World Bank, African Development Bank, USAID, and GIZ. She has also contributed to programmes implemented by governments such as the Finnpartnership programme (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland), where she served as Regional Coordinator for Africa and Kenya Industry and Entrepreneurship Project (Ministry of Investments, Trade and Industry). Elizabeth brings a unique blend of financial expertise and strategic marketing insight, enabling her to support businesses in structuring for growth and positioning for markets and investment.

SME FinancingEnterprise DevelopmentInvestment ReadinessMarket PositioningBusiness AdvisoryCapacity Building
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Wanjiku Karanja β€” Programme Delivery | Inclusive Finance, Resilience & Livelihoods | Driving Portfolio Execution, Coherence & Results at Scale

Wanjiku Karanja

Programme Delivery | Inclusive Finance, Resilience & Livelihoods | Driving Portfolio Execution, Coherence & Results at Scale

Programme delivery leader in inclusive finance, livelihoods, and scalable development impact.

Wanjiku Karanja brings over 15 years of programme delivery leadership across inclusive finance, livelihoods, and market-based development. She has a strong track record in driving programmatic coherence, impact performance, and scaling oversight across complex portfolios. Her work focuses on designing and guiding multi-partner initiatives, effectively connecting strategy to execution across development partners, financial institutions, and both public and private sector actors. Wanjiku adds particular value through strengthening risk management frameworks, aligning organisational systems, and ensuring that strategic priorities translate into measurable, sustainable impactβ€”especially for women and youth within MSMEs, agri-food systems, and rural economies.

Inclusive FinanceLivelihoodsProgramme DeliveryRisk ManagementWomen & Youth MSMEsAgri-food Economies
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Lukas Moenga Barake β€” Monitoring, Evaluation, Research & Learning Specialist

Lukas Moenga Barake

Monitoring, Evaluation, Research & Learning Specialist

Seasoned MERL specialist designing and implementing effective M&E and knowledge management systems, third-party monitoring, and evaluations across Africa.

Lukas Barake is a seasoned Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) specialist with over 20 years' experience leading complex, multi-country programs across Africa, with a strong track record in designing and implementing effective M&E and knowledge management systems, third party monitoring for international development organizations, conducting data quality audits/assessments, and carrying out evaluations and impact studies in various sectors including agriculture and food security; democracy and governance; policy and regulatory reforms; trade and investment; livelihoods; microfinance; water and sanitation; natural resource management, and health. He is also well versed with development of Theories of Change (ToC) and Result Frameworks for development programs in various sectors. He has worked in various middle and senior level M&E positions with several reputable local and international public and private sector organizations including Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), Plan International, Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Pact, Tetra Tech, Research Foundation of State University of New York (SUNY), Development Alternatives Inc. (DAI), the Palladium Group and Social Impact. He has consulted for several organizations in carrying out data quality audits, developing M&E systems and data quality assurance plans, conducting data quality management and general M&E training and carrying out project/program evaluations and baseline studies. Academically, Lukas has an undergraduate degree in Environmental Planning and Management, Masters degree in Environmental Studies, both from Kenyatta University and is currently finalizing his PHD in Population Studies at the University of Nairobi. He has also undertaken several short courses in Monitoring and evaluation, evaluation design and project planning and management.

MERLMonitoring & EvaluationResearchLearning SystemsData Quality AuditsImpact StudiesTheory of ChangeResults Frameworks
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Peter Wachira Mathenge β€” Digital Product, Mobile Systems & Workflow Digitization Specialist

Peter Wachira Mathenge

Digital Product, Mobile Systems & Workflow Digitization Specialist

Digital product and implementation specialist translating institutional needs into practical workflows, user journeys, and system-ready requirements.

Peter Wachira is a Senior Android Engineer and product-minded software builder with over 7 years of experience delivering digital products across fintech, supply chain, energy, insurance, and emerging-market platforms. His work focuses on mobile systems, customer journeys, workflow digitization, analytics, performance optimization, and practical software implementation. He has worked on production-grade platforms serving large user bases across African markets, with experience translating operational needs into usable digital tools. Peter is also the founder of MotiAutoCare, a software platform supporting garage management and operations in the automotive sector. Through MotiAutoCare, he works closely with garage owners, managers, and mechanics to digitize everyday workshop processes, improve operational visibility, reduce manual inefficiencies, and support better business decision-making. Within the consortium, Peter supports digital product thinking and mobile systems expertise. He supports the translation of institutional needs into practical user journeys, onboarding flows, workflow requirements, and implementation-ready digital concepts. His role strengthens the product and user-facing side of digital transformation while helping the consortium clearly identify where deeper backend, data, reporting, and systems integration expertise is required.

Digital ProductMobile SystemsICT4DWorkflow DigitizationUser JourneysImplementation Requirements
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GLM Global Consulting also collaborates with an extended pool of specialists across finance, lending institutions, HR and organizational development, ICT, climate change, community development, and research.

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Whether you are a development partner, financial institution, enterprise, public agency, or community organization, GLM Global Consulting is ready to support practical, inclusive, and sustainable transformation.

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P.O. Box 847-00232, Ruiru

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