A brief introduction into who we are and what we do: If you're wondering what developmentnomics is, this is the place to find out.

1. DEVELOPMENTNOMICS is a company established and
headquartered in Cape Town with the vision to provide
advisory, project management and, monitoring and evaluation
services to development delivery institutions everywhere on
earth.
D e v e l o p m e n t n o m i c s (P t y) L t d
DEVNOMICS
PROFILE
Governance-wide solutions from thought to sustainable delivery

2. Developmentnomics is the science and art of orchestrating and
procuring holistic development outcomes
from thought to sustainable delivery.

3. Devnomics is a development practice and consulting company that is 90
percent owned by historically disadvantaged individuals (HDIs). It was
established to lead economic development consulting in South Africa,
around the continent and the world at large. Devnomics’ ultimate aim is to
facilitate economic development objectives everywhere on earth.

4. Our
vision
To be the preferred provider
of support, guidance and
expertise to the development
delivery value chain
everywhere on earth.

5. Our
mission
To assist governance and
development delivery
institutions everywhere to
secure sustainable
development objectives.

6. Our core
purpose
To promote just
societies everywhere
that allow everyone
just opportunities to
sustainably flourish.

7. Our
core values
 Universal fairness as none is
destined not to prosper.
 The unlimitedness of what we can
be, do and have.
 Attaining unbridled happiness
through the orchestration of
well-being everywhere.

8. Our
consulting
philosophy
To achieve masterful
delivery every time
through the application
of superior knowledge
and project management
discipline, thereby
ensuring that our clients
receive and deserve the
credit.

9. Our
service
creed
To deliver on
time, within budget
and at the required
quality standard
each time;
uncompromisingly
acting at the highest
level of
professionalism and
ethical standards.

11. Kola Jolaolu, B.Sc Economics (Honours), FCA. PMP, CERT. M&E (UCT)
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
ECONOMIST, CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT, INTERNATIONALLY CERTIFIED PROJECT
MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL AND MONITORING AND EVALUATION EXPERT.
Kola has over 25 years of experience in investment, retail and mortgage
banking, accounting, auditing, financial management, project management and consulting in
business re-engineering, forensic investigation, risk management, entrepreneurship
development, strategy and policy development, business turnaround and general management
across a broad range of public and private sector institutions in Nigeria, Uganda and South Africa.
He has also served as Managing Director with a national firm of chartered accountants, forensic
investigators, business and IT consultants for seven years, where he was knowledge and practice
leader for:
 asset management;
 project management;
 monitoring and evaluation;
 change management;
 development consulting;
 strategy and policy development; and
 business development.
He is a member of the following professional associations and institutes:
 Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria;
 South African Monitoring and Evaluation Association;
 Canadian Evaluation Society;
 American Evaluation Association;
 Project Management Institutes in the US and South Africa; and

12. Lisle Svenson, BComm (Economics and Management), BComm Honours (Management), MComm (Business
Management)
OPERATIONS DIRECTOR
MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT, GOVERNANCE EXPERT, STRATEGIST, KNOWLEDGE MANAGER,
MARKETER, PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRACTITIONER, ACADEMIC, RESEARCHER AND
BUSINESS ANALYST.
Lisle has had multidimensional work experience as a governance expert, risk assessor, evaluator and
trainer with many private and public sector organisations – both inside and outside South Africa. She
has worked for global and local consulting firms such as Coopers & Lybrand, PricewaterhouseCoopers
and IBM Consulting. She is a lecturer at the University of the Western Cape School of Business and
Finance.

13. Pauline Treffers-de Wildt, B.Sc (Business Economics), MComm Management (UCT)
DIRECTOR
BANKING OPERATIONS EXPERT, CREDIT ANALYSIS SPECIALIST, GENERAL
MANAGEMENT PRACTITIONER, STRATEGIST, KNOWLEDGE MANAGER, PROJECT
MANAGEMENT PRACTITIONER AND BUSINESS ANALYST.
Pauline is a non-executive board member whose international banking experience spans a
period of more than 20 years. Her banking career started at the ING Bank in the Netherlands
(her native country). Upon emigrating to South Africa, imbued with her passion for community
development, she worked in community banks in the Cape Flats during the mid-1990s when
most individuals of her racial group feared venturing into these areas. She remains as
passionate about uplifting the poor and procuring general economic well-being for everyone as
ever. She supports the board with general banking and strategy advice.
She worked for several years with BoE Bank in various capacities and later joined the Absa
Group, where she is currently the Head of Banking and Credit Products at Absa Wealth, the
South African Operations of Barclays Wealth.

14. Busisiwe Gloria Hlongwane, BComm, B. Compt (Honours), CTA, CA (SA), MBL (Unisa)
DIRECTOR
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT AND BUSINESS LEADER.
Busisiwe has vast experience in financial and general management in the public and private
sectors in South Africa.
Her experience in manufacturing, publishing, broadcasting, public utilities management, life
assurance and international investment sectors of the South African economy is particularly useful
for giving direction and counsel to our consulting efforts.
Having served articles with the international firm of Deloitte & Touche she went on to hold various
management positions with the following major players in South Africa’s economy:
 Independent Newspapers;
 Nampak Limited;
 Old Mutual South Africa;
 South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC); and
 Eskom.
She is currently the Finance Director of MCG Industries.

15. Louisa Nomvuyo Xabela, Post Graduate Diploma (Management)
DIRECTOR
SEASONED BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT EXPERT, HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
PRACTITIONER AND BUSINESS MANAGER.
Louisa’s business development work experience cuts across a number of sectors including
consulting, broadcasting, travel and tourism, call centre management and the food sector. Her
multifaceted knowledge and experience across South Africa’s economy brings useful guidance and
counsel to Devnomics’ business development strategies.

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17. Our advisory services have been
carefully designed to provide
handholding support to governance
communities everywhere.

18. Advisory
services Our advisory services are research-based and
customisable to your specific needs. Some of the
generic services we have on offer are as follows:
development strategy formulation;
 industrialisation strategy development;
 international trade advisory services;
 land management advisory services;
 local government management; and
 governance-wide support.

19. “Absence of scientific and holistic
project management discipline is
at the root of service delivery failures”

20. Project
management
services
 Project management methodology
development; and
 Project lifecycle management services;
 project initiation;
 project planning;
 project execution, monitoring,
evaluation and control; and
 project closure.

21. Independence and
masterful skills sets are
hallmarks of our M&E
practice.

22. Monitoring &
evaluation services
 M&E potential assessment;
 M&E strategy development;
 M&E planning;
 M&E implementation;
 M&E mastery; and
 Evaluation services.

23. The division of our
organisation wholly devoted
to infrastructure, ICT and asset
management projects.

24. Our
services
 ICT solution conceptualisation and
implementation;
Asset management review and
implementation;
 Asset management bureau services;
 Periodic asset and infrastructure
verification;
 Immovable asset management;
 System evaluation, selection and
implementation;
 Trades; and
 Logistics management.

26. Our Imbewu Yo Phuhliso programme is designed to foster the value creation and
preservation habit in our communities. Indeed, the IYP programme is the starting point of
the core purpose of Devnomics, which seeks to give “everyone just opportunities to
sustainably flourish”.
Through the programme, we conduct two types of training:
 Personal Money Management (PMM); and
 Business Money Management.
The programme is designed to augment an individual’s capacity from two
perspectives: The individual’s role as a unit of a household and as a party in a legal entity
participating in the economy.
Everyone stands to gain from this programme. Individuals, households, employers of
labour, organised labour/trade unions and government at large benefit, because everyone
in the development value chain understands what it means to:
 live within their means;
 prevent over-indebtedness and manage debt;
 knowledgeably negotiate financial transactions;
 save, invest and create long-term wealth; and
 control budget and/or other spending plans; etc.

27. Clients for whom our leadership have either worked or undertaken
major projects:
THE PRESIDENCY
THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
NORTHERN CAPE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

28. Contact details
Kola Jolaolu 082 558 3413
Harry Dladla 076 643 2087
Lisle Svenson 082 579 8926
www.developmentnomics.co.za