How we work
Easy to claim. Hard to verify. So verify us.
The engagement
Four stages, and we do not leave after the third.
- 01
Listen
A scoping conversation at no charge. We examine your goals, strategies, operations and structures before recommending anything.
- 02
Design
A written proposal: scope, method, the named team from our expert pool, deliverables, timeline and commercial terms. Nothing begins before it is agreed.
- 03
Deliver
Our own consultants and technical specialists carry the work, drawing on all six practices as the assignment requires, against a named lead and an agreed reporting rhythm.
- 04
Stay
Execution support, monitoring and periodic review. The improvement holding is the objective — not the report landing.
Working with us
No surprises, in either direction.
In the scoping conversation we ask three things: what you have already tried, who inside the organization owns the outcome, and what will count as success. The third is the one most often unanswered, and it is the one that decides whether an engagement is worth starting.
Those answers settle whether there is work here for us at all. If there is not, we say so at that point rather than write a proposal.
Everything after that is agreed in writing before it happens — scope, method, named team, deliverables, timeline and terms — and any change to them is agreed the same way. The phrase above is not a slogan: it means neither side should ever learn something about this engagement after the fact.
Verified figures
The evidence we do publish.
- SMEs and organizations supported
- 1,000+
- Cumulative organizations that have received a HASI service since June 2014, across all six practices.
- Start-ups and ventures incubated
- 300+
- Early-stage and existing ventures taken through HASI incubation support, including facilitated access to finance.
- Turn-key projects delivered
- 50+
- Projects managed by HASI end to end, from planning through execution to close-out.
- Client retention and renewal
- 62%
- Share of client organizations that renewed or returned for a further assignment.
- Professionals in the expert pool
- 21
- Consultants and technical specialists available to staff assignments, across management and technical disciplines.
- International and local partners
- 15
- International organizations and local business partners HASI works with on delivery.
- Operational offices
- 3
- Fully operational offices: Hargeisa, Mogadishu and Jigjiga.
- Hours invested in staff development
- 576+
- Training hours invested in HASI’s own consultants and junior staff.
Client confidentiality
Why there are no case studies on this site.
We do not publish named case studies. Client profiles, documents and information are held in strict confidence and are not disclosed. That is one of the firm’s stated core values, and it applies to marketing as much as to delivery.
What we can do, on request and with the client’s written permission, is provide referenced examples relevant to your requirement: the sector, the scope, the method, the deliverables and the outcome, together with a contactable reference where the client agrees to act as one.
If a firm shows you detailed client cases without permission, it is worth asking what it would say about you.
What we can share on request
- 01A capability statement shaped around your requirement
- 02Referenced examples, where the client has given written permission
- 03Named team CVs for the proposed assignment
- 04Method statement and sample deliverable structure
- 05Contactable client references, where agreed
Usually returned within two working days of an enquiry.
Questions
Working with HASI.
What does a first conversation cost?
Who will actually do the work?
How do you price an engagement?
Can you work outside Somaliland, Somalia and the Somali Region of Ethiopia?
What happens to our data and documents?
Start with a scoping conversation.
Free, no obligation, and usually clarifies more than expected — including whether you need us at all.
Or write to hasiconsulting@hasiconsulting.com.