About RIIS
Guiding innovation that matters
We work with organisations across Africa to navigate complexity, define direction, and turn insight into real-world impact.
Who We Are
Turning complex challenges into real progress
RIIS is an innovation advisory partner working across Africa’s most complex sectors.
We help organisations move beyond ideas, bringing clarity to complexity and turning strategy into action.
We believe innovation is not about noise or disruption for its own sake. It’s about solving real challenges in ways that are practical, inclusive, and built to last.
Our work spans mining, energy, space, health, and financial services.
Our Mission
Actionable insight. Lasting change.
To enable sustainable and inclusive progress across Africa by turning insight into action.
We design and deliver initiatives that build resilience across economies, industries, and communities; ensuring innovation leads to measurable, lasting impact.
What We Do
What Sets Us Apart?
We combine strategy, innovation management, data science, and research into one integrated approach. This allows us to move from understanding complex environments, to designing solutions, to delivering real-world results.
Clarity in Complexity
We focus on what matters — not what’s fashionable.
From Insight to Action
We don’t stop at strategy — we support implementation.
Grounded in Real-World Sectors
Our work is shaped by practical experience, not theory.
Built for Impact
Everything we do is designed to deliver measurable outcomes.
Trusted Partner to Organisations
A guide through complexity.
We act as a trusted partner to organisations navigating change — bringing clarity, direction, and momentum.
We don’t chase disruption for its own sake. We focus on purposeful progress; helping leaders make confident decisions and move forward with clarity.
Accomplishments
Our journey
Over time, RIIS has evolved from a research-led organisation into a strategic advisory partner operating across Africa’s most complex sectors.