MB Consulting, SA

For profit/private sector

1. Who we are?
MB Consulting, SA (MB) is a Mozambican company which was established in 2010.
- It was established under the Mozambican laws and it has its head office in Maputo, Mozambique.
- The company is led by Mariam Bibi Umarji, a Mozambican young woman. The company is not under any foreign entities’ or individuals’ control. It is a “Made in Mozambique” meaning it employs and nurtures local Mozambican talents.
- It is a small and medium enterprise (SME).
- The company has a track record, it is well respected; it provides services to the government, development partners community, civil society, parliament / assemblies and the private sector.
- It has capacity to provide services in any province and district in Mozambique.
- It has provided services in other countries, such as Angola, Cape Verde, Malawi, Tanzania, South Africa and many others.
- It is prepared (and it has already built a track record) to provide services in other countries (it has a particular capacity to provide services in Portuguese-speaking countries).
- The company employs full-time staff including admin and executive staff.
- The consulting and advisory team has also the capacity to provide training and capacity building. The company provides training on a regular basis and it has been accredited by IFC / World Bank SME Initiative.
- The administrative staff is qualified, and it ensures appropriate management (administration, finance, human resources, marketing, and logistics, among others) and it supports both the consultants and customers with regard to any administrative-related need.
- The company is dully registered in the UFSA “Functional Unit for Supervision of Procurement”.
- It is an ISO certified company by the National Institute for Standards and Quality (INNOQ) by the International Quality Management System, Quality Norm “NM ISO 9001: 2015”.
- MB Consulting, SA, in the years it decided to compete, was ranked among the “100 Best SMEs in Mozambique”.

By working with our company MB Consulting, SA, you will be supporting a local SME, 100% Mozambican owned that specializes in the provision of the following services: consultancy, advisory, technical assistance, project management, vocational training and capacity building, private sector development, civil society support and development services, etc. We have particular expertise in the area of public financial management and strategic planning.

Our team is young, yet dynamic and responsive to each client project needs. Up to date, the team has delivered high quality level services to its customers. We make all efforts to add value to all of our customer’s services and requests.

The team has also sound experience in the application of PEFA (Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability) Methodology and many other development partners assessment tools for different levels of government, sectors and stakeholders.

We also provide support in areas related to aid modalities and fund management. Services include design of modality or instrument to the operational details of financial management, procurement management, capacity building and administrative support.

We also have in house two initiatives that provide value for our clients:

MB Consulting, SA has invested and is developing its own training academy, a training institute duly recognized by INEPF – Instituto Nacional de Emprego e Formação Profisisnal (and currently being integrated under ANEP – National Authority of Professional Education) and a founding member of AMEP – Associação Moçambicana dos Prestadores de Educação Profissional.

The Public Finance and Management Academy (AGFP) is an initiative of MB Consulting, SA, aiming to contribute to the strengthening and development of soft and managerial skills, technical competences and other areas that when well executed can substantially contribute to the success of private and public sector institutions, including SMEs, in Mozambique.

AGFP also aims to develop research skills, dialogue and advocacy of non-institutional actors involved in the private and public financial management processes (PFM) and planning in Mozambique.

The key OBJECTIVES of AGFP are to contribute to the development of skills, abilities and behaviors in different areas of management and related subjects, for public and private sectors, through tailor made, technical and dynamic interventions according to the needs of these target groups.

It is also a way to integrate the learning that takes place during consultancy, advisory and technical assistance provided my MB Consulting, SA and also lessons learners over years of experience in different projects at different levels of intervention that can become usual case studies for training and capacity building purposes,

2. Vision, Mission and Values

VISION
To be a reference in Mozambique in terms of consultancy, training and project management with a special focus in the field of strategic planning and public financial management based on principles of continuous innovation and improvement.

MISSION
To contribute for the growth of our nation, supporting and promoting youth and, therefore, contributing for the human and business development, aggregating values and overcoming paradigms in all services rendered and projects developed.

VALUES

- Quality
We deliver what we promise to our clients and we develop all efforts to overcome the quality levels already achieved.

- Commitment
We serve our clients according to their specific needs of time and contents. We do not promise what we cannot deliver.

- Culture
We respect the culture of each one of our members and of our clients and partners and we promote the expression of each individual cultural identity.

- Valorization
Each individual contribution is important to us and is fundamental to the services we deliver. Services provided incorporate all of our staff members’ contributions.

- Integrity, transparency and rule of law
We respect our country’s legal and institutional framework and we promote its application in all of our activities.

- Social and Environmental Responsibility
We are aware that all we do brings impacts to the social and environmental context of which we are part of, and we develop all efforts to make our impacts as much positive as possible.

3. What we do?
MB Consulting, SA is a company 100% Mozambican specialized in the provision of the following services: consultancy, training, private sector development, project management and civil society support services. We have particular expertise in the field of strategic planning and public financial management.

The company is a collective effort of a group of young Mozambicans, dynamic and responsive to each client / project need. Up to date the team has delivered high quality level work for its clients and adding value to the clients’ activities and projects.

The team, individually and collectively, has a broad and solid experience in the use of the PEFA (Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability). We have successfully applied the methodology at national sub national and sectoral levels. Mariam Umarji, the company director, has strong knowledge in the methodology and experience in its application and she is included in the PEFA community of practice and PEFA Secretariat List of Consultants.

4. Our Clients
MB Consulting, SA has a vast portfolio of clients and projects, it includes companies (public and private namely SMEs), ministries and public institutions, assemblies (municipal, provincial and national), development partners, international organizations and civil society organizations. The company is active at both national and local (provinces and districts) levels and in key sectors such as Health, Education, Agriculture, Justice and Environment.

We are experienced in Mozambique (from central to district levels including provinces and municipalities) and we have also developed work in other Portuguese speaking countries such as Angola, Cape Verde and Brazil. We also work in the sub-Saharan region having done assignments in South Africa, Malawi and Tanzania.

Consultancy
- Studies and research in several areas and themes, for both private and public sector institutions
- Socioeconomic assessments
- Baseline studies
- Feasibility studies
- Institutional assessments and diagnostics
- Development of manuals and guidelines
- Systems and processes development
- Process and procedures re-engineering
- Facilitation of participatory and consultative approaches for the involvement of different stakeholders in the decision-making processes, in both sectoral and multisectoral development activities.

Training
Training is designed, developed and delivered as per clients’ needs. A vast list of themes and areas is available for training: strategic planning, planning and budgeting, public financial management (Introductory course or modular courses per chapters), internal control and audit, management of audits and diagnostics, legal and institutional framework for public financial management in Mozambique, development of action plans for the strengthening of management systems, project management and many others.

Strategic planning and public finance
- Diagnostic, review and reform of management systems
- Design and implementation of financial management systems and respective procedures for reporting (including the development of administration and financial management manuals)
- Fiduciary risk assessments and institutional appraisals
- Financial modelling, including the development of budgets and multi-annual plans
- Feasibility studies and investment analysis
- Design and implementation of public private partnerships (PPPs) in Mozambique
- Accounting and advisory
- Internal control and audit
- Capacity building to parliaments
- Public finance & fiscal decentralisation

Project management
- Identification and formulation of projects and programs
- Preparation of projects and programs
- Assessment and reviews of projects and programs
- External aid modalities and alignment to national systems
- Monitoring and evaluation

Private sector development
- Regulatory analysis
- Incubation of ideas and businesses
- Development of business plan and investment budgets
- Support to incorporation of new businesses and “first years” advisory services
- Support in the access to investment and financial management
- Accounting and advisory
- Internal control and audit

Civil Society Strengthening
- Projects for strengthening, training and capacity building
- Support to advocacy and lobbying efforts
- Design, development and delivery of manuals, guides, policy briefs, budget briefs, technical notes and other related materials
- Technical assistance and advisory services in the intervention areas of CSO
- Communication and awareness building (including empowerment of CSO or parliamentarians at different levels).

We have a special expertise in Public Financial Management (PFM) and strategic planning. We are recognized experts in Portuguese speaking countries and in the region on issues related to fiduciary risk assessment and management.

5. Why work with us
We deliver on time and on budget. And we strive to generate value for money in everything we do on behalf of our clients:
- Value for money
- Local content
- African talent
- Experience and knowledge
- Best practices
- Quality certification and other certifications
- In-house training academy.