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Top 25 Development economics organizations based in Kenya

Name: Development economics organizations based in Kenya
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 254 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 254 development economics organizations headquartered in Kenya as of September 2026 and tracks 4,986 professional contacts across them, including 1,221 with verified work emails. Nairobi is the largest hub.

This list covers development economics organizations headquartered in Kenya, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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4,986Contacts tracked

1,221Verified emails

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The 25 largest development economics organizations based in Kenya

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 254 development economics organizations based in Kenya, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to development economics organizations: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Oxfam International	Indirect evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	n/a	749 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “One person in three in the world lives in poverty.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2	Hand In Hand Eastern Africa	Indirect evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	396 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Vision: An empowered and resilient society with sustainable enterprises and jobs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	Busara	Partial evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	322 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Busara is a nonprofit organization that uses social and behavioral science to solve problems in development and poverty alleviation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	Action Africa Help International	Indirect evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	215 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Action Africa Help International (AAH-I) is an African-led non-governmental organisation based in Nairobi, Kenya with country programs in South Sudan, Uganda, Zambia, Somalia and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	FSD Africa	Partial evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	165 contacts →
	Partial evidence “FSD Africa is a specialist agency Making Finance Work For Africa’s Future funded by the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	GIZ Kenya	Indirect evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	156 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “On behalf of the German Government, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH works with national, international and private sector partners in Kenya.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	ADESO	Indirect evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	n/a	153 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Adeso is a pioneering African social enterprise with global influence.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	BFA Global	Indirect evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	130 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “BFA Global is an impact innovation firm that combines research, advisory, venture building, and investment expertise to build a more inclusive, equitable, and resilient future for…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	AECF	Partial evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	128 contacts →
	Partial evidence “AECF is a leading non-profit development organisation that supports innovative enterprises in the agribusiness and renewable energy sectors with the aim of reducing rural poverty…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	Adaptive Management & Research Consultants Amrec Africa	Partial evidence	Kisumu, KenyaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	98 contacts →
	Partial evidence “AMREC LIMITED (Adaptive Management and Research Consultants) is research and community development consulting firm registered in 2014 under the Kenya Companies Act (CAP 486) to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	African Economic Research Consortium Aerc	Partial evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	93 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Capacity building and informing economic policies in sub-Saharan Africa with three primary components: research, training, and policy outreach” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12	Kenya Community Development Foundation	Partial evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	78 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Since its establishment in 1997, Kenya Community Development Foundation (KCDF) has built a strong basis for community-driven development approaches and is unique in Kenya as a…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	Rift Valley Institute	Indirect evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	75 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Rift Valley Institute (RVI) is an independent, non-profit organization, founded in Sudan in 2001, working in eastern and central Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	Micro Enterprise Support Programme Trust Mespt	Strong evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	63 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Micro Enterprises Support Programme Trust (MESPT) is a development organization founded in 2002 by the Government of Kenya and the European Union to promote economic growth…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	PEP	Strong evidence	Kasarani, KenyaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	48 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Local evidence for local solutions The Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP) is a Southern-led global organisation dedicated to supporting development in the Global South.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16	Raagsan	Indirect evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	41 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “RAAGSAN is a female-led research enterprise based in East Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	Centre For Training And Integrated Research In Asal Development Cetrad	Indirect evidence	Nanyuki, KenyaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	33 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “CETRAD is a Bilateral Institution between the Government of Kenya (through The Ministry of Water and Irrigation and the Government of Swiss Confederation, through the Centre for…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	Wasafiri	Partial evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	32 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Wasafiri is a development consultancy that helps make good change happen.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19	International Centre For Evaluation And Development Iced	Partial evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	31 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The International Center for Evaluation and Development (ICED) fills an important gap in the global evaluation architecture.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	Chasp Advisory	Partial evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	31 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We are a think-tank that generates evidence to support important development and humanitarian investments in Sub-Saharan Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	Dalberg Data Insights	Indirect evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	27 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Dalberg Data Insights (DDI) provides a data driven perspective to the world's toughest challenges related to creating a more sustainable and inclusive world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	Coelib	Indirect evidence	Nakuru, KenyaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	24 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “CoELIB Centre builds on existing knowledge and capacity to foster innovation and business-oriented actions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	Kcic Consulting Limited KCL	Partial evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	23 contacts →
	Partial evidence “KCIC Consulting is a multidisciplinary professional services firm that specializes in providing advisory support for sustainable development initiatives.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	Development Dynamics	Partial evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	21 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Development Dynamics (DD) is a certified B Corp firm and a trusted pan-African think-tank, do-tank, and through-tank, unlocking the next generation of insights, innovation, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	The Open Institute	Indirect evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	20 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Open Institute is a non-profit organization based in Nairobi, Kenya that collaborates with Governments, Civil Society Organisations, Citizen Groups and Private Sector…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: development economics organizations. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names development economics organizations.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of development economics organizations, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name development economics organizations. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Development economics organizations based in Kenya at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

24.5%Verified-email coverage

19.6Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

73.2%Largest-city concentration · Nairobi

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

118

11-50

103

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Kenya, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Kenya, over 254 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among development economics organizations, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in Kenya whose own description of what they do matches “development economics organizations”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names development economics organizations), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among development economics organizations, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Kenya are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,221 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Development economics organizations by metro

Development economics organizations in Nairobi186

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names development economics organizations, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many development economics organizations are there based in Kenya?

RevenueBase identified 254 development economics organizations headquartered in Kenya as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Oxfam International, headquartered in Nairobi, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most development economics organizations?

Nairobi leads with 186 headquartered companies, followed by Kisumu (5) and Nairobi Kenya (4).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,221 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 254 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.