Welcome to ODA

ODA is a privately owned strategic change management consultancy specialising in complex, large-scale institutional and social change processes. The company grew out of a number of business initiatives spanning more than a decade, and combines the experience, networks, knowledge capital, and skills of some of Southern Africa’s leading practitioners in the fields of business strategy, organization development, applied research and economic development and urban sector reform.

The company offers clients the benefits of a wide range of strategy development and change management experiences in both the private and public sectors, and is uniquely positioned to facilitate transactions at the public/private interface.

ODA is one of South Africa’s leading advisors in local government affairs and brings a unique value offer in respect of urban integration challenges. Over the last decade we have taken our strategy and institution development expertise to a selected number of economic sectors. Our targeted approach afforded us the opportunity to acquire specialist knowledge in the following sectors:

Education, Local and Regional Economic Development, Public Passenger Transport, Tourism, Agricultural processing and export, Biodiversity Conservation and Environmental Management, Energy, Forestry and Timber processing and Urban Reform.

Our business operations are organised in accordance with three main focus areas, namely:

• Business strategy and organization development advice to organizations in both the public and private sectors
• City strategy and urban sector reform advice and program management support to established and emerging cities and public authorities in the Sub-Saharan region
• Applied Research and Economic Development strategies for towns, cities and regions

ODA operates predominantly in the SubSaharan region. The ODA Head Office is situated in Cape Town, South Africa, and our Gauteng Projects Office is situated in the City of Tshwane (Pretoria) South Africa.