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Kani Development Solutions
Empowering Progress. Fostering Sustainability.
Kani Development Solutions is a mission-led development solutions firm, dedicated to fostering inclusive participation by addressing barriers to awareness, ability and access. Our strategic approach and innovative programs aim to empower communities, enterprises, and individuals, driving positive change and fostering a sustainable future.
About Us
Kani Development Solutions is a forward-thinking firm committed to advancing inclusive participation and sustainable development. We specialize in designing and implementing programs, forging partnerships, and translating global goals into impactful local initiatives. Our work spans across development sectors, driving positive change and fostering sustainable progress.
About the Founder
Thokozile Zambane is an infrastructure and development leader with 15 years’ experience in energy, project finance, governance, and socio-economic development. As the Founder and CEO of Kani Development Solutions, she leads with a systems-driven yet human-centred approach by connecting people, policy, and capital to build pathways for inclusive participation in South Africa’s green economy
Real change demands more than policy. The Just Transition needs approaches that turn intent into just and human-centred outcomes
- Thokozile Zambane, Founder
Our Advisory Board
Kani’s Advisory Board brings together accomplished leaders from across energy, policy, and development who provide strategic insight and guidance to our work. Their diverse experience strengthens our commitment to building systems that connect people, policy, and opportunity ensuring our initiatives remain grounded, inclusive, and future-focused.
Our Model for Impact
South Africa’s energy and economic transition will not succeed through infrastructure alone. For communities, youth, and small enterprises to meaningfully benefit, we need approaches that translate policy into local action. The “just” in Just Transition must be made visible through tangible opportunities, inclusive processes, and grounded local insight.
Awareness
Building public understanding of the energy sector and the Just Transition by making knowledge accessible, relatable, and actionable through stories, conversations, and community engagement.
Ability
Developing the capacity of youth, entrepreneurs, and communities to participate in the green economy through training, partnerships, and practical learning experiences.
Access
Creating pathways that connect people to real opportunities, from funding and markets to information and networks, ensuring inclusion translates into tangible participation.
Our Solutions
Kani Development Solutions provides innovative and practical development solutions that empower communities, enterprises, and individuals. Our solutions are designed to foster awareness, build capabilities, and enhance access, creating pathways for inclusive growth and sustainable progress.
Insights & Knowledge Hub
Through our platforms and publications, KANI curates and shares insights that make South Africa’s energy and economic transition understandable and actionable for communities, policymakers, and industry alike.
Energy 101 Series
A national public literacy initiative simplifying South Africa’s energy transition for broad audiences. Using translated digital and radio content, the campaign has reached more than 28 000 online viewers and 600 000 radio listeners, advancing inclusive energy literacy and civic participation.
Monthly Energy Conversations Brief
A curated, plain-language digest of South Africa’s energy transition, distilling policy, regulatory, and market developments into clear, actionable insight. Published monthly, the Brief helps stakeholders, from policymakers to entrepreneurs, stay informed and connected to the pulse of the transition.
Subscribe for the next issue or Download the latest Brief
Services
KANI provides advisory and implementation support across youth development, community engagement, and public awareness, helping partners design, deliver, and measure inclusive transition initiatives.
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Youth Development
Designing and implementing programmes that equip young people with the skills, knowledge, and opportunities to participate meaningfully in South Africa’s Just Transition. Kani works with partners across sectors to create pathways for youth inclusion, capability-building, and leadership in the green economy.
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Awareness & Content Campaigns
Designing and producing digital, broadcast, and experiential campaigns that build public understanding of energy, sustainability, and inclusion. Kani creates storytelling platforms and awareness initiatives that translate complex issues into relatable narratives — inspiring informed participation in South Africa’s Just Transition.
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Community Development
Designing and implementing programmes that enable marginalised communities to participate meaningfully in South Africa’s green economy. Kani collaborates with partners to build local capacity, create inclusive opportunities, and strengthen community-led participation in the Just Transition.
Work with Us
We collaborate with development partners, corporates, and institutions to design and deliver inclusive initiatives that make South Africa’s Just Transition real, grounded, and human.
Whether you’re shaping policy, funding innovation, or building capacity, we’re ready to partner with you to build pathways that expand participation and unlock shared value in the green economy.