A consultancy rooted in Africa, serving organizations that want to grow with more coherence, strength and impact.
3hi Partners supports mission-driven organizations, social enterprises, institutions and ecosystem actors across Africa, with a growing presence in Europe.
3hi Partners is a strategy and organizational development consultancy, rooted in Africa, working with mission-driven organizations, social enterprises, institutions and ecosystem actors toward more clarity, stronger systems and healthier leadership. We work at the intersection of strategy, governance, organizational development, capacity building and institutional strengthening. Our role is to help organizations strengthen the foundations that sustain their growth, their credibility and their durability over time. Our work is deeply rooted in African realities, while being increasingly nourished by inter-regional collaboration and a growing presence in Europe.
§ 02 — Our story
3hi Partners was born from field work, support and proximity with organizations, entrepreneurs, institutions and teams engaged in social, economic and organizational transformation. Over time, our work grew around one simple conviction: many organizations carry a strong mission, but they need stronger structures, more coherent systems, healthier governance and better-distributed leadership to sustain their impact in the long run. That trajectory gradually led us to widen our reach, diversify the kinds of actors we support and sharpen our positioning — to become today a consultancy rooted in Africa, operating across several countries, and expanding into Europe.
§ 03 — VISION
Our vision
We believe in a future where organizations are stronger, more coherent and better prepared to carry their mission over time — through solid teams, healthy leadership, robust systems and a real ability to learn, adapt and grow.
Organizations that last.
§ 04 — MISSION
Our mission
Support mission-driven organizations, social enterprises, institutions and ecosystem actors in strengthening their strategy, their internal structuring, their leadership, their capacities and their readiness for sustainable growth.
Strengthen what sustains impact.
§ 05 — Our values · 06 items
Our work is guided by principles that shape how we support, collaborate and build over time.
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Clarity
We believe in thinking clearly, naming the real stakes, and helping organizations situate themselves.
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Coherence
We seek alignment between vision, structure, leadership, systems and action.
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Useful rigor
We value rigor — the kind that serves real progress, not just form.
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Rooting
We work from the concrete realities of organizations, contexts and territories.
§ 05
Learning
We treat every engagement as a space for progress, reflection and transformation.
§ 06
Responsibility
We pay strong attention to sustainability, ethics, system quality and the real impact of the work undertaken.
§ 06 — Our approach · 05 étapes
Our approach combines strategic depth, on-the-ground rooting and structured support. We don’t work only on ideas, but on what lets those ideas hold over time.
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Rooted in African realities
Our reading of organizations starts from a fine-grained understanding of African contexts, constraints, field dynamics and opportunities.
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Structured, yet adaptable
We mobilize solid methods, frameworks and tools, while adapting our approach to the reality of each organization.
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At the intersection of strategy and delivery
We help organizations clarify their direction, and also strengthen the systems, practices and mechanisms that make that direction truly operational.
§ 04
Differentiated across profiles
We don’t support an NGO the same way we support a social enterprise, nor an emerging organization the same way as one already scaling. Our approach takes models, maturity and stage of development into account.
§ 05
Open to responsible innovation
We integrate a reflection on coming transformations, responsible innovation, AI and sustainability into how we read the needs of organizations and ecosystems.
§ 07 — About the founder
Portrait · fondateur
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Larissa BYLL CATARIA
Founder of 3hi Partners
Larissa BYLL CATARIA is the founder of 3hi Partners and a practitioner in strategy and organizational development, passionate about helping mission-driven organizations gain clarity, structure and healthier leadership. Her work sits at the intersection of strategy, organizational development and institutional strengthening, with a particular focus on what helps organizations move from mission-driven ambition to durable, coherent, scalable action. Through 3hi Partners she has supported organizations across Africa — including NGOs, associations, social enterprises and ecosystem actors — on strategic clarity, governance, leadership, organizational diagnostics, MEL, fundraising readiness and institutional strengthening. Her work is deeply rooted in African realities and increasingly nourished by inter-regional collaboration and expansion. She is convinced that strong organizations are not built by ambition alone, but by the coherence that allows ambition to last.
§ 08 — Leadership and team
3hi Partners draws on a leadership team, a core team and coordination functions that carry missions, programs and engagements with coherence and continuity.
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Leadership team
Strategic profiles holding the vision, the positioning and the quality of interventions.
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Core team / management
Profiles that lead coordination, program management, mission follow-through, operations and the running of key components of the work.
§ 09 — Our consultant network
Alongside its core team, 3hi Partners draws on a growing network of consultants, facilitators, experts, coaches and practitioners mobilized according to context, theme and mission. This network lets us bring in complementary expertise, adjust the team to the nature of each project, strengthen our capacity to support work in different countries and contexts, and combine strategic coherence, flexibility and depth of expertise. Our expertise covers: strategy, governance, leadership, MEL, financial management, fundraising, communication, entrepreneurship, organizational development, facilitation and training.
§ 02Adjust the team to the nature of each project.
§ 03Strengthen our capacity to support work in different countries and contexts.
§ 10 — Where we are
Present in Burundi, Rwanda and France, we operate across Africa with a growing presence in Europe.
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Burundi
Bujumbura
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Rwanda
Kigali
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France
Clermont-Ferrand
3hi Partners is deeply rooted in African realities and supports organizations in several countries on the continent. Our development in France is part of a broader dynamic of inter-regional collaboration, Africa–Europe bridges and a widening capacity to act.
§ 11 — What we believe
We believe organizations don’t become stronger by doing more. They become stronger when there is more coherence between:
That coherence is what our work seeks to strengthen.
§ 01Their mission and their structure.
§ 02Their ambition and their systems.
§ 03Their leadership and their governance.
§ 04Their growth and their absorption capacity.
§ 05Their intent and their execution.
§ 12 — CONTACT
Let's talk about your structuring, growth and sustainability stakes
Looking to clarify your strategy, strengthen your governance, structure your systems, build your team's capacity, or prepare for healthier growth? We can support you.
