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Ideas

OTF Group’s new book In the River They Swim brings together a unique mix of perspectives to address the challenge of poverty alleviation and growth creation. Contributors range from OTF advisors on the frontlines of development to leaders like President Paul Kagame of Rwanda, Michael Fairbanks, and Pastor Rick Warren. More >>

Career Pages

Pioneers of Prosperity is founded on the fact that innovative ideas and dynamic business models exist in even the most challenging markets, and that greater prosperity will ensue if these local models of success are better understood, supported, and showcased. More >>

Corporate Advisory

Firms compete not nations. We place great emphasis on the ability to develop winning strategies at the firm level because that’s where improved competitiveness and greater prosperity starts. We’ve worked with senior management teams of both Fortune 500 firms and cutting edge SMEs.

Caribbean Financial Services Company Builds Competitive Advantages

Competing in a commodity business, a Caribbean-based financial services company needed to quickly understand its customers’ needs and develop new products and services to drive sustainable business growth and profitability. In close collaboration with the OTF Group, the company determined its strategy to successfully differentiate itself in the money transfer market. They built plans to launch new initiatives that will reach their most attractive customer segments, drive profitable growth, build customer loyalty and create competitive advantages.

Caribbean Conglomerate Identifies New Market Opportunities in Jamaica

One of the Caribbean’s largest conglomerates asked OTF Group to advise its IT systems integration business unit to: 1) identify new opportunities in the Jamaican IT market that could help the firm move beyond organic growth, and 2) develop an organizational change strategy to enable the firm to pursue these opportunities. OTF identified new market opportunities by matching trends in ICT penetration and usage globally with the unique characteristics of the Jamaican market. The organizational strategy was pursued through intensive consultations throughout the firm. This approach fostered a greater degree of ownership in the resulting plan. The client has since made its first forays into two new high growth sectors.

U.S. Multinational Creates Strategic Partnerships in Africa

A major U.S. software firm requested OTF’s assistance in building stronger strategic partnerships with a number of African countries. The client wanted to transition from simply selling software to providing strategic policy advice to governments on how ICT could be best used to increase the global competitiveness of their economies. OTF structured this engagement around its Access, Benefit, Connectivity (ABC) Model for ICT adoption and usage to identify key constraints to the uptake and “smart” use of ICTs in the target countries. The findings of these engagements were used to 1) refine ICT policy decisions and budgets, and 2) inform our client’s sales and support strategy to the target governments.