Dalberg Advisors supports and sits on the advisory board of Grand Challenges Nigeria.
As a representative of Dalberg Advisors, Associate Partner Chimdindu Onwudiegwu will be attending the Grand Challenges Nigeria 2026 Annual Meeting & Innovation Exchange, taking place on Friday, November 13 in Abuja.
About Dalberg
Dalberg is a professional services firm that puts impact at the heart of critical decision-making.
We recognize that optimizing for social and environmental impact is a deeply human science, navigating a maze of behavior, politics, technology, and culture. For over two decades, we have delivered projects that take on this complexity, while offering clarity that has enabled action.
To deliver on our mission, we are structured as a social enterprise that combines agility with purpose. We serve those who serve the world, and over the past 25+ years, have partnered with 1,400+ leading organizations across nearly all sectors and fields.
Areas of Expertise
Dalberg’s expertise spans areas such as health and nutrition, agriculture and food systems, climate, education, AI and digital, gender equity, and finance and investment.
Health and nutrition is one of Dalberg’s largest practice areas. From product innovation to strengthening health systems, Dalberg works with governments, donors, the private sector, and NGOs to achieve positive outcomes in global health and nutrition in the world’s most underserved regions.
We develop policies and strategies to support robust public and private health markets by examining the quality, price, and availability of essential medicines, diagnostics, vaccines and medical technologies, and addressing bottlenecks in health and nutrition programming, procurement, and financing.
We design and advise on innovative financing mechanisms for health and nutrition.
We assist with strategic planning and evaluations, including strategy and business plan development, investment analysis, market landscaping, scale-up strategies, as well as impact evaluations.
Our portfolio includes:
Creating and implementing a 12-month Climate and Health Public Engagement leadership program pilot for the Wellcome Trust aimed at empowering researchers, activists, entrepreneurs, and educators from the global south working at the intersection of climate and health. Eighteen ‘changemakers’ from 14 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and Latin America took part in the program.
Co-hosting with AMREF one of the Africa Dialogues Webinars on Mainstreaming Health in Climate Action, serving as a crucial platform to highlight the need for an intersectional approach. Other webinars have included harnessing the power of local communities and youth for climate action in Africa, as well as building resilience to reduce the impacts of climate change on Africa’s UHC journey.
Providing Clean Air Fund with a comprehensive analysis on the health and economic implications of air pollution in key African cities, emphasizing the profound benefits of intervention for public health and climate change mitigation.
Contact
Website: Dalberg.com
Email: CreateImpact@dalberg.com
SFA and Grand Challenges Africa will contribute perspectives on innovation ecosystems, institutional adoption and pathways to scale, drawing on experience across the Grand Challenges community.
AUST will contribute through a Live Case Policy Lab embedded in the meeting. Faculty and postgraduate participants will examine selected innovation and adoption cases, engaging with evidence and implementation questions before, during and after the Exchange.
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum will bring a state-adoption and peer-learning perspective to the Exchange, connecting public-system experience with the practical conditions for adopting and replicating promising innovations.