Inclusive Work Culture

The group has several start-up consulting companies. Within each company, these are the values that it fosters:

An inclusive working culture: Bertha ensures that her teams are accommodated and supported based on their unique attributes and background. The organization uses an inquiry process to gain an in-depth understanding of perspectives. Critical conversations are often held to find solutions that meet the team’s needs the company’s priorities and ultimately the client’s needs.

Focus on diversity in recruitment: The organization recruits talent and ensures everyone has a fair chance to secure opportunities across its companies.

Tracking changes in the political space: The organization holds courageous conversations on changes in the political arena to surface perspectives and outlooks in a safe environment enabling its teams to participate and build superior solutions for its clients and stakeholders.

The organization prides itself on its commitment to diversity, working with different markets and people. They recognize the importance of their teams being able to integrate into other cultures easily while prioritizing respect at the core of their engagements with stakeholders. Maintaining integrity is of the utmost importance in their remote working setup, requiring that everyone works transparently with trust. One of the organization’s branding items is a feather of excellence, representing their dedication to going above and beyond what is scoped to ensure that their stakeholders derive value from their contributions.

Heading into the Future

Bertha believes that consulting is changing. Clients have become more informed and astute in their areas of business. Consultants must prove they can work themselves out of a job by implementing solutions that stick and derive value to the client’s environment for a sustained period.

She says, “We are partnering with our clients to co-create solutions. In this way, there is a shared experience of discovery, learning, and execution.”

Her goals for her organization are:

Rito Consulting Services: There is a growing demand for stakeholder relations as market uncertainties grow. It wants to lead the space by merging traditional heartfelt stakeholder relations interventions with digital communication to enable stakeholder autonomy and agency.

Rito Energy Solutions: decentralized energy solutions will soon dominate Africa’s energy system. The company wants to work with local and international players to capture a share of this market as the continent pursues a Just Energy Transition and advances universal access to electricity

AWEaP wants to expand into 45 African markets with targeted commercially viable, multi-stakeholder-driven interventions for gender equity. Bertha wants to promote allyship and work within the ecosystem to build an inclusive energy sector.