Opportunities Unlimited B.V. (OU) is an international technical and management consultancy firm, founded in 2008, that specializes in identifying commercially sustainable and climate-smart investment opportunities for development outcomes. We support private and public sector partners to develop new business models and reform efforts that improve access to production inputs, services and markets in order to reduce poverty, improve nutrition intake and ensure access to affordable housing, education and healthcare. The practices and systems we promote must be inclusive and offer resilience to economic and climatic shocks and stressors. We are a specialist in developing shallow, post-conflict and unconventional markets.
We believe that a creative approach to development, informed by a strong understanding of the context in which we operate and building off the ideas, ambitions and solutions of local stakeholders can generate unlimited opportunities for lasting positive change. The OU team works with your team to find effective solutions - whatever your development objectives.
Our Approach
Lasting development is about identifying sustainable solutions that contribute to system change and achieve scale. We advocate a three-pronged approach to achieve this.
Analysis and Learning: Invest in analysis to understand the underlying causes of poor development outcomes; invest in monitoring to learn from the implementation process and scale up and deepen impact.
System Facilitation: Identify commercially sustainable solutions emerging in their system context; facilitate further investment, innovation and system change but let local stakeholders own and drive the change process.
Strong, Fit-for-Purpose Teams: Build strong fit-for-purpose teams who can turn evidence into tailored solutions and facilitation support that are never quite the same and who can analyze their outcomes.
Our Team
A diverse team who provide a comprehensive suite of private sector development services. We are spread across Asia, Europe and the Pacific.
Our Services
We work side-by-side with you so we understand the context, your needs and what you aim to achieve. The OU team can help you with the services which are listed below.
Experience
Our success is the depth to which we work to understand the countries, sectors, economies, and cultures at play and how we harness this information to support sustainable change. We have played a pivotal role in influential market system development programs such as Katalyst in Bangladesh, Propcom in Nigeria, Market Development Facility (MDF) in Fiji, Pakistan, Timor Leste, Sri Lanka, Papua New Guinea, SHARPE in Ethiopia among others.