Working in Africa, with Africa.

We love working in Africa.

New mines, gas plants, pipelines, power stations and renewable projects are taking shape across the continent. Established operations keep running alongside them, and construction and public institutions are part of the picture too. All of them depend on the people who design them, build them and run them.

Our team has worked alongside project teams in Gabon, Angola, Mozambique, Algeria, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria and Tanzania. Some were in early works. Some were in the fabrication yard, offshore or at start-up. Others were in day-to-day operations. Each phase has its own pressures, and the culture carries into the next.

Our Africa team brings together colleagues from Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, France, Britain and Germany, based in Lagos, Dar es Salaam, Nairobi, Durban, Dubai, London and Berlin. We work in English, French and Portuguese.

We find joy and inspiration in this work. The people we meet are open, and they feel a pull toward the work. We have found care and excitement about building a vibrant working culture, one that looks after the people in it and the communities that are part of the system.

What our team brings

Our team is Nigerian, Tanzanian, Kenyan, South African, French, British and German. Our European and African team members weave their experiences, perspectives and wisdom into a strong team. Each of us brings a different sensibility and a different way of thinking, and we build on each other's ideas.

This is where we have seen breakthroughs. A team that welcomes different ways of thinking has more to draw on, and the genius in that diversity comes into the room. High performance becomes possible when people speak openly, build on each other's thinking and care for one another and for the communities around them,

Coming to partner

We come to partner, to contribute and to build good things alongside you. We know something of your context and your people, and we hold that knowledge lightly. We listen first, and we ask about what we think we know. We want to understand and value the reality as it is today. We bring our experience, our curiosity and our care, and we create together.

One team

On a large project, safety, quality, schedule, production and cost are often managed as separate priorities by separate people. We see them as connected. When people feel safe to speak up, look out for one another and take ownership in the field, these areas tend to improve together. Safety culture is often our first conversation, and it opens a wider talk about how people work together as one team.

Growing leaders

Many projects in Africa invest in training local engineers, technicians and supervisors. We work alongside that effort with a focus on leadership. We support people to speak up, to question and to take decisions in the field, and they grow into the leaders who carry the culture forward.

We also work with senior leaders. We support them in creating the conditions where the people throughout the system can flourish and grow.

If you lead a mine or an energy project, organise a gathering for this industry or shape the direction of a sector, we would love to talk.

A note from Isabelle

I will admit this is a little selfish. Working in Africa I feel so joyful and full of love. It is where I have experienced powerful breakthroughs, and it is where I love to partner with clients. I am grateful for the openness I have met, and for the colleagues who have taught me so much. I would love to build something with you.

Isabelle Courtney-Guy, Managing Director and Co-Founder

Our Africa Team.

Isabelle Courtney-Guy

Berlin & London

Isabelle is co-founder of EnCircle. She is French and British and she leads EnCircle's work in Africa. She has supported major projects and operations in Gabon, Angola, Mozambique, Algeria, Côte d'Ivoire and Tanzania, from early works to start-up and operations, and works in English, French and Portuguese.

Hendrik Oheim

Berlin

Hendrik is German, and a co-founder of EnCircle. An engineer, project manager, coach and NVC trainer with nearly three decades of international work, he is building our connections and partnerships across the continent.

Inès Courtney-Guy

Berlin & London

Ines is a co-founder of EnCircle. She is South African, English and French. She brings experience of field coaching and leadership development at a major European refinery, and speaks French and Portuguese, supporting our work in francophone and lusophone Africa.

Dede Kadiri

Lagos

Dede is Nigerian and has worked on safety and culture transformation across oil, gas, mining and construction for the past decade. She brings deep experience of safety leadership in Nigeria to EnCircle as a partner.

Olayinka (Ola) Lagunju

London

Ola is British Nigerian, an organisational development consultant and executive coach. She led the faculty of a two-year programme for 250 emerging leaders at an oil and gas company in Angola.

Henry Kulaya
Dar es Salaam

Henry is Tanzanian, an engineer and former academy principal in England. He designs and facilitates leadership programmes for public institutions and leaders across Tanzania.

Vishaka Chinnapen
Dubai & Durban

Vishaka is South African, with more than twenty years of operational leadership and people development in the UK and the UAE. She coaches leaders to build cultures where accountability, psychological safety and high performance thrive together.

Bikundo Onyari
Nairobi

Bikundo is Kenyan, and a leadership coach and facilitator with more than fifteen years of experience in organisational development across Africa and beyond. He creates space for honest reflection, so leaders and teams recognise patterns and turn insight into practical action.

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