Every business, big or small, in new or in old markets should strive to deliver the very best products, at the very best prices to their customers. Global competition in modern markets means businesses now more than ever, need to focus on product innovation, optimization, and new product creation in order to stay competitive and to grow their companies. This is especially true for businesses in Africa and products in the African market. To date, most products that are sold in Africa have been designed for customers in the US, Europe or Asia, making them only semi-optimal for African consumers.

African Sun Consulting (ASC) offers services in Africa-specific product design, supply chain optimization, manufacturing, and product management and is registered in Lusaka, Zambia. ASC believes in creating impact driven products that are affordable, designed to scale in many markets, and genuinely solve problems.

For updates on ASC product and portfolio of work please see news page for updates.

TKPS

ASC has noticed that small and medium size businesses in Africa struggle to innovate and develop new products because the design and product development process demands very high upfront costs. Most growing businesses simply do not have the available free cash to invest into the further development of their product lines. However, through optimized design, these growing businesses can significantly achieve higher profitability by lowering production costs on current products and create higher sales volumes by creating more competitive and sought after products to drive new growth.

The core of ASC’s business is the Turn Key Product Service (TKPS). “Turn Key” in the engineering context means that the client receives one final ready to use solution, including the design, manufacturing, product management, and the delivery of the finished product, rather than receiving many different parts from multiple service providers. This all in one in-house service not only simplifies the client’s product needs but also guarantees an efficient and streamlined process carried out by engineering and design professionals.

The TKPS is unique as it offers professional design and engineering services free of charge contingent that the client uses ASC’s, manufacturing and product management services to procure the product. The income ASC earns through the manufacturing and product management services recovers and offsets the cost of performing the design work with no upfront costs for the client.

ASC believes the biggest impacts on development will be delivered through small and medium sized businesses using impact driven products and services that can scale rapidly and sustainably. ASC’s new way to deliver design and engineering services will accelerate businesses to succeed in their goals, act as a catalyst for new growth, and will scale impact driven product solutions to many end users across Africa.

Please contact us to find out if your business qualifies for ASC’s TKPS.

What design services can ASC offer?

Product Design and Engineering

  • Product Concept
  • Product prototyping
  • Product testing
  • Technical Drawings

Product Registration

  • Registration of industrial design
  • File of patents
  • File of Trademarks

Manufacturing

  • Set up of off shore manufacturing
  • Design production tooling
  • Design systems for quality control
  • Set up of local assembly facilities
  • Coordination of Logistics and import of goods

User centered Design

  • Work with target market to develop appropriate solutions
  • Refine existing products to better suit the needs of clients
  • Make decisions based on real user data