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Est. 2017. JHB – CPT – NBO.

Socially responsible advisory services to implement your change by a collective of public interest lawyers, researchers, strategists, communicators, and technologists.

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33%

Percentage of annual profits allocated to pro bono and public interest projects.

200+27

Number of successfully completed advisory projects in 27 jurisdictions since 2017.

4000+

Number of collective pro bono and public interest hours in 2023.

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WHO WE ARE.

We partner with individuals, activists, socially-responsible organisations, multilateral institutions, and governments to MAKE. CHANGE. POSSIBLE.

About us
We’re a diversified African-rooted public interest advisory firm partnering with change-makers across Africa, and around the world.

Staffed by a collective of public interest lawyers, researchers, strategists, communicators, and technologists based in our South African and Kenyan offices, we work to advance fundamental rights, enable meaningful activism, and advocate for rights‑based approaches to contemporary questions on- and offline across our three divisions: alt.advisory, alt.impact, and alt.media.

Since our establishment in 2017, we’ve completed over 240 projects in 29 countries across 5 continents.

We MAKE. CHANGE. POSSIBLE.
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The private-public interest law model
ALT Advisory, in association with Power & Associates, seeks to self-fund public interest projects and litigation and develop the private-public interest law model to facilitate access to justice and legal services in South Africa, and on the African continent.

The model is premised on an understanding that there are constraints on donor funding for traditional public interest law organisations and that new funding mechanisms for strategic and test case litigation are needed.

Accordingly, in developing the private-public interest law model, ALT Advisory, which is managed by the same Directors as Power & Associates, contributes a large percentage of its annual profits to funding public interest projects and litigation within Power & Associates.
Empowerment

PUBLIC LAW & POLICY

Developing laws and policies that empower people, promote human rights, and enable a sustainable and resilient future.

STRATEGY & FUNDRAISING

Supporting civil society organisations and social enterprises with registration, strategy, structuring, and fundraising.

AI & EMERGENT TECHNOLOGY IN AFRICA

Safeguarding and promoting human rights in the development of artificial intelligence and emergent technologies.

EQUALITY & INCLUSION

Working to foster substantive equality, meaningful inclusion, and the best interests of children.

INTERNATIONAL LAW & DEVELOPMENT

Promoting multilateralism, development, participation, and activism at the regional and international levels.

STRATEGIC & TEST CASE LITIGATION

Enabling changes in laws, policies, and administrative systems which are beneficial to the public, in association with Power & Associates Inc. *

INFORMATION RIGHTS & DATA GOVERNANCE

Protecting and promoting privacy, free speech, and access to information on- and offline.

CLIMATE JUSTICE & SUSTAINABILITY

Building climate-resilience through digital transformation and climate and environmental justice.

WEB DEVELOPMENT & HOSTING

Assisting civil society organisations and social enterprises to tell their story, enhance their reach, and get connected.

OUR TIMELINE.

1 July 2017
ALT Advisory is established.

ALT Advisory starts operating in Johannesburg, South Africa.
1 July 2018
Power & Associates Inc. is established.

Power & Associates Inc., formerly Power Singh Inc., is established to offer public interest litigation and legal services, in addition to ALT Advisory’s public interest advisory, research, and training services.
Jan 2020
ALT Media is launched.

ALT Media is launched to provide communications, design, and IT support services, in addition to pre-existing ALT Advisory services.
Jan 2021
ALT Advisory opens an office in Cape Town.

ALT Advisory opens a second office in Cape Town, South Africa.
July 2021
ALT Impact is launched.

ALT Impact is launched to provide strategy, management consulting, and fundraising support for socially-responsible actors and organisations.
1 July 2022
ALT Advisory celebrates its five-year anniversary.

ALT Advisory celebrates its five-year anniversary with a growing collective of public interest lawyers, researchers, strategists, communicators, and technologists.
Feb 2023
ALT Advisory establishes its Climate Justice & Sustainability (CJS) practice area.

ALT Advisory establishes its CJS practice area to build climate-resilience through digital transformation and climate and environmental justice.
1 July 2024
ALT Advisory opens an office in Nairobi.

ALT Advisory celebrates its seven-year anniversary and opens its third office in Nairobi, Kenya.