About Project by Projects
Project by Projects exists to help leaders and institutions move from ambiguity to clarity, and from clarity to action.
We started PxP with a simple belief: important work can stall when complexity outpaces the structures meant to support it.
Across philanthropy, governance, public-interest work and organisational change, leaders often face competing demands, unclear priorities and institutional tensions. In those moments, what helps is not more noise but a way to understand the situation, make sound choices and move forward with greater coherence.
Project by Projects was created to meet that need. We bring independent strategic analysis, systems thinking and practical decision support to leaders and institutions navigating change.
Our work sits at the intersection of strategy, institutional learning, systems thinking and grounded action. We consider not just what an institution wants to achieve, but the relationships, incentives and operating conditions that shape what is possible.
We believe good strategy is not about producing elegant language for its own sake. It is about helping people understand what is really happening, identify what matters most, and make decisions that are both ambitious and workable in the real world.
Our approach is shaped by a few core principles:
Clarity before complexity
Complex situations do not always need more layers. Just better framing and a clearer view of the real issue.
Strategy must be usable
A strategy that cannot be acted on is not yet doing its job. We focus on practical direction, not abstract language.
Context matters
Institutions do not operate in a vacuum. Power, incentives, relationships, history, and lived realities all shape what is possible.
Good decisions need good sense-making
Before people can move well, they often need to make sense of what is happening beneath the surface.
Project by Projects was founded from first-hand experience of how meaningful work happens inside institutions. Strategy can become buried under delivery pressures and competing priorities, leaving too little room for teams to step back, connect the dots and prepare for what lies ahead.
We help leaders and teams interpret what they have learned, recognise what is changing, and use that understanding to ask better questions and identify practical directions for action.
Yop Rwang Pam — Founder & Lead Strategic Advisor. Yop is a strategy and systems advisor with more than two decades of experience spanning media, investigative journalism, philanthropy, governance, open knowledge and international development. She works with mission-led institutions to understand complex operating environments and make clearer choices about strategy, organisational capacity and implementation. Her approach brings together systems thinking, organisational assessment, qualitative research, stakeholder engagement, facilitation and evidence-led learning. Drawing on experience with funders, community organisations and senior leadership teams, she is skilled at connecting different perspectives, navigating institutional complexity and translating difficult questions into practical priorities. At PxP, she leads strategic advisory engagements and helps organisations design approaches that are thoughtful, collaborative and grounded in the realities of their work.
The Team
We are a senior-led, collaborative practice bringing together complementary skills in institutional strategy, evaluation, research, data analysis, digital transformation, communications and project delivery. Our team works with a trusted network of specialists, drawing on the expertise each assignment needs while maintaining clear leadership, responsibilities and shared standards.
Vasanthi Hargyono
Monitoring, Evaluation, Research & Learning (MERL) Consultant
Vasanthi is a monitoring, evaluation, research and learning specialist with more than a decade of experience across international development, humanitarian action and education. She combines mixed-methods evaluation, qualitative and quantitative analysis, data visualisation, information design and learning frameworks to help organisations understand what their evidence is telling them. Her work with the Wikimedia Foundation and Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team also spans open knowledge, geospatial data, community mapping, capacity-building and learning design across different contexts. At PxP, she has contributed to major evaluation and strategy assignments involving the MacArthur Foundation, LEAP Africa’s Nigeria Youth Futures Fund and Luminate. She brings particular strength in translating complex datasets and programme experiences into clear findings, engaging visual tools and practical recommendations for better decisions.
Maria Unawu
Research & Digital Transformation Specialist
Maria brings experience across applied research, human-centred design, digital transformation, programme management and organisational problem-solving. Her strengths include qualitative inquiry, stakeholder interviews, user-experience research, research planning, evidence synthesis and translating findings into processes or services people can use. She has contributed to work examining Nigeria’s civic technology landscape and comparative research on policy and legal frameworks, alongside assignments involving programme design and digital systems. At PxP, Maria supports research and delivery processes from framing the right questions and engaging stakeholders to analysing findings and shaping practical recommendations. She combines research rigour with thoughtful coordination, strategic communications and an ability to connect emerging technologies, institutional priorities and people’s lived experiences.
John Demide
Project Delivery & Operations Specialist
John is a Nigerian-qualified lawyer, administrator and project manager whose experience spans nonprofit operations, strategic communications, stakeholder coordination and programme delivery. His legal training brings attention to governance, accountability and institutional processes, while his project work draws on planning, resource coordination, facilitation and team management. He has supported communications and brand-development initiatives with Original Inhabitant organisations in Abuja, as well as public-interest programmes involving multiple organisations and partners. At PxP, John helps turn strategic priorities into coordinated action by keeping projects organised, supporting relationships across teams and managing the practical demands of implementation. He brings a complementary mix of structured delivery, problem-solving, advocacy awareness and the ability to work across complex stakeholder environments.
Stephen Kim Pam
Data Analysis & Research Specialist
Stephen is a data analyst and researcher with experience using quantitative evidence to examine economic, social and public-policy questions. He previously worked at Dataphyte, where his published data-led analysis explored Nigeria’s economic indicators, trade and agriculture, employment, financial markets and public health. His strengths include sourcing and organising data, interpreting statistics, identifying patterns, synthesising research and communicating complex findings in accessible language. At PxP, he contributes data analysis, desk research, evidence management and financial insight to support evaluation, strategy and project delivery. Stephen brings close attention to detail and a practical interest in what numbers reveal about institutions, markets and people’s experiences, helping teams move from information to clearer, evidence-informed decisions.
Selected Institutional Work
From institutional evaluations and philanthropic learning to strategy, governance reform and organisational design, our work is grounded in the realities institutions face. Explore selected engagements to see the questions we have helped organisations examine and the practical direction developed through our work.
You must be logged in to post a comment.