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ELJEN COMPANY TVET · CBT Consulting
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TVET consulting · Africa

A TVET consulting firm for Africa, based in Ghana

Eljen Company is an international Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) consulting firm, incorporated in Ghana in 2014 and based in Accra. We specialise in competency-based training (CBT): generating occupational standards with industry, designing curricula, learning materials and assessment, reforming assessment systems, embedding quality assurance and guiding institutions through accreditation. Our consultants have trained personnel and delivered programmes in 6 African countries.

The firm has 28 regular professional staff, 14 technical experts and a network of over 320 trade, academic and industry experts, and is led by a lead consultant with more than 35 years of experience in CBT and outcomes-based education and training.

Where we work

Rooted in Ghana, working across the continent.

Ghana is home: Eljen's leadership helped pilot CBT here and establish COTVET, now the Commission for TVET (CTVET), and the firm has since developed CBT curricula in almost all trade areas and at every level of the national TVET qualifications framework. Beyond Ghana, Eljen has trained personnel and consulted for clients in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Kenya, Malawi and Botswana.

Our skill set is not limited to Ghana. The same participatory methodology, benchmarked to international CBT standards, travels with the team and is adapted to each country's own qualifications framework.

  • Ghana

    Home base · CBT piloting & national curricula

  • Sierra Leone

    CBT programme development

  • Liberia

    OIC TVET project evaluation

  • Kenya

    CBT programme development

  • Malawi

    CBT programme development

  • Botswana

    TVET systems research & CBT

What we do

21 services in five practice areas.

Eljen's services are organised into five practice areas; each featured service below has its own page.

Training & Capacity Building

Building the capability of facilitators, assessors, verifiers and managers.

Technology & Evaluation

Educational technology, instructional design and independent project evaluation.

All services

How an engagement works

Scoped with you, delivered with your people.

Every engagement starts with a conversation about your institution, programme or project; we then propose a tailored plan at no obligation. We work within your timeline without compromising quality, combining international expertise with deep local knowledge, and we transfer capability as we go, so that results endure after the consultants have left.

Programme and curriculum work follows our four-phase CBT methodology, grounded in Ghana's Harmonised CBT approach and benchmarked to international standards. Greening TVET, gender responsiveness and disability inclusion are built in from the occupational-standards stage onward.

See the full methodology
  1. 01

    Phase 1

    Occupational Standards

    We convene a technical team of industry and academic experts, build their capacity, and generate occupational standards rooted in real workplace analysis and the qualification framework.

  2. 02

    Phase 2

    Programme Development

    Standards are translated into unit specifications, learning materials, assessment instruments and marking guidelines — each developed through facilitated, hands-on workshops.

  3. 03

    Phase 3

    Stakeholder Validation

    An independent expert panel and sector skills bodies validate the package in workshops, ensuring quality, ownership and fitness for purpose before sign-off.

  4. 04

    Phase 4

    Submission & Approval

    The full training package is quality-edited and submitted to CTVET for approval, with follow-up and revision until final accreditation is achieved.

Who we work with

Governments, institutions and development partners.

Eljen's clients are the organisations that build and fund skills systems: ministries and regulators, TVET institutes and technical universities, sector skills bodies and employers, and the development partners behind national skills projects.

  • World Bank
  • Mastercard Foundation
  • African Development Bank
  • GIZ
  • JICA
  • WUSC (Canada)
  • CTVET (COTVET)
  • ADEA
  • Bread for the World
  • NBSSI
  • ATVET

  • Flagship · National CBT Development

    Ghana Jobs & Skills Project (GJSP) — 46 priority trades

    World Bank · Government of Ghana

  • Flagship · Curriculum Development

    ACTIVATE — Agricultural TVET curricula

    WUSC · Mastercard Foundation · 2025 – 2026

  • Sector Breadth

    CBT across security, water, agro-processing & crafts

    APSOG · Global Water · GOPA · World Education · 2020 – 2023

  • Impact Evaluation

    Development of Skills for Industry Project (DSIP)

    African Development Bank · 2012 – 2017

  • Programme Evaluation

    OIC Liberia TVET Project

    Bread for the World (Germany)

  • Curriculum Development

    Multi-country CBT programmes

    GIZ · ATVET · 2014 – 2020

  • National CBT Pilot

    Piloting CBT in Ghana & establishing COTVET

    JICA · 2007 – 2012

See the portfolio Meet the team

Frequently asked questions

Which African countries has Eljen worked in?

Ghana is Eljen's home base. Beyond Ghana, the firm has trained personnel and delivered CBT programmes, project evaluations and TVET systems research in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Kenya, Malawi and Botswana: 6 countries in all.

Who are Eljen's clients?

Governments and regulators, TVET institutes and technical universities, sector skills bodies and employers, and the development partners that fund skills projects, including the World Bank, the Mastercard Foundation, the African Development Bank, GIZ, JICA and WUSC.

How does an engagement with Eljen start?

Tell us about your institution, programme or project and we will propose a tailored plan at no obligation. Delivery then follows the scope agreed, usually through facilitated workshops with your own staff and industry representatives, so that the capability stays with you.

Is Eljen a CBT specialist or a general TVET consultancy?

Both. Competency-based training is the firm's core specialisation, and it also covers assessment reform, quality assurance, accreditation, TVET strategy and policy, educational technology and independent evaluation: 21 services in five practice areas.

Does Eljen's methodology work outside Ghana?

Yes. The four-phase methodology is benchmarked to international CBT standards and has been used for CBT curriculum development in Ghana, Malawi, Kenya and Sierra Leone; what changes from country to country is the national qualifications framework and regulator each package is aligned to.

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