Prudence Kaijage
CBLI Managing Director and OD Practitioner
Prudence is a seasoned development expert with over 30 years of experience across public, private, and development sectors. With a decade in senior management at an international training center and consultancy work for over 50 organizations, he brings deep expertise in organizational development, leadership, project and grant management, and partnership building. He has also served on several boards for more than 10 years. Academically, he holds a Master’s in Organizational Development and a BA in Social Work. Currently, Prudence is the Managing Director of CBLI Centre and serves as the Regional Representative for the McKnight Foundation in Malawi, Tanzania, and Mozambique.
Nyantito Machota
CBLI Managing Director and OD Practitioner
Nyantito is a highly experienced Management and Organization Development Professional with over 25 years in institutional strengthening, project and program management, financial and grants management, risk and strategy development, and leadership within public, private, and civil society sectors. He has led numerous funding mechanisms, providing strategic leadership across the full grant cycle — from pre-award to closeout — ensuring effective compliance, risk control, and optimal use of donor resources. As an Organization Development Consultant, he has supported institutions across East Africa in addressing complex challenges through tailored capacity-building programs, leadership development, strategic planning, governance improvement, and innovation initiatives. His expertise spans financial management, team building, sustainability, and institutional reviews. Nyantito holds a Master’s in Community Economic Development from Southern New Hampshire University, a Bachelor’s in Accounting from the University of Dar es Salaam, and certifications in Organizational Learning, Leadership, and Culture Diagnosis from the International Institute of Reflective Practice and EASUN Centre.
Florida Kaijage
CBLI Director
Florida is a trained hospitality management professional and administrative assistant. She has over the last 25 years worked as a self- employed entrepreneur managing her own restaurant and recreation centre and a green-house farming enterprise. Florida is also a community leader and has been part of many self-help women groups. As a Director at CBLI Centre she is responsible for managing the conference facilities and catering services.
Gladys Richard Mmari
CBLI Organization Development Consultant
Gladys Richard Mmari is a human rights advocate, philanthropy specialist, and organizational development consultant with over a decade of experience in Tanzania and the region. She focuses on advancing gender equality, child protection, civic participation, and women’s economic justice through strategic grantmaking and cross-movement collaboration. A lawyer by training, she holds an LL.B. from Tumaini University and is pursuing a Master’s in Media, Democracy & Human Rights at Linnaeus University in Sweden. Gladys combines deep local insight with global vision to influence systemic change and promote justice for women, children, and marginalized communities.
Dolygene Anyona
CBLI Organization Development Practitioner & Trainer:
Dolygene Anyona is an Organization Development (OD) practitioner with over nine years’ experience as a capacity-building expert. Before that she worked in marketing of health services and health education. The largest chunk of her work life was spent as a Change and Transition Manager for a capacity building organization based in Arusha-Tanzania, which worked in the East African region. She has been involved in independent work in the East African region, where she has covered areas of Organizational Assessment, M&E and Strategic Planning for 15 organizations in the past two years and from August 2017; she became a full-time consultant with CBLI Centre. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management and is currently pursuing masters in organizational psychology. She has also been involved in several other practical trainings for OD, such as use of alternative adult teaching methodologies, facilitating organization development course, Gender, leadership and change management, mentorship & coaching training and shadow work (uncovering the unconscious will), which gives her an edge in training and development
Our Associates
CBLI’s human resource strategy is built on working through its full-time consultants for the most part and engaging high level and committed associates to deliver specialized assignments. CBLI ensures quality delivery through proper induction of the associates, supervision by the Managing Director and an institutionalized peer review mechanism. CBLI presently has the following associates:
