Pegasys Consulting, founded in 2000 and with over 25 years of experience, is a strategy and management consultancy headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa, with additional offices in South Africa and the UK.


Operating across cities, climate, energy, resilience, transport, waste and water, Pegasys combines legal, financial, environmental and risk management expertise to deliver solutions that balance environmental, economic, social and policy priorities. It delivers high-impact solutions that support economic development, sustainability and climate resilience in emerging economies.

Pegasys supports urban and regional planning by helping cities harness their potential for economic growth, improved quality of life and sustainable resource management. Through strategic advisory services, the team integrates law, planning, design, finance and infrastructure to create effective governance systems, guide regulatory reform and support infrastructure investment planning. Its expertise extends to urban design, public transport planning, land development and climate adaptation, ensuring cities are resilient, inclusive and environmentally sustainable while leveraging institutional, regulatory and financial instruments for long-term success.

In relation to climate, Pegasys provides comprehensive climate change and climate finance policy support, helping clients design and structure projects, investment frameworks and programme documentation to drive sustainable development. The team applies climate science, conducting risk and vulnerability assessments, greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting, geographic information system (GIS) mapping and decision-support tool development to inform effective climate and disaster risk responses. By integrating climate into infrastructure planning, corporate risk management and policy and strategy formulation, it ensures climate initiatives are strategic, evidence based and impactful.

In the energy sector, Pegasys provides market assessments to identify gaps, needs and investment opportunities for sustainable energy solutions. The team supports policy formulation, feasibility studies and investment frameworks, facilitating access to investment in renewable and low-carbon energy projects. By developing decision support tools, energy investment funds and governance structures, Pegasys ensures that energy initiatives are financially viable and aligned with long-term sustainability goals.

The business develops investment frameworks and project preparation strategies to ensure resilient and financially viable development. It conducts economic evaluations, risk assessments and footprint analyses for cities, companies and key sectors, enabling informed decision-making on water, energy and food security. By providing corporate water stewardship guidance and fostering innovative partnerships, Pegasys strengthens climate resilience and sustainable development.

In the transport sector, Pegasys provides business strategy, financial modelling and project preparation to ensure transport initiatives are bankable, feasible and investment ready. The team supports capital raising, transaction advisory services and public–private partnership (PPP) design, alongside regulatory assessments and institutional structuring to strengthen governance. By integrating transit-oriented design, land value capture, local industry empowerment and capacity building, Pegasys enables sustainable, well-managed and economically viable transport systems, offering implementation oversight and ongoing evaluation for long-term success.

Pegasys provides sustainable waste and water management solutions, supporting governments, municipalities and private sector clients in policy development, investment strategies and financing frameworks. In waste management, the business enables waste diversion from landfills, promotes clean energy from waste and develops alternative material management strategies through climate and government financing. The team also provides bid support for innovative waste technologies and prioritises waste minimisation and circular economy approaches. In water management, Pegasys delivers policy, regulatory and infrastructure solutions, specialising in water security, conservation, demand management, financing and asset management. By integrating basin planning, governance reform and investment mobilisation, it strengthens institutional capacity, climate resilience and sustainable access to water, ensuring long-term environmental and economic sustainability.

Pegasys advises governments, development finance institutions, international organisations and private sector clients, including the African Development Bank, the World Bank, the Green Climate Fund, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, the Nature Conservancy and national governments and ministries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and the Americas.

Business highlights

Circular solutions for industrial pollution projects

Circular solutions for industrial pollution

Public-private collaboration as the missing lever in urban water adaptation finance insights

Public-private collaboration as the missing lever in urban water adaptation finance

Nature for Water partnership projects

Nature for Water partnership

Climate-resilience and adaptation studies for Tanzania–Burundi railwayΒ  projects

Climate-resilience and adaptation studies for Tanzania-Burundi railway

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