Where we have active depth.
Health is our lead sector — concentrated in Tanzania and Kenya. Across the rest, our depth varies by market. Engaged with senior practitioners on every assignment, not only at proposal stage.
Health systems & service delivery.
Our largest sector by both engagement count and senior staff allocation. Health work is concentrated in Tanzania and Kenya, where we hold registered offices, established enumerator networks, and clearance protocols with national health authorities and ethics-review boards.
Indicator frameworks in use
Signature engagement types
- Health-facility readiness surveys. Multi-stage facility samples drawn from national master lists; SARA / HHFA aligned; coupled with clinical-records audits.
- MNCH endline evaluations. OECD-DAC aligned, mixed-method, with HMIS secondary data and county-level analysis.
- HMIS data-quality audits. Routine vs survey data triangulation; data-flow mapping; capacity transfer.
- RBF / PBF verification. Independent verification of indicator achievement for performance-based financing schemes.
- Vaccination & immunisation coverage. Cluster-sample coverage surveys with EPI alignment.
Education and learning systems.
Learning assessments, EMIS readiness audits, school-survey modules, teacher-effectiveness studies and back-to-school / retention monitoring across primary, secondary and accelerated-learning levels.
Indicator frameworks in use
Signature engagement types
- National learning assessments. PPS multi-stage, classroom-administered EGRA / EGMA modules; double data entry; IRR established.
- EMIS data-quality audit. Comparing administrative data with school-level verification.
- Out-of-school children studies. Household-anchored sampling, KAP modules, alternative-learning pathway analysis.
- Education-in-emergencies rapid assessment. Rapid school accessibility and continuity studies in displacement contexts.
WASH service delivery and infrastructure.
Service-delivery surveys, asset registries, KAP studies on hygiene practice, post-distribution monitoring of WASH NFIs, and institutional WASH (schools, health facilities, IDP / refugee sites).
Indicator frameworks in use
Signature engagement types
- National WASH programme evaluation. Mixed-method panel design at baseline / endline; institutional WASH audits; SPHERE-aligned.
- Asset registries. Boreholes, latrines, hand-pumps; geo-referenced; hand-off to government.
- WASH KAP studies. Hygiene-practice and behaviour-change measurement.
- AWD / cholera rapid assessment. Outbreak-context rapid water-quality and behaviour studies.
Nutrition surveys and food-security analysis.
SMART nutrition surveys, IYCF studies, household food-security and resilience assessments, feeding into IPC AMN and IPC-FS classification processes.
Indicator frameworks in use
Signature engagement types
- SMART nutrition surveys. Two-stage cluster, anthropometry on children 6–59m; ENA for SMART analysis.
- IPC AMN inputs. Survey data feeding into national IPC classification process.
- Household food-security analysis. FCS, rCSI, LCSI; coping and shock analysis.
- Pastoralist livelihoods & food security. Cross-border, mobile-population sampling adaptations.
Markets, value chains and livelihood resilience.
Market-systems studies, value-chain assessments, MSME and financial-inclusion surveys, and labour-market analytics. Particular focus on pastoralist livelihoods and cross-border trade in the Horn of Africa.
Frameworks & standards
Signature engagement types
- Market-systems & value-chain studies. M4P / DCED-aligned; multi-stakeholder mapping; access-to-finance modules.
- MSME baseline. Stratified MSME sampling, financial intermediary KIIs, gender-disaggregated analysis.
- Cash & voucher PDM. Quarterly waves; CFM operations; market price monitoring.
- Pastoralist livelihoods. Mobile-population surveys; cross-border trade; resilience indicators.
Protection monitoring and humanitarian assessment.
Multi-Sector Needs Assessments, protection monitoring, GBV-sensitive assessments (ethics-board approved), IDP / refugee profiling, and post-distribution monitoring of protection assistance.
Frameworks & standards
Signature engagement types
- Multi-Sector Needs Assessment (MSNA). IASC-aligned with sectoral indicator framework, severity scoring, HNO submission.
- GBV-sensitive needs assessment. Ethics-board approved protocols, GBV IMS-aligned data handling.
- IDP / refugee profiling. UNHCR-aligned profiling instruments; settlement-level mapping.
- Cash for protection PDM. Modality-specific PDM with vulnerability re-assessment.
Institutional reviews and governance research.
Public-financial-management diagnostics, institutional assessments of ministries and sub-national authorities, citizen-perception surveys and reform-monitoring studies for public-sector reform programmes.
Frameworks & standards
Signature engagement types
- PEFA-aligned PFM diagnostic. Sub-national-level review of public-financial-management performance.
- Citizen-perception surveys. Service-delivery scorecards; trust and accountability indicators.
- Reform monitoring. Theory-of-change reconstruction for governance reform programmes.
- Political-economy analysis. Stakeholder mapping, power analysis, conflict-sensitivity inputs.
Climate-resilience indicators and exposure analysis.
Resilience indicator design, climate-shock impact assessments, drought / flood response monitoring, and geospatial analysis of programme exposure. Increasingly central to the firm's portfolio across all three resident markets.
Frameworks & standards
Signature engagement types
- Longitudinal panel — climate shock impact. Quarterly panel waves; QGIS exposure layers; R Shiny dashboard.
- Anticipatory-action triggers & baselines. Trigger-design studies for forecast-based finance.
- Climate-smart agriculture. Adoption studies and yield-impact analysis.
- Loss-and-damage rapid assessment. Post-shock household and asset surveys.