Data science services
Data engineering
We build the systems to turn untamed data into a reliable foundation for on-going decision-making. From extraction and validation to maintainable pipelines, we make complex data ready for analysis at scale.
Core expertise
- Data extraction and web scraping
- Pipeline design and automation
- Data cleaning and validation
- Database architecture
- Data integration
- Reproducible workflows
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We transformed employment equity reports into structured data and built the pipeline behind a public view of South Africa’s workforce.
Employment Equity Data Dashboard
Data analysis and modelling
Data doesn’t scare us. We dig into detail, question the obvious and find clarity in complexity. Using statistical analysis and modelling, we test assumptions, quantify differences and make the limits of the evidence clear, so the findings can support real decisions.
Core expertise
- Statistical analysis
- Predictive modelling
- Machine learning
- Customer segmentation
- Impact and uplift analysis
- Data visualisation
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We analysed mobile money transactions in Rwanda to track financial inclusion, explore the closing gender gap and understand how first-time users engage with digital payments.
Closing the mobile money gender gap in Rwanda
Data products and tools
We build accessible dashboards, bringing hidden data to life. From bespoke applications to interactive analytical tools, we design around the people who use them, so evidence can guide exploration, monitoring and action.
Core expertise
- Bespoke web applications
- Interactive dashboards
- Data product design
- Exploratory interfaces
- Data visualisation
- User centred development
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We brought together spatial and administrative data to estimate South Africa’s title deed backlog and built a dashboard to explore the backlog and beneficiary transfers.
Title Deed Backlog DashboardPrimary research
Where there is no data, we make it up. Properly. We design and undertake primary research to generate the evidence that doesn’t yet exist. Through interviews, fieldwork and surveys, we connect quantitative evidence with human perspectives to understand what the numbers alone cannot explain.
Core expertise
- Research design
- Qualitative interviews
- Survey design and analysis
- Fieldwork and observation
- Market and policy research
- Evidence synthesis
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We combined existing data and stakeholder interviews to assess the potential for small scale black soldier fly farming.
Waste to Value: Black Soldier Fly