About Research360 Africa

Research grounded in African realities.

Research360 Africa designs and delivers social research, evaluation and field implementation across African markets. We combine local field capability with structured research management so evidence is credible, comparable and useful for decisions.

How we work →Research standards

ContextLocal knowledge

DeliveryVisible controls

EvidenceBuilt for decisions

Who we are

We work where research quality depends on understanding people, systems and implementation conditions - not only the questionnaire.

Research360 Africa is a full-service social research agency supporting NGOs, donors, public institutions and development partners with mixed-method research, evaluation and field implementation across African markets.

Our work spans communities, institutions, service users and programme participants, with experience across health, WASH, education, gender, youth, livelihoods, governance and inclusion. Depending on the brief, Research360 can lead the full study, coordinate country implementation, or provide specialist fieldwork and data-collection support.

We combine qualitative depth with quantitative rigour, while making sampling, recruitment, training, respondent protection, supervision, quality assurance and final handover visible from the outset.

Our goal: to capture lived experiences and translate them into culturally relevant, decision-ready evidence that strengthens programmes and informs action.

Quant + QualIntegrated study design and field implementation

CAPI / CATITechnology-enabled data collection and monitoring

FGDs / IDIsCommunity and stakeholder qualitative research

Multi-countryCoordination across diverse African contexts

What defines our work

Local delivery. Consistent research standards.

Our role is to connect the research question, field implementation and data quality to the decisions the evidence needs to support.

Context before instruments

Tools and recruitment plans are adapted to language, mobility, service access, cultural norms and local implementation realities.

Fieldwork with controls

Training, piloting, supervision, back-checking and real-time monitoring are designed into the field plan rather than added after problems emerge.

Participant protection

Consent, confidentiality, safeguarding and appropriate referral protocols are treated as operational requirements, not compliance language.

Evidence that can be used

Outputs are structured around the research question and the decisions stakeholders need to make after the study.

People and context remain central.Research design must work in the settings where programmes and services are actually delivered.

African research realities

Designed for real field conditions.

Social research frequently involves constraints that cannot be solved from a desk. Our delivery model anticipates them early.

Sampling, mobilisation and logistics are adapted for remote, displaced, pastoralist and otherwise difficult-to-reach populations while documenting any practical limitations.

Translation, interviewer matching and tool adaptation are handled with attention to how questions are understood locally, not only literal translation.

Teams are trained around consent, privacy, referral pathways and safeguarding for work involving adolescents, health, protection, gender and vulnerability.

Common protocols, shared training standards and central QA help preserve comparability while allowing country teams to respond to local conditions.

How we work

A clear process from research question to handover.

The delivery process is structured so clients can see where methodological decisions, field controls and quality checks sit throughout the assignment.

Frame

Clarify the research question, decision use, indicators, population and field constraints.

Design

Sampling, tools, translations, recruitment protocols, ethics and field systems.

Prepare

Programme tools, recruit teams, train, pilot and resolve field-readiness issues.

Collect & control

Supervision, live monitoring, back-checks, validation and issue escalation.

Handover

Clean data, documentation, analysis inputs and evidence packaged for use.

Research standards

Ethics and quality are part of delivery.

We build participant protection and data-quality controls into how the study is planned, staffed, supervised and documented.

Informed consent

Clear participation information, voluntary consent and age-appropriate assent/guardian processes where required.

Safeguarding

Field protocols for vulnerable participants, sensitive disclosures, escalation and referral.

Data protection

Controlled access, secure transfer, minimised identifiers and documented handover expectations.

Quality assurance

Supervision, verification, field dashboards, back-checks and transparent issue logs.

Field protocols have to work in practice.Ethics, safeguarding and QA are operational systems, not standalone statements.

Engagement model

Research360 can lead, implement or support.

The operating model is defined by the assignment. Research360 can take responsibility for the full study, implement a centrally designed study in-country, or provide specialist fieldwork and data-collection support.

MODEL 01

Full research & evaluation lead

Research360 takes responsibility for the study architecture and delivery chain.

Study design and methodology
Sampling and tools
Field implementation
Analysis and reporting

MODEL 02

Country implementation partner

We localise and execute a centrally designed study within one or more African markets.

Local approvals and mobilisation
Translation and adaptation
Field teams and supervision
Country-level quality control

MODEL 03

Fieldwork & data collection specialist

We provide the implementation layer required by consultancies, NGOs and research leads.

CAPI / CATI / qualitative fieldwork
Recruitment and training
Back-checking and validation
Clean data and documentation

African delivery

Country knowledge with common research controls.

Research360 coordinates studies across diverse African contexts while maintaining shared protocols for training, supervision, quality assurance and data handover.

East Africa

West Africa

Central Africa

Southern Africa

Coverage is mobilised through trained local teams and delivery partners, with field protocols adapted to language, logistics and operating conditions in each market.

Selected organisations

Experience around complex social and development questions.

Our experience includes research and field delivery across complex social and development programmes, with our role defined by the needs of each assignment.

Engagements may include direct commissions, consortium delivery, country implementation or specialist fieldwork support.

Discuss a study

Need evidence from African communities, systems or service users?

Share the geography, population, research question and expected timeline. We can respond with an implementation approach and clarify the role Research360 should play.

Submit RFP / RFQ →Email project team