Our Mission
The African Consulting Group was founded in response to the overwhelming demand for data, research and information in some of the most challenging environments in Africa. While we aim to produce reliable and high-quality research in these complex settings, we also make long-term investments in building the capacity of national staff to serve as researchers and consultants. Through this approach, not only do we ensure that today’s decision-makers are able to create evidence-based policies and programs, but we also establish a research legacy and sustainable technical services industry within each country we work in.
Our Approach
The African Consulting Group’s proven approach is founded on the interplay between capacity building of our staff, and adherence to stringent quality assurance procedures. Our full-time national research staff do not operate on a project basis, but rather learn and grow from each experience in the field, as permanent members of our country teams. Our researchers are trained to implement a variety of on-site, real time quality checks, while our in-country project management staff employ a second level of near real-time checks utilizing our remote data analysis capabilities.
As a local entity, African has the unique capability to provide this level of continuous support, oversight, and mentorship to our researchers before, during and after fieldwork. As such, each research project is an opportunity to continue to build our staff, so as to improve performance over time and to raise the overall standard of our data quality. In general, African accomplishes this in three innovative ways.
Our Technology
The African Consulting Group is able to achieve this real-time flow of information and communication through our innovative digital data collection technologies. We have utilized smartphone data collection for more than 100 projects to date – and our stock of smartphones and tablets allow us to ensure data quality in some of the most difficult areas for research in the world
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