Research capacity where your organisation needs it.

Engage us as your Kenya research partner, a managed fieldwork team or a source of decision-ready local intelligence.

Core engagements

Three clear reasons to bring us into a project.

We do not sell generic access to freelancers. Kenya Research Desk accepts an organisational brief, assembles the appropriate capability and remains accountable for delivery.

Local research partnership

For international consultancies, universities and organisations that need a dependable Kenyan partner—not merely a contact list.

Local context and feasibility input during proposal development
Researcher, enumerator and field-team coordination
Stakeholder access, interview scheduling, transcription and translation
County logistics, local verification and field supervision
White-label delivery or a disclosed consortium role

Evaluations & field research

For NGOs, foundations, research institutions and public-interest programmes that require defensible evidence from people, communities and institutions.

Baseline, endline, outcome and process evaluations
Qualitative, quantitative and mixed-method studies
Key-informant interviews, focus groups and surveys
Respondent recruitment, consent and documented field protocols
Stakeholder mapping, political-economy and implementation research

Market & decision intelligence

For companies, investors, consultancies and organisations that need to understand a Kenyan opportunity before committing resources.

Kenya market-entry and sector briefs
Competitor, supplier, distributor and partner mapping
Customer, user and stakeholder research
Feasibility, opportunity and risk assessment
Rapid evidence briefs for defined management or policy decisions

Supporting capabilities

Methods and workstreams combined to fit the assignment.

These capabilities can be commissioned within a larger engagement or, where appropriate, as a focused standalone workstream.

Desk and evidence research

Literature, policy, regulatory, sector and organisational evidence synthesis.

Qualitative research

Interview and focus-group design, recruitment, facilitation, transcription and analysis.

Surveys and quantitative work

Instrument review, piloting, collection, cleaning, descriptive analysis and reporting.

Fieldwork management

County logistics, training, supervision, verification, safeguarding and field records.

Stakeholder mapping

Identification, categorisation, influence analysis, outreach and interview scheduling.

Data and reporting

Qualitative coding, statistical analysis, visualisation, GIS and decision-ready outputs.

Not an academic-writing service

Professional research only.

We support legitimate organisational, commercial, policy and independent research.

We do not write assignments, proposals, dissertations or theses for submission as a student’s own work.

We also decline fabricated data, predetermined conclusions, covert personal-data access and work that lacks necessary consent or approvals.

Commercial approach

Scope first. Quote second.

Public “menu pricing” creates the wrong expectation for field and institutional research. We quote after understanding the method, team, locations, risk, approvals, deliverables and procurement requirements.

Defined scope

The proposal records objectives, questions, method, sample, deliverables, exclusions, responsibilities and assumptions.

Transparent quotation

Professional fees, field costs, participant incentives, travel, data purchases, taxes and payment milestones are identified where applicable.

Contracted safeguards

Confidentiality, intellectual property, data handling, conflicts, client-contact rules and change control are agreed before work begins.

Have terms of reference?

Send the TOR—or start with the decision.

We will assess fit, identify gaps and recommend a realistic team, method, timetable and commercial structure.

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