IMPACT · FOR FUNDERS & INSTITUTIONS

Digital technology in the service of development

ICT4D: Information & Communication Technologies for Development. We help funders, agencies and institutions design, frame and steer high-impact digital programmes across West Africa.

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The challenge

Digital programmes that must prove their impact

Funders and institutions invest in digital programmes across West Africa. To deliver, each one needs a sound diagnostic, solutions chosen for the need rather than the vendor, and data that shows what actually changed.

Needs before solutions
Programmes framed on a field diagnostic, not on a technology.
Vendor-neutral choices
Technical guidance and specifications ready for tender.
Steering as it happens
Implementation oversight and monitoring & evaluation.
Local ownership
Institutions that own and run what is built.

Wall of pink and yellow sticky notes grouping CGER’s needs, ranked by a team vote — CGER Vallée, SenegalMapping processes with the teams

Our approach

From diagnostic to deployment

We support funders, agencies and institutions at every stage of a programme, and stay vendor-neutral throughout.

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1. Diagnostic & design
Needs analysis and programme design, including terms of reference (ToR).
- Document review
- Co-creation workshops
- Terms of reference
2. Solution selection
Vendor-neutral technical guidance and procurement-ready specifications.
- Scoring grids
- Technical specifications
- Tender support
3. PMO & M&E
Project management support, implementation oversight and monitoring & evaluation.
- Implementation oversight
- Surveys & field missions
- OECD/DAC criteria
4. Capacity building
Training and skills transfer so institutions own what we build.
- Training & mentoring
- Coaching of local teams
- Skills transfer

Workshop at CGER: the team gathered around a table with laptops and documents

Impact

The result

Programmes that stand on evidence

From a 28-country study of social-impact organisations for Meta to the final evaluation of the Orange Digital Centers across 8 countries for GIZ, our work gives funders the evidence to decide, and institutions the means to carry on.