Academic Research Support

End-to-end support from topic identification to viva voce: proposals, literature review, methodology, editing and defence preparation — covering PhD, DBA, MPhil, EMBA, MBA, MSc, MA, LLM and other postgraduate and professional programmes, as well as undergraduate and honours research.

• Research topic identification and refinement
• Research concept note development
• Undergraduate project support
• Honours dissertation support
• MBA and EMBA dissertation consulting
• MSc and MA thesis consulting
• MPhil thesis support
• PhD and DBA dissertation consulting
• LLM research support
• Postdoctoral research advisory
• Research proposal development
• Literature review development
• Theoretical and conceptual framework design
• Research methodology design
• Questionnaire and interview guide development
• Pilot testing and instrument validation
• Ethical approval documentation support
• Thesis editing and proofreading
• Academic formatting and referencing
• Plagiarism review and originality enhancement
• Viva voce and oral defence preparation
• Journal manuscript preparation
• Conference paper development

Data Analytics & Statistics

SPSS, STATA, R, Python and advanced statistical modelling that turns raw data into decision-ready insight from cleaning a messy dataset to building the model that answers your research question.

• Data entry, cleaning, validation and coding
• Descriptive and inferential statistics
• Predictive analytics and regression modelling
• Structural equation modelling
• Time-series and survival analysis
• Machine learning and predictive analytics
• Geospatial analysis
• Dashboard and data visualization development

• Software & platforms we use — SPSS, STATA, R, Python, NVivo, ATLAS.ti, SmartPLS, AMOS, Power BI, Tableau, Excel, REDCap, Epi Info, KoboToolbox

Business & Strategic Consulting

Feasibility studies, business plans, organizational diagnostics and strategic decision support, backed by the same research rigor we apply to academic work.

Market Research & Consumer Intelligence

Understanding what customers actually think, want and do research that feeds directly into product, pricing and marketing decisions.

Medical & Public Health Research

Clinical, epidemiological and health systems research conducted to strict ethical standards, for practitioners, hospitals and health programmes.

• Clinical research support
• Epidemiological studies
• Health systems research
• Maternal and child health research
• Non-communicable disease studies
• Infectious disease studies
• Health economics research
• Healthcare quality improvement
• Hospital performance evaluations
• Public health programme evaluations
• Health business proposal development
• Medical data analysis
• Scientific manuscript preparation

Policy & Governance Research

Evidence-based policy analysis, and full Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) support for governments, NGOs and development partners.

MEAL (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning) specifically includes:

• Theory of Change development
• Logframe development
• Baseline, mid-term, final and impact evaluations
• Donor reporting
• Knowledge management

Grant & Publication Support

Funding proposals, donor concept notes, journal manuscripts and scientific communication — helping researchers and organizations get funded and get published.

• Grant proposal writing
• Donor concept notes
• Project design and budget preparation
• Results framework development
• Proposal review and editing
• Partnership development support
• Journal article and manuscript editing
• Technical and scientific proofreading
• Reference management and journal selection guidance
• Conference abstracts and scientific poster design

Research Design & Data Collection

The foundation underneath every service above — how a study is designed and how the data actually gets collected in the field.

Research design:

• Quantitative research
• Qualitative research
• Mixed-methods research
• Experimental studies
• Quasi-experimental studies
• Cross-sectional research
• Longitudinal research
• Cohort studies
• Case-control studies
• Case study research
• Action research
• Phenomenological research
• Ethnographic research
• Grounded theory
• Narrative inquiry
• Systematic & scoping reviews, meta-analysis

Data collection:

• Household and institutional surveys
• Customer satisfaction surveys
• Public opinion polling
• Community needs assessments
• Baseline, midline and endline evaluations
• Key informant interviews
• Focus group discussions
• Digital and mobile data collection
• Telephone and online data collection
• Enumerator recruitment and training
• Field supervision and quality control

Specialized Research Areas

Beyond our core service lines, we support a number of specialist sectors on request:

• Environmental, Energy & Sustainability — climate change research, environmental impact assessments, renewable energy and energy efficiency studies, carbon markets and ESG reporting, water resource management and air quality assessments
• Agriculture & Food Systems — agricultural value chain analysis, agribusiness feasibility, food security assessments, climate-smart agriculture research, rural livelihood studies
• Educational Research — research support for schools, universities and education-sector programmes
• Economic & Financial Research — economic analysis, financial research and investment-related studies
• Gender & Social Inclusion Research — research examining gender dynamics and social inclusion outcomes
• NGO & Donor-Funded Project Research — research and evaluation support tailored to donor and NGO reporting requirements
• Hospitality & Tourism Business Research — market and operational research for hospitality and tourism businesses
• Horsemanship & Equine Research — specialized research support for the equine sector