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Show where any claim came from.

We audit, build and run the data systems behind reports for programme partners, research firms, NGOs and government in South Africa. Every claim in the result stays linked to the document, page or record it came from.

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Evidence work on projects for the Social Employment Fund, COGTA, UNICEF Zambia and UNICEF State of Palestine.

Work you can check

Four of our systems are public. You can open them and look at the work yourself.

Three ways to work with us

Most work starts with an audit. Some clients come to us with a build already scoped, or with a system that needs someone to keep it right.

Data System Audit

Most work starts here

A straight answer about what is wrong with your information, what it would take to fix and what that would cost.

4 to 6 weeks About the audit

Data System Build

The working system, built and handed over, with the trail back to source intact.

3 months minimum About the build

Managed Data Service

Once the system is running, we process what comes in, run the checks, produce the reporting cycle and put our name against the output.

6 months minimum About the managed service

Already won a contract and need an evidence team inside it? Research firms and lead consultants bring us in for that. How that works

What we are usually asked to fix

  • Partner and M&E reporting that will not add up.

    Twenty organisations report in twenty formats and someone senior turns it into one report every cycle.

    See the work Read the guide

  • Interviews and case material that need to become findings.

    Coding drifts between analysts, the report is due, and nobody can find the quote behind a finding.

    See the work Read the guide

  • Public submissions and consultation comments.

    Hundreds of responses in different formats, and every theme in the final document has to trace back to who said it.

    See the work Read the guide

  • Large bodies of legislation, policy or regulation.

    Long documents that have to be broken into records a reviewer can check one at a time.

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  • A report that is late.

    The evidence is scattered, the deadline has not moved, and analysis and drafting are waiting on each other.

    See the work

  • Paper and scanned records.

    The records exist but cannot be searched, and retrieval takes days.

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All the problems we work on

Selected work

All case studies

How a piece of work runs

  1. Conversation

    You tell us what you are working with and what question it has to answer.

  2. Scope

    We agree what is included, what is not, and what the price rests on, in writing.

  3. Delivery

    You get a named contact, agreed review points and a midpoint deliverable.

  4. Handover or ongoing service

    Your team takes it over, or we keep running it.

We do this work in EvidenceOS, software we built for it. See how it works

Guides from our method

How we keep claims traceable, written up so your team can use the method too.

Who we work with

  • Programme implementing partners
  • Research and evaluation consultancies
  • NGOs
  • Government departments and municipalities
  • CSI and sustainability teams

Have records that need to answer a question?

Tell us what you are working with. We will tell you plainly whether we are the right fit.

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