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Informed public servants.

Better services for those who need them most.

We build simple data tools inside government institutions in Nigeria and across Africa, with the frontline workers who use them, grounded in evidence and co-created for daily use.

Latest Blog

Bringing learning to students who cannot be in class all day

July 2026  ·  Abiola Oyebanjo

Latest News

HRW 2026: Nigeria's security forces face persistent accountability gaps

Feb 2026  ·  Human Rights Watch

Latest Research

Gender inequality in the Nigerian civil service: evidence from Abuja

2025  ·  SAGE Journals

The problem we solve

Nigerian government agencies collect data they cannot use.

01

Crime, Violence & Peace

Officers log crimes in notebooks. Commanders guess where to send patrols. The data that could guide better decisions never reaches them.

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02

Gender

Institutions collect service data but never disaggregate it. Gender based disparities stay invisible in the aggregate, so nothing gets done about them.

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03

Social Protection

The institutions that hold citizen records and the ones that deliver support rarely connect. People who qualify for help fall through the gaps between them.

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04

Education

Many secondary students miss class for farm work and other duties. They fall behind on the curriculum and have no way to catch up on their own time.

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How we work differently

Evidence. Simple technology. Co-creation.

01

Evidence

We listen to frontline workers before designing anything. Evidence of the real problem. not the assumed one. shapes everything that follows. We measure honestly and publish what we learn, including what did not work.

02

Simple Technology

No new software. No IT department required. We build with tools government workers already have. systems that are simple enough to survive when we leave.

03

Co-Creation

The people closest to the problem shape what gets built. Internal champions sustain it after we leave. The measure of success is whether the people who need better services are actually receiving them.

What we focus on

Four focus areas. One way of working.

01

Crime, Violence & Peace

How do security institutions use data to make better frontline decisions?

We work with Nigerian security institutions to build simple tools that move crime evidence from the officer on the ground to the commander making patrol decisions. Co-designed, sustainable, and measurable.

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02

Gender

Where are the data gaps that make gender disparities invisible?

Simple additions to existing data collection surface what was always there but never seen. Once institutions can see a disparity in the data, responding to it becomes possible.

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03

Social Protection

How do you make sure support reaches the people who actually qualify for it?

The systems that register citizens and the systems that deliver benefits rarely talk to each other. We are designing a simple coordination layer that lets institutions confirm who qualifies and route support to them, without moving sensitive data out of the agencies that already hold it.

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04

Education

How do students keep learning when they cannot be in class all day?

Many secondary students miss school for farm work and other duties, and fall behind on the curriculum. We are designing AI supported learning labs where students use games to catch up on what they missed and keep learning on their own schedule, built with the Ministry of Education and its agencies.

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When government fails, the poorest pay the price.

We fix the data systems
that make government work.

If your institution collects data it cannot use, we want to hear from you.

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