Research and Consultancy Support
Desk research, literature and evidence reviews, and research capacity for consultancies working to a deadline.
What this covers : Research and Consultancy SupportResearch services, Kenya
Research, data and reporting support for organisations
Angavu Africa Insights gives organisations extra capacity for desk research, data analysis, transcription and reporting. Our specialist subject area is crime, criminal justice and public safety.
Work is quoted per project, after we have seen the scope and the deadline.
Services
Five ways we can help
Four of these apply to any research or reporting project. The fifth is the subject area the business specialises in.
Data Cleaning, Tabulation and Analysis
Cleaning and checking client datasets, then descriptive analysis and clear tables and charts.
What this covers : Data Cleaning, Tabulation and AnalysisResearch Transcription and Language Support
Interview and focus-group transcription, including English and Swahili, formatted for analysis.
What this covers : Research Transcription and Language SupportWorkshop Documentation and Reporting
Rapporteur services, workshop proceedings, consultation summaries and action-point reports.
What this covers : Workshop Documentation and ReportingSpecialist focus
Crime, Criminal Justice and Public Safety Research
The specialist focus of the business: evidence reviews, analysis and reporting on crime, justice and public safety.
About this work : Crime, Criminal Justice and Public Safety ResearchFull service details, deliverables and what we need from you
Specialist focus
Crime, criminal justice and public safety
This is the subject area the business is built around. It means that when a project concerns crime, policing, courts, corrections or community safety, the research is not being done by someone meeting the field for the first time.
The work is desk based and analytical: reviewing what the published evidence says, examining data you already hold, and setting out findings in a form a policy or programme audience can use.
About our crime and justice researchSubject areas
- Crime patterns and crime prevention
- Victimisation
- Criminal justice systems and processes
- Justice-sector governance and accountability
- Corrections, rehabilitation and reintegration
What this is not
We do not offer private investigation, background screening, security consultancy or
security risk assessment, and we are not a government or law-enforcement body.
Who we help
Organisations that need research capacity
These are the kinds of organisations the services are designed for, and the situations that usually prompt an enquiry.
Research consultancies
A contract has been won and the timeline is tight. We take a defined piece of the work, such as the background review or the data tables, under an agreed scope.
NGOs and community organisations
A donor expects workshop proceedings, an activity report or evidence behind a programme design, and nobody on the team has the time to write it.
Development programmes
Monitoring data needs cleaning and tabulating for reporting, or consultations need documenting consistently across several counties.
Independent consultants
One person cannot screen four hundred documents and write the report. We work as the second pair of hands on an agreed part of it.
Businesses and institutions
A board, committee or management team needs a clear written record of meetings, or a summary of the evidence before a decision.
Civil society and justice organisations
Work on governance, justice or public safety needs an evidence review or an analytical brief that will stand up to scrutiny.
How it works
From enquiry to delivery
Nothing starts until the scope, the price and the arrangements are agreed in writing. That protects both sides and is the reason quotes are given per project rather than from a price list.
More on how we work-
Tell us about the project
Send the scope, the output you need and the deadline through the enquiry form.
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We review it
We look at what is involved, whether we can do it well, and what it would take.
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We clarify and quote
We ask anything that is unclear, then set out the scope, deliverables, timeline and price.
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Work begins once agreed
Work starts after the scope, price and arrangements have been confirmed by both sides.
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Deliverables are submitted
You receive the agreed outputs, with the revision rounds set out in the quote.
Sample work
What a deliverable looks like
The business is newly established, so rather than describe past assignments we have not done, these are demonstration pieces written for this website. Every one is labelled, and each uses either synthetic data or cited public sources.
Descriptive data summary
A cleaned dataset written up with frequency tables, cross-tabulation and a note on what the data cannot show. Uses synthetic data.
Read the sampleWorkshop action-point report
Proceedings from a fictional two-day workshop, with a decisions log and an action table showing owners and dates.
Read the sampleEvidence review brief
A short structured review showing how sources are screened, summarised and referenced for a programme audience.
Read the sampleCrime and justice research brief
An analytical brief on a justice topic, drawing on published sources with attribution and dates throughout.
Read the sampleTell us about your project
Describe what you need and when you need it. We will come back with a quote, or tell you straight away if it is not work we can take on.