Ugandan-registered research and evaluation firm, established 2017
Nate Africa Consulting helps development organisations turn data into decisions. Baselines, evaluations, research studies, market assessments, feasibility studies and monitoring and learning systems, delivered across Uganda, South Sudan and the wider East Africa region.
Focus group discussion, community fieldwork
What we do
Substantial recent work in WASH, food security, agriculture and nutrition, and monitoring, evaluation and learning, delivered by specialists rather than stretched generalists.
Market assessments, equity studies and facility surveys under the UNICEF and WHO equitable access lens.
Baselines, evaluations, market and value chain assessments and outcome monitoring.
Our founding discipline. Baseline to final evaluations, MEL systems and results frameworks.
Household and facility surveys, situational analyses, policy reviews and case study work.
Climate risk and vulnerability assessments combining projections, field evidence and spatial analysis.
Spatial planning, mapping and geo-data work with GPS and total station survey controls.
Financial and economic appraisal to Uganda Public Investment Management standards.
Skills transfer and systems strengthening for client and government staff.
Featured work
Mixed methods design. Facility surveys at 32 schools and 32 health centres via KoboToolbox and 16 focus group discussions. Analysis in SPSS and Stata including concentration indices and logistic regression.
Profiled 41 organisations across eleven districts and Soroti City in a 32-day field-to-report window, documenting a projected collective resource base of more than 500 staff and combined annual budgets exceeding 41 billion Ugandan shillings.
First georeferenced sub-county climate risk picture for the district, including a GIS database, hazard and risk map series, prioritised adaptation options and a policy brief.
Selected clients and partners
In our clients' words
Both statements below are quoted from signed recommendation letters. The full letters are linked so you can read them in context.
“Feed the Future Uganda Inclusive Agricultural Markets (FtF IAM) Activity partnered with Nate Africa Consulting Ltd to conduct a critical learning study for Activity in Uganda, and their performance was outstanding.”
The letter cites technical expertise in market systems development and MEL4MSD methodologies, consistency in meeting deadlines, use of GIS mapping and network analysis, and adaptability in remote areas.
“The consultancy team demonstrated high levels of professionalism, technical competence and reliability throughout the assignment.”
The letter notes coverage of 16 districts, schools and health facilities, all milestones delivered on schedule, and evidence that is directly shaping WaterAid Uganda's programming in schools and health facilities.
About
Nate Africa Consulting Limited is a Ugandan-registered research, monitoring and evaluation firm established in 2017. We help development organisations turn data into decisions across Uganda, South Sudan and the wider East Africa region.
Evidence based decision making for organisational transformation and success.
To deliver evidence based insights for sustainable solutions in a complex world.
Plot 4 Kiwana Road, Bukoto, Kampala, Uganda
SOCADIDO Complex, P.O. Box 27, Soroti City, eastern Uganda
Generation of new ideas and methods.
Constructive collaboration with clients and partners.
Honesty and integrity in how data and findings are handled.
Timely delivery of quality services.
Putting people and the organisations served first.
Substantial recent work in WASH, food security, agriculture and nutrition, and M&E, staffed by specialists rather than stretched generalists.
Small teams led by experienced principals who do the analytical work themselves.
An eastern Uganda base and partner networks in South Sudan and Somalia enabling credible data collection in refugee-hosting, pastoral and post-conflict settings.
We are explicit about what the evidence can and cannot support. Findings are stated with the confidence the data justifies, not more.
Standardised digital data capture, secure storage and reproducible analysis using KoboToolbox, SPSS, Stata, Atlas.ti, Power BI and QGIS.
Services
Each practice area combines proven methods with the digital tools the assignment needs, from KoboToolbox data capture through SPSS, Stata, Atlas.ti and QGIS analysis to Power BI reporting.
Market assessments, equity studies and facility surveys covering functionality, accessibility, water quality and waste management. We apply the UNICEF and WHO equitable access lens.
Baselines, evaluations, market and value chain assessments and outcome monitoring. Enterprise experience across sesame, groundnuts, soybeans, cassava, green grams, poultry, apiary and aquaculture, plus MNCH and nutrition baseline work in refugee-hosting districts.
The firm's founding discipline. Baseline, midline, endline and final evaluations, MEL systems, results frameworks and theories of change. We apply the OECD DAC evaluation criteria.
Household and facility surveys, situational and needs analyses, policy and desk reviews, most significant change and case study work.
Climate risk and vulnerability assessments combining downscaled climate projections with participatory field evidence and spatial analysis.
Spatial planning, mapping and geo-data work with survey controls through GPS and total station.
Pre-feasibility and feasibility studies, financial and economic appraisal to Uganda Public Investment Management standards, including cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis and Integrated Bank of Projects documentation standards.
Skills transfer and systems strengthening for client and government staff.
How we work
Select a stage to see what happens in it and the methods and tools we use. Quality assurance, ethics, gender and inclusion, and data protection run across every stage.
Hard-to-reach settings
Pastoral Karamoja, refugee-hosting West Nile, lake islands in Kalangala and payams across South Sudan. Credible data from difficult places is what the firm was built to deliver.
Projects and track record
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Mixed methods design. Facility surveys at 32 schools and 32 health centres via KoboToolbox and 16 focus group discussions. Analysis in SPSS and Stata including concentration indices and logistic regression.
Four-district WASH market assessment producing recommendations for market-based, community-sustainable models in a pastoral setting.
Profiled 41 organisations across eleven districts and Soroti City in a 32-day field-to-report window. Documented a projected collective resource base of more than 500 staff and combined annual budgets exceeding 41 billion Ugandan shillings. Sesame and soybeans scored as leading investment priorities. 79-page report.
Assessed how Feed the Future Inclusive Agricultural Markets direct partners built the capacity of agri-SMEs and member-based organisations, across selected districts including Karamoja resilience zones and refugee-hosting districts.
First georeferenced sub-county climate risk picture for the district, including a GIS database, hazard and risk map series, prioritised adaptation options and a policy brief.
Spatial planning and rural growth centre planning for Koboko District.
Public investment appraisal methodology, structured to Uganda national planning and budgeting documentation standards.
Our people
Small teams led by experienced principals who do the analytical work themselves.
Over 18 years of monitoring and evaluation experience. Member of Uganda's National Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Working Group. MSc Monitoring and Evaluation, graduated top of class. MSc Population Studies, University of Groningen, under a Netherlands Fellowship. BSc Statistics and Economics, Makerere University. Public Investment Management training at Makerere University. First-place winner of the 2022 IPDET Global Evaluation Hackathon.
Development economist with a PhD in Economics from Makerere University. Manager of the Public Investment Management Centre of Excellence. Training of Trainers in Investment Appraisal and Risk Analysis at GIMPA, Ghana, with certificates from Queen's University and Cambridge Resources International. Prior work includes the World Bank Uganda Country Economic Memorandum and Systematic Country Diagnostic.
International consultant in agriculture, environment and policy.
Leads spatial planning, mapping and geo-data work.
Leads financial management, tax compliance and statutory reporting for the firm.
Manages project budgeting, disbursements and financial reporting across assignments.
Coordinates office administration, field logistics and research support.
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Geographic reach
We work from Uganda's Karamoja, Teso and West Nile sub-regions and the central, northern, eastern and western regions, into South Sudan through a registered in-country partner and national specialists, and into Somalia and Somaliland through partner firms. We have also delivered in Rwanda and across the East African Community.
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Cross-border assignments are delivered with established partner firms who bring registered in-country presence, national specialists and field networks.
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Contact
Tell us about the study, evaluation or system you have in mind and we will respond with a considered next step.
Plot 4 Kiwana Road, Bukoto, Kampala, Uganda
SOCADIDO Complex, P.O. Box 27, Soroti City, Uganda
Email: info@nateafrica.org
Telephone: +256 782 718421
Field notes and practice
Practice notes and data commentary from our assignments across Uganda and East Africa.
The Koboko CRVA uncovered South Sudan’s charcoal trade as an overlooked driver of forest loss in northern Uganda — a finding that did not appear in any official trade statistic.
Notes from building a bottom-up employment model for Uganda’s dairy value chain. One definitional choice moved the headline figure by 2.4 million people.
New digital services
Two new revenue-generating services built for M&E and research practitioners across East Africa.
Send us your Word or PDF questionnaire. We return a tested, deployment-ready XLSForm for KoboToolbox, ODK, or SurveyCTO within 72 hours. Skip logic, multilingual labels, repeat groups, and GIS fields all handled.
Upload your proposal and the RFP or ToR. Receive a six-criteria scored audit report within two hours. Gap analysis, top risk flag, and a full rewrite of your weakest section. USD 1 per page, minimum USD 20.