Research that goes below the surface.

We deliver rigorous market, consumer, and social research that helps organisations understand people, navigate complexity, and make better-informed business and public-sector decisions.

Focus groups, in-depth interviews, CAPI, CATI and CAWI

WHAT YOU SEEWHAT WE FINDWHAT YOU SEEWHAT WE FIND
500+studies delivered, 2016–2021
50people on the team
9 yrsof research experience
18African countries we’ve worked in

What we do

Five areas of work, each built on the same idea: talk to real people where they live, shop and spend time, then turn what they say into decisions.

All services

Market awareness

Know the market before you move.

Usage & attitude, scoping, segmentation, insight research, desk research

Client capital

Measure how customers feel about you.

Customer satisfaction, brand preference, engagement, recommendation

Offers’ portfolio

Shape and test what you plan to launch.

Ideation, concept creation, concept screening, test of potential, range optimisation

Brand

Understand where your brand stands.

Brand background, brand platform, image & positioning, brand architecture

Communication

Check that your message lands.

Social media research, pre-testing, post-testing & tracking, site optimisation, publication

Ice Lab researcher interviewing people at an outdoor venue Group discussion with young adults in a park Ice Lab data collection agents in branded vests

How we work

We combine qualitative depth with quantitative scale. Our field teams run interviews face to face, by phone and online, in English and local languages, reaching people from rural communities to city centres.

How our work splits

Qualitative 25%
Quantitative 75%

Quantitative, by method

CAPI 50%
CATI 20%
CAWI 30%

Selected work

All case studies
South Africa

Smirnoff Ice Double Black with Guarana

Method
CAPI
Sample
750
Fieldwork
17 days

Mapped who drinks the brand, how and where. The findings became the basis of the Explore the Night campaign and platform.

Botswana, Namibia, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique

PPC Cement: brand preference and loyalty

Method
CATI
Sample
1,500
Fieldwork
20 days

Found two kinds of buyer: loyalists who stay for strength, durability and availability whatever the price, and price-led buyers steered by clients, sales teams and bosses.

Niger and Senegal

Diaper usage in rural communities

Method
CAPI
Sample
3,600
Fieldwork
21–25 days

Showed that cost was keeping usage low, and recommended the client introduce smaller, more affordable pack sizes.

Brands we’ve worked with

Have a question your data can’t answer?

Tell us what you need to know. We’ll design the study, run the fieldwork and bring back findings you can act on.