Digital Work and Enterprise
Projects Engender and Fair explore digital-platform stakeholders and the experience of work in the platform economy.
Project Experience
Selected projects from our company profile, reflecting the breadth of questions, sectors and research approaches we work with.
SELECTED EXPERIENCE
Real Questions. Research That Matters.
From digital livelihoods to urban mobility, explore the challenges we have helped organisations understand.
Digital economyProject Engender
Understanding the Digital World of Work.
A national study commissioned by the International Labour Organization through Lagos Business School, examining digital platforms and their stakeholders, including health workers, artisans, freelancers and microtask workers.
Transport & public policyProject Lane
A Clearer View of Urban Mobility.
A mixed-method study of traffic congestion in Lagos State, combining 48 in-depth stakeholder interviews with a face-to-face survey of 1,000 respondents across the five divisions of Lagos.
Entrepreneurship & developmentProject WED
Listening to Women Shaping Enterprise.
A study of the challenges facing women entrepreneurs in Nigeria, using focus groups, stakeholder interviews and face-to-face quantitative surveys in Lagos, Port Harcourt and Abuja.
Financial servicesProject Pension
Understanding the Modern Pension Consumer.
Qualitative and quantitative research exploring market, customer behaviour and category insights in the pension industry.
Digital economyProject Fair
Exploring Fair Work in the Platform Economy.
In-depth interviews with 100 respondents across Lagos divisions to understand the five Fairwork principles among e-hailing and delivery platform stakeholders.
Consumer marketsProject Raffle
Evaluating Technology for the Lottery Industry.
Research into technological platforms for lottery businesses, with 12 focus groups and 2,000 survey respondents in Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt.
Transport & infrastructureProject Jet
Examining Airport Operations and Funding.
Quantitative and qualitative evaluation of airport operations and funding in Nigeria, Kenya and Zimbabwe, commissioned by the Nigerian Navy through Apples of Gold Consulting. Nigerian airports were visited and mystery shopped.
Financial servicesEvaluation Project Fraud
Evidence for Better Consumer Protection.
A mixed-method evaluation within a four-year consumer protection programme spanning Bangladesh, Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda, with particular attention to female SMEs. Commissioned by Positive Insights Africa for Glenbrook, USA.
Sustainability & manufacturingProject Supply
Investigating the Adoption of Green Finance.
Research into factors influencing green bond adoption and sustainable organisational performance, using a DEMATEL–ISM–EDAS methodology and insights from 50 key decision-makers in multinational manufacturing.
Trade & enterpriseProject B2B
Understanding Nigeria’s Export Businesses.
A structured quantitative survey of 209 indigenous companies exploring export orientation, dynamic capabilities, information control and environmental collaboration.
RESEARCH IN CONTEXT
The Method Follows the Question.
Our selected project experience includes national platform-economy research, mixed-method consumer studies, stakeholder interviews and structured business surveys. Each assignment represents a distinct research question and a defined context.
The details on these pages describe the scope recorded in the company profile: the study focus, reference organisation, period and documented methods. Sample figures describe the research undertaken.
People and Public Systems
Project Lane examines Lagos traffic congestion; Project WED explores challenges facing women entrepreneurs.
Markets and Organisational Decisions
Pension, Raffle, Supply and B2B bring research into consumer needs, technology, green finance and export businesses.
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