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Business Intelligence

Clear, targeted insight into the environment you operate in.

This service is designed for teams that need visibility across partners, competitors, funders, regulators, and policy shifts. We source, analyze, and package high-signal intelligence you can act on.

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Service lanes

Choose the lane that matches your operating context. Each lane includes a set of packages with clear use cases, deliverables, and typical turnaround.

Private sector

Private Sector and Corporate Strategy

Grounded analysis built for expansion, competitive positioning, and cross-border operations.

Package 1: Multinational Market Entry Dossier For market entry, expansion, or re-entry in regulated or politically complex environments.
Turnaround: 7–10 business days Format: 5–8 page exec report + annex
  • Tailored market overview (political structures, power dynamics, cycles, trade posture, investment climate).
  • Competitor intelligence scan (top 5–8 players; positioning; partnerships; transactions).
  • Entry barriers and policy friction (ownership limits, capital controls, local content mandates, regulatory shifts).
  • Stakeholder mapping (10–12 regulators and influential actors; engagement guidance).
Package 2: Financial Risk and Opportunity Memo For banks, PE/VC, sovereign wealth, and investment teams building an investment thesis.
Turnaround: 6 business days Format: scorecard + memo
  • Sector-specific investment climate overview (structures, oversight, investor protections, exits).
  • Deal pipeline scan (tenders, donor-backed funds, transactions, press signals).
  • Red flags memo (AML posture, FX controls, reporting quality, enforcement behavior).
  • One-page risk scorecard plus briefing memo for IC / LP-facing updates.
Package 3: Regulatory Watch For regulated industries requiring frequent, high-clarity updates on shifting frameworks.
Turnaround: 4–5 business days Cadence: one-off or recurring
  • Memo summarizing 3–5 consequential policy developments with status (draft/enacted/delayed).
  • Monitoring of pending legislation, decrees, and draft regulations relevant to your sector.
  • Competitive impact commentary (industry reaction, lobbying signals, coalitions).
  • Strategic implications and recommended next steps (BD, compliance, GR).
  • Source annex with links to original texts and references.
Public sector

Government and Public Sector

Strategy-oriented briefings that strengthen awareness, accountability, and response.

Package 1: Policy Landscape and Reform Tracking For teams needing clear overviews of policy shifts, reform momentum, and practical implications.
Turnaround: 5–7 business days
  • Summary of pending and current legislation, executive actions, and key rulings.
  • Stakeholder influence matrix (champions, spoilers, alignment signals).
  • Chronology of projected milestones and inflection points.
  • Donor commentary or conditionalities where relevant.
  • Strategic memo on program, budget, and implementation implications.
Package 2: Procurement and Stakeholder Transparency Scan For oversight, audit, or ethics units seeking red flags and performance concerns.
Turnaround: 6–9 business days
  • Scan of 12–24 months of tenders, awards, and procurement notices.
  • Network mapping of repeat bidders and interlocking directors.
  • Analysis of protests, anomalies, delays, amendments, and terminations.
  • Optional sentiment and press scan for public perception signals.
  • RAG dashboard with trends and anomaly flags.
Package 3: Policy Communications and Social Risk Monitoring For sensitive rollouts in education, health, land, law enforcement, and similar domains.
Turnaround: 5–8 business days
  • Press scan noting tone, frequency, and key framing narratives.
  • Social listening output where possible (discourse trends, misinformation).
  • Stakeholder mapping (unions, advocacy, religious/indigenous networks, opposition).
  • Flashpoint chronology from prior phases or comparable programs.
  • Mitigation guidance for comms, timelines, and staff considerations.
Donor sector

International Development and Donor-Funded Work

Field-aware briefings that strengthen program design, partner selection, and implementation readiness.

Package 1: Donor-Side Intelligence Briefing For multilaterals, donors, implementers, and research entities needing locally informed context.
Turnaround: 7–10 business daysFormat: 5–7 page briefing
  • Political economy and institutional landscape overview (constraints and bottlenecks).
  • Stakeholder mapping of 10–15 actors with influence and legitimacy indicators.
  • Operational risk register across key domains aligned to donor frameworks.
  • Vetting notes on 3–5 local delivery actors (red flags, credibility, ties).
  • Comparative scan of peer institutions active in the sector/geography.
Package 2: Local Partner Vetting and Ecosystem Scan For INGOs and procurement units needing discreet qualitative intelligence on subcontractors.
Turnaround: 6–9 business days
  • Profiles of 5–8 prospective partners (structure, leadership, footprint, donor history).
  • Affiliation and influence mapping (formal and informal ties, gatekeepers).
  • Operational risk intelligence (compliance issues, turnover, subgrant management).
  • Sentiment scan (press, watchdogs, forums, interviews where appropriate).
  • RAG memo ranking reliability, scalability, and delivery likelihood.
Package 3: Thematic Intelligence Pulse For theme monitoring: climate, food security, anticorruption, civic space, and more.
Turnaround: 6–8 business daysFormat: 4–5 page memo + visuals
  • Multi-source scan of media, proceedings, announcements, and research commentary.
  • Policy analysis of proposed, pending, and enacted changes relevant to the theme.
  • Actor map (12–15) categorized by influence, alignment, and access.
  • Chronology of major inflections and mobilizations with risk annotations.
  • Strategic guidance on framing sensitivities and entry points.
Legal advisory

Legal and Advisory Sector

Clean intelligence to support diligence mandates, compliance reviews, and client-facing advisory work.

Package 1: Sanctions and Compliance Exposure Review For exposure assessments involving sanctioned entities, PEPs, or informal actors.
Turnaround: 6–8 business daysFormat: 3–5 page memo
  • Review of applicable sanctions regimes (OFAC, UK, EU, UN) and applicability.
  • Tracing of indirect exposure vectors (subsidiaries, intermediaries, logistics).
  • Enhanced diligence checks and adverse media/legal scans.
  • Enforcement outlook and regulator posture in relevant jurisdictions.
Package 2: Local Partner Vetting and Reputation Scan For opaque environments where public data is limited and reputational context matters.
Turnaround: 6–9 business daysFormat: 5–6 page memo + sources
  • Profile (registration, shareholding history, key personnel, litigation footprint).
  • Cross-border verification checks across relevant jurisdictions.
  • Affiliation assessment (political patrons, security ties, procurement influence).
  • RAG summary with rationale and caveats.
Package 3: Competitor Intelligence and Operational Mapping For positioning, expansion planning, teaming decisions, and bidding strategy.
Turnaround: 6–9 business days
  • Scan of 5–8 peer firms active in the target geography or sector.
  • Mapping of staffing models, subcontracting, and delivery structure.
  • Comparative breakdown of common commercial models (retainers, tiers).
  • Optional briefing deck formatted for internal BD/partner conversations.

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