Research and Evidence
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Evaluating the Digitization Of Justice During Covid-19 In Kenya And Rwanda
- 23 February 2024
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No CommentsSauti East Africa in collaboration with Kituo Cha Sheria and Legal Aid Forum Rwanda has produced a report on the impact of ICT in the justice sector among the poor and the vulnerable in Kenya and Rwanda.
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Trends And Patterns in Resilience and Innovation by Informal Cross Border Traders in East Africa: Case Study of Youth and Female-Owned Businesses Before & Post-Covid-19
- 5 September 2023
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Sauti East Africa, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme, has produced a report comparing business activities of youth and female-owned businesses before & after-COVID-19. This report presents a quantitative understanding of the trends and patterns in resilience and innovation by informal cross-border trade (ICBT) in East Africa.
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Market Monitoring and Predictive Modelling Information Platforms
- 23 March 2022
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Sauti has been working on a market monitoring and predictive modelling project with the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) in order to improve access to previously-hard-to-gather market prices. As part of this project, Sauti also successfully piloted a USSD virtual marketplace to improve market linkages of traditionally excluded businesses.
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A Cross Border Trade Reporting Experiment From Kenya Small-Scale Cross Border Traders, Corruption And Mobile Phones
- 18 June 2021
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Since 2019, via Sauti Collect, Sauti has been able to offer an end-to-end USSD mobile data collection solution, from survey design and testing, to survey deployment and monitoring of incoming results – all from one user-friendly dashboard.
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Needs Assessment: Kenya’s Women in Trade
- 7 June 2021
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Sauti conducted an extensive study to assess the information needs of women in trade in Kenya with the aim of adding value to women’s trading activities and thereby improving the socio-economic conditions of women involved in trade in East Africa.
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Analysing the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Cross-Border Trade in East Africa
- 6 May 2021
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Informal cross-border trade has been particularly vulnerable to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, both in terms of exposure to the virus and government regulations restricting trade movement. With Sauti’s Trade & Market Information Platform, as well as our Trade Insights dashboard, we determined how cross-border trade behaviour has changed during the pandemic.
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Overcoming Data Collection Obstacles for East Africa’s Women Cross-Border Traders: Evidence from Sauti East Africa
- 14 March 2021
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We employ user interaction data from Sauti’s market and trade information platforms to analyze how CBTs prioritize different types of business information and the demographic effects on business information needs.
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Feasibility Study on the Construction of a New Kenyan Cross-Border Market
- 19 January 2016
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Sauti was enlisted to carry out a feasibility study for the construction of a new cross-border market in Kenya. The aim of the study was to identify the needs of different stakeholders to inform the design, construction and operations of the market. With the use of Sauti’s research consulting services, as well as the Sauti Collect data collection tool, we were able to provide a scalable and comprehensive data collection solution to identify the varying needs of the market stakeholders.
