Managing Principal | Research, PMEAL Expert & Scrum Product Owner
Ndriakita SOLONIONJANIRINA (Nirina)
PhD candidate
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- Vision and mission
Not just another consulting firm. A platform for expertise and delivery.
Where intellectual rigour meets the practical ability to get things done, in research, evaluation, strategic planning and monitoring.
Core businessResearch, evaluation, strategic planning and monitoring
Way of workingAgile: iterate, learn fast, adjust continuously
MilestonesFounded April 2022 · reopened October 2026
01 · Our vision
Our commitment: to build, patiently and to exacting standards.
iLab was not set up to be just another consulting firm. We are building a platform for expertise and delivery that can stand alongside the best international institutions while staying grounded in field realities.
Our long-term ambition is to become a genuine collaborative ecosystem, recognised internationally, in which leading expertise, disciplined execution and talent development reinforce one another.
To be recognised not just for what we say, but for the consistency of what we deliver.
At the heart of how we work
Agility is not just one tool among many. It is how we grow.
Iterate
In short cycles
We move forward in steps that each produce a deliverable, like sprints, rather than following a fixed plan.
Learn fast
From experience
We feed the lessons of each assignment back into our methods and tools.
Adjust
Continuously
From our internal systems to the support we give our partners.
02 · Our mission
Linking rigorous thinking to real operational value.
- A reliable platform for expertiseIn research, evaluation, strategic planning and monitoring.
- Improving clarity, decisions and resultsEvery assignment should improve them for our partners, not just add another report.
- Creating real valueBy combining methodological rigour, operational discipline and collaborative intelligence, including in complex settings.
- Delivering, not just advisingWe see ourselves not as a conventional consulting firm, but as a platform for delivery.
// what we refuse
Superficial expertiseExpertise disconnected from field realitiesExpertise designed only to impress
03 · Our values
What guides every assignment.
Our values follow directly from our vision and mission: to build a platform for expertise and delivery, recognised for the consistency of what it delivers.
Methodological rigour
Exacting standards of thought
Sound, transparent methods that produce credible findings.
Disciplined execution
Consistent delivery
Being judged on what we deliver, not just on what we say.
Collaborative intelligence
Building with our partners
Leading expertise that grows stronger by working alongside teams and talent.
Grounded in field realities
Starting from the context
Expertise rooted in its context, including in complex settings.
Real value
Clarity, decisions, results
Every assignment should improve what our partners understand, decide and achieve.
Agility
Iterate, learn, adjust
At the heart of how we work and grow.
04 · Made in Africa Evaluation
Our values, aligned with Made in Africa Evaluation.
iLab subscribes to the African Evaluation Principles adopted in 2021 by the African Evaluation Association (AfrEA): evaluation “made in Africa”, rooted in African contexts, needs and knowledge, and informed by international good practice. These principles build on our own values and complement, rather than contradict, the frameworks of the agencies that commission our work.
PUseful to Africans
Evaluation that strengthens people's agency through participatory approaches, mutual accountability and local capacity strengthening.
Our value · real value · co-created evaluation questions and recommendations, training for national teamsTTechnically robust
Systematic, analytical and transparent methods that are efficient and culturally appropriate.
Our value · methodological rigour · impact evaluation designs, mixed methods, quality assuranceEEthically sound
Protecting people's rights, upholding diversity and inclusion, and addressing inequalities and power relations.
Our value · disciplined execution · consent, data protection, “do no harm”AAfrica-centred, not inward-looking
Addressing the questions that matter to Africa, drawing on knowledge from around the world, from the Global South and from communities.
Our value · grounded in field realities · local knowledge, national languages, national researchersCGlobally connected
Recognising interdependencies, assessing sustainability and contributing to wider transformation.
Our value · collaborative intelligence · exchanges with VOPEs and think tanksSource: AfrEA, African Evaluation Principles, 2021. Applied by iLab.
Independence rule
iLab never carries out quality assurance for an evaluation it is conducting or bidding for. We are never both judge and party.
Our team
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Complementary profiles, the same high standards.
A small core team leads every assignment and ensures quality and continuity, drawing on a network of associate experts and consultants for specialist skills and languages.
Founder & Head of Organizational Practice | Certified Scrum Master
Bavagnomora Joelle Prisca (Joelle)
Motion Graphics & Brand Content
Digital Content, Social Media & Visual Designer
Qualitative Research, Scientific Drafting & AI Workflows
Research Assistant & Academic Liaison
The team is supported by interns who learn on live assignments.
From evidence to use.
Credible evidence that decision-makers understand and use.
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Services
Five pillars, one cycle
From producing evidence to putting it to use.
See our services → Entry offersStart small
Five short, fixed-scope first assignments.
Compare → Team · FRA small core team
Leadership, research, communication, and a network of experts.
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