Mission
To help institutions working in and on Somalia turn mandates and ideas into practical, measurable interventions — bringing research, advisory, monitoring and implementation support together in one Somali-owned team.
About GeoAfrik
A Somalia-owned development advisory firm with more than 10 years of experience, supporting public institutions, development partners, NGOs and private-sector actors.
Who we are
We sit at the intersection of policy, programmes and implementation. From early-stage diagnostics and strategy development through design, implementation support, monitoring and verification, and learning, GeoAfrik helps clients translate mandates and ideas into practical, measurable interventions.
Vision
A Somalia where public institutions, enterprises and communities make decisions from evidence they own, and where the systems built around them continue to work long after any single programme ends.
Objectives
Strengthen institutional capability rather than substitute for it; produce evidence that is used rather than archived; and remain adaptable enough to stay useful as a fragile, fast-moving context shifts.
Why GeoAfrik
A distinctive combination of Somalia-based ownership and networks, strong analytical and research capability, and practical implementation experience across regions and sectors.
Impact in numbers
Figures we can point to a source for. Each one links to the work behind it.
Our Approach
We begin with context, build evidence around real decisions, and design for delivery from the first conversation.
Start from context
Every recommendation is shaped by institutional realities, local political economy and the conditions teams actually work within — not by how systems appear on paper.
Build usable evidence
Mixed-methods research, field verification and analysis sized to the decision in front of the client, rather than to the length of the report.
Design for delivery
Results frameworks, risk approaches and implementation arrangements defined alongside the strategy, so the plan survives contact with delivery.
Adapt as conditions change
Learning processes — MEL, TPM and reflective practice — embedded so clients can adjust course rather than discover problems at the endline.
Our Model
One coherent team across research, advisory, MEAL, communications and implementation support — able to plug into any stage of the policy, programme or investment cycle.
Somali-owned, Somali-based
Registered and operating in Somalia, working through Somali professionals and partner networks that reach across all Federal Member States, including hard-to-access locations.
One team, not a consortium
Research, MEAL, third-party monitoring, strategic communications and advisory sit inside a single team, so evidence moves between functions without hand-offs.
Plug into any stage
From early diagnostics and strategy through design, implementation support, monitoring, verification and learning — engaged for the whole arc or a single phase.
Advisory, not service delivery
We stay deliberately focused on advisory and implementation support rather than direct delivery of public services, so our evidence stays independent.
Our Values
Four commitments that shape how we enter, run and close every engagement.
Local ownership
We work alongside client teams and local stakeholders to strengthen local capability rather than substitute for it. Joint design, feedback loops and capacity transfer are built in.
Useful evidence
We prioritise clear problem diagnosis and practical options. Outputs are designed to be used by policymakers and practitioners — not simply read or archived.
Stronger institutions
We treat Somali institutions and communities as partners in design and implementation, not only as sources of data.
Lasting results
We value practical improvements that remain useful after an engagement ends, in a context where capacity and resources stay constrained.
What we do
Cross-cutting capabilities deployed on their own or combined along the programme cycle.
Expert domains
Four thematic pillars where we help clients design, deliver and evaluate change.
Work with us
We hire researchers, analysts, monitoring specialists and advisors who want their work used — by ministries, partners and communities, not filed away.
Our teams operate across Somalia, often in places that are difficult to reach and where the evidence base is thinnest. If that is the kind of work you want to do, we would like to hear from you.
Partners
Public institutions, development partners and private-sector clients we have worked with across Somalia.
Development Alternatives, Inc.
Finnish Church Aid
Ministry of Endowment and Religious Affairs - Somalia
Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs - Somalia
Office of the President - Somalia
Office of the Prime Minister - Somalia
Save the Children International
USAID