Our Services

What We Offer

Comprehensive Consulting Solutions

Market Intelligence & Evidence-Based Sector Analysis

iLab has extensive experience applying market systems thinking, value chain analysis, and investment-oriented diagnostics to identify scalable livelihood and employment opportunities, with a strong focus on youth, inclusion, and climate sensitivity.

Our capabilities include:
• Market assessments for displaced and host communities
• Value chain analysis across agriculture, livestock, and financial services
• Gender-sensitive market research
• Investment opportunity mapping
• Financial inclusion assessments

Climate Resilience, DRR & Anticipatory Action

iLab supports national and community-level efforts to strengthen climate resilience, disaster risk reduction, and anticipatory action, linking climate analysis with markets and livelihoods.

Our capabilities include:
• Climate vulnerability and capacity assessments (GCVCA)
• Disaster Risk Management (DRM) policy review
• National capacity assessments (e.g., NADFOR)
• Community risk profiling
• Climate adaptation programme design

Market Systems Development (MSD)

We design solutions that strengthen productive sectors—agriculture, livestock, trade, and investment—while promoting private-sector integration and commercialization.

Our capabilities include:
• Market systems assessments
• Green, climate-sensitive value chain analysis
• Investable value chain identification
• Private sector engagement strategies
• Programme commercialization pathways

Gender Equality, Youth & Social Inclusion

iLab integrates gender equality, youth empowerment, and rights-based approaches across evaluations, market studies, and resilience programming.

Our capabilities include:
• Gender market assessments
• Youth economic opportunity studies
• FGM/C and GBV programme evaluations
• Women’s economic empowerment analysis
• Inclusive livelihood programming

Governance, Conflict Sensitivity & Peacebuilding

iLab conducts conflict-sensitive and governance-focused studies to ensure programmes contribute to peaceful cohesion and do no harm.

Our capabilities include:
• Conflict sensitivity assessments
• Community cohesion analysis
• Peacebuilding programme evaluations
• Do No Harm analysis
• Governance assessments

Research & Institutional Learning

iLab acts as a knowledge partner, strengthening local research systems and institutional learning through rigorous qualitative and quantitative methodologies.

Our capabilities include:
• Baseline, midline, and final evaluations
• Qualitative study support (FGDs, KIIs)
• Data collection, cleaning, and transcription
• Composite index development
• Policy and framework development