Kimetrica (Ethiopia)

Kimetrica LLC's mission is to improve the quality and accountability of service delivery in the non-profit sector through the provision of affordable knowledge management tools, data, and training services. We help governments, international organizations, NGOs and community organizations make decisions based on the best available information. Typically, our clients have specialized information needs that go beyond the capabilities of conventional business intelligence and management information tools. Kimetrica provides bespoke solutions to organizations with missions that are bigger than just making profits, and who need to know more than just the bottom line. Much of our work focuses on measuring performance for complex projects and on managing risk in highly unstable and disaster-prone environments.

Working for governments and international aid agencies, we had seen large budgets being spent on tackling global challenges and responding to disasters. But major decisions were being made based on gut feeling or political expedience rather than hard evidence. We wanted to do things differently.

From an office in Nairobi, Kenya, a small team started experimenting with new software and research methods for ensuring that hard evidence was delivered to decision-makers in a meaningful format. We built prototype tools for measuring impact and performance and for managing disasters. These tools have been continuously refined since then, adapting to new thinking, technological change, and the evolving needs of our clients.