Data Innovator Seeks To Offer Quality Communication Services. Data Innovator is a creative strategic information consultancy based in Johannesburg, which provides services in planning, monitoring & evaluation, and communication. It was founded in 2015 by Jerusha Govender, a South African Entrepreneur and M&E specialist, with the aim to make a positive impact on the way data is used for development in Africa. Data Innovator is passionate about inventive use of data, underpinned by Monitoring and Evaluation principles. Its business focus is on helping organisations improve the way they use and communicate information. The company works as a team of lead consultants with over 10 years of experience in the development sector, throughout Africa, and across donor contexts. Its lead consultants are well networked and work closely with experts across the globe to provide the highest quality services to its clients. The company has a socially conscious approach and place emphasis on supporting development initiatives, such as corporate social investment, NGOs and donors, and providing data skills development.
Data Innovator offers four service areas: M&E Technical Assistance, Evaluation, Data Analytics & Communication, and Skills Development. As an infomediary, the company is highly skilled in technical data, M&E and communication expertise, but aim to ensure it delivers easily understood and usable outputs.
The right M&E system will improve how the client’s organisation measures what matters. Its experts in M&E can provide technical assistance tailored to the client’s needs, capacity and donor requirements. M&E Technical Assistance includes: Theory of change development, M&E framework development, Data process mapping, Business & technical system requirements. Data Innovator offers evaluation expertise in the specific areas of: Baseline studies, Process evaluations, Outcomes evaluations, Specialisation in innovation and technology-based intervention evaluation. The company also holds unique skills in social network analysis and text analysis. The products include: Info graphics, Data analytics and visualisation, Dashboard development, Case studies, reports and various publications. All of its services include skills development, through the capacity development of its clients. In addition, the company develops tailored training programmes and coaching services to support teams in improving their M&E and data communication skills.
The company has managed to secure clients such as Seed Academy, SAIDE, African Impact Foundation, PathFinder International, Palladium and Civicus. It has over 58 implemented projects, 4 data strategic developed, 8 evaluations, over 15 info graphics and over 10 individuals trained. Data Innovator has also been featured in Entrepreneur SA and Destiny magazines, and on Cliff Central Inspired Youth show. In 2020, Data Innovator won the Vulekamali Data Visualisation Competition.
