DataVision International 20th Anniversary Soft Launch

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The management and staff at DataVision International successfully completed a soft launch event which aims at marking the initiation of the 20th Anniversary activities. DataVision, a private consulting company which was founded in the year 1998 by Mr. Geofrey MacLeans Mwaijonga has gone through a lot of ups and downs throughout the 20 years.

The event was marked by an overwhelming amount of happiness and joy for the current employees, and also took the chance to thank hundreds of other employees who were engaged with DataVission on both permanent and temporary basis as their contribution means a lot to the 20 years mark.

The CEO and founder of DataVision International pointed out that, “This is just the start of our 20th Anniversary – we have a range of other activities that we are planning to implement as we are going to the grand even which is aimed to happen in October”

He also added that, Over the 20 years, DataVision has played a major role in contributing to the overall growth of the country’s economy by offering employment opportunities to the Tanzanian Youth, nurturing them and enable them to conquer the highly demanding modern world of today.

On behalf of the management and staff of DataVision, we are proud to be part of this journey and we are looking for more years to come. For more video please click here.

Touching Lives Everyday “Tuko Pamoja” Campaign

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The date 16th March 2017 marks a memorable day in our Corporate Social Responsibility Events as it is the day where one of our fellow Tanzanian – a 16 Year Old girl – Mariam arrived back from India for intestinal treatment which took aover 3 Months

The management and staff of DataVision International were deeply touched after hearing Mariam’s story – who has undergone 10 intestinal surgeries with no success of treating the blockages. The management decided to become actively involved in the “Tuko Pamoja – Okoa Maisha ya Mariam” campaign by Dar24 Media which urged Tanzanians and companies to donate for the treatment of the little girl in India.

DataVision International set aside some funds to make sure that we save Mariam’s life who has been suffering for over 5 years without any hope. At the airport – DataVision International representative said that, “We are here today very happy to see MAriam after a 3-Month treatment in India. As you can see she is back in a good health and we are very happy to be part of this campaign”

See Mariam’s arrival video by clicking here.

AdaLipa changing the fee payment norms

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AdaLipa – a mobile money fee payment solution has proven to be an easier tool to pay/ receive school fees and other related academic payment for schools in Tanzania for both academic institutions and parents. With AdaLipa, academic institutions can receive fee payments via mobile money platforms such as Vodacom M Pesa, Tigo Pesa and Airtel Money and have it settled into their account upon their “Redeeming” request from a dedicated interface – www.adalipa.co,tz

With the initial Pilot Schools, AdaLipa has proven to boost fund collection efficiency in an effortless manner. The Academic Institution’s Stakeholder has managed to deduct  the time and space barriers that come with the conventional ways of paying for Academic Fees such as Bank Deposits and Cash Handing,

Making the most of the ubiquitous nature of the mobile phones in Tanzania and the fast growing awareness of the advantages that are brought by Mobile Money Platforms, AdaLipa offers the academic institutions that can assist decision making, planning and forecasting at the fingertips by utilizing the payment data to something of value.

AdaLipa platform offers valuable graphical and tabular reports which show the trend of the payment(s) to your institution in real time. Such information offer maximum control and awareness of the Collection Key Performance Indices (KPIs) and gauge the collection performance.

With parents and guardians and in colleges students themselves, the comfort of being able to pay for school fees anytime and anywhere has proven to achieve security, save time and resources compared to the other conventional means which involve movement from one point to another with hard cash.

With the spread of the mobile money activities/ remittances in Tanzania, AdaLipa has provided the fee payers in Tanzania, an ability to go on with their busy schedules and pay their children’s fee in a manner that offers some sort of incentives to pay timely due to its simplicity.

Foundation in Progress: Getting ready for the UNFPA Contraceptives Survey

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It is deeply engraved in our culture of conducting from small to large survey projects for over 15 years. Making sure there is no room for errors and getting it right the first time is our prime objectives which help us to meet the tight deadlines set forward by our clients.

This week, our team of enumerators from Tanzania mainland and Zanzibar are gathered in Dar es Salaam for intense and in-depth training for the upcoming UNFPA Contraceptives Survey. DataVision is subcontracted to conduct survey on the availability and stock-out of contraceptives and maternal health medicines. The focus of the survey was on three outcome indicators in the monitoring and evaluation framework of the GPRHCS which focused on a) Service Delivery Points (SDPs) offering at least three modern methods of contraceptives; b) 7 life-saving maternal/RH medicines ; c) ‘no stock outs’ of contraceptives within last 6 months.

Our research and statistics consultants are going to undertake this survey project using TAPI which allows the client to be able to view the data collection process remotely from a dedicated URL link to our Tikiti Application.

Water & Sanitation: How can Technology Help?

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The presence of clean and reliable sources of water is still a huge challenge in developing countries. A substantial amount of people in both rural and urban areas aren’t able to receive clean water from the dedicated institutions. People have to travel long distances (up to 3Miles) to fetch water from natural sources which do not offer water for human consumption.

Such phenomenon leads to a large number of people suffering from epidemic diseases such as Cholera causing high rate of mortality among children. Without Private Entities, Public Entities, NGOs and Donor companies taking action on this, it is projected that by 2020 as many as 135 Million people will die from water-related diseases. (Source: www.africaneeds.org)

At DataVision, we are always thinking of how we can make use of our expertise to solve the Real World Problems and touch everybody’s lives. Our consultants are thinking on ways which we can deploy the power of technology to reach people from both rural and urban areas regarding the hardships of getting reliable sources of water.

The responsible institutions also need to undertake intensive Business Process Improvement (BPI) to boost their efficiency and productivity. The processes in most of these institutions are highly manual making it even more difficult to reach out to all the public in the required time leading to failure to deliver.

Nationwide 3R Project On The Move

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DataVision team of over 125 personnel has started the nationwide EGMA, EGRA and SSME Data Collection project. The teams first underwent through in intense training session to get comfortable with the instruments prior the beginning of the data collection.

DataVision International Research and Statistics department has vast experience in paperless data collection for a range of projects in both qualitative and quantitative. This project comes with its own challenges but fall within the same field of expertise.

The project is expected to undertake at least 7,500 student interviews in all the Tanzanian regions to gauge the ability of Grade 3 Students and Grade 2 Teachers in different areas of expertise. To see more of DataVision project’s click here.

 

DataVision’s e-data collection approach to assist Aga Khan Foundation’s SRA Project

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DataVision International is about to embark on the Aga Khan Foundation’s – School Readiness Assessment in Lindi and Mtwara using the e-data collection tools to conduct the interviews to early grade children.

Our team is going to move to the field region on 12th February to embark on this project. With high level of experience and knowledge in conducting data collection, processing and final reports to the clients our team of consultants is ready to undertake the project and deliver.

The project will use Tablet Assisted Personal Interviewing (TAPI) approach to collect the data which will go straight to the dedicated servers for the final reports. TAPI is one of the best data collection approach in saving costs and time in conducting large and complex research projects

DataVision takes lead in paperless data collection technology

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DataVision is continuing  to deploy its technology expertise into the Research and Statistics projects to continually minimizing the chance of errors hapening in the data collection phase. Ever since the consultants at DataVision International sought that the best way to overcome the challenges faced in Paper-based data collection phase is going paperless, the approach has always benefited our clients to get good data with minimal errors for all their Research and Survey projects.

Recently PSI contracted DataVision International to undertake Exit Interview Studies seek primarily to monitor the project’s expected public health impact, in addition to its market impact at the retail level in eleven Districts of Mbeya, Morogoro and Tanga regions. The potential for public health impact will be measured by considering the project’s impact on quality of care provided by participating facilities and outlets. This project used Tablet Assisted Personal Interviewing (TAPI), making the project more productive and allow the clients to be able to get the data in a reliable time for decision making, planning and forecast. See more accomplishments here.

DataVision International consultants are continuously looking on more ways to leverage technology tools to implement Survey projects in a manner that adds even more value to their clients. With a team of highly experienced programmers working closely with a Research and Development department, DataVison International is looking forward to innovating more user-friendly data collection tools.

Reliable Research and Advisory Services for over 15 Years: DataVision International

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Since 1998, DataVision International has been assisting a range of firms ranging from private, public to NGOs both locally based and International brands to get hold of accurate and reliable information which can assist their planning and decision making.

Over the years, our consultants have used a range of approaches from fully manual paper-base to paperless approaches towards collecting data. We have helped vast donor institutions to do know the exact situaton on the ground and Monitor and evaluate (M&E) their projects. Not only donors but our consultants also offer advisory services to international firms who want to invest in developing countries in central and southern africa.

Being part of a company launched in one of the developing countries over a decade back, we take the pride of taking part in a range of projects using our in-depth knowledge and experience to fetch the right information from the source itself eventually boosting the economic development.

Tanzania 3R Project – 2016

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DataVision and RTI personnel have been working hand on hand to undertake an intensive training in five Regions: Mbeya, Arusha, Mwanza, Mtwara and Morogoro to undertake the upcoming EGRA, EGMA and SSME data collection project all over the country with an estimated amount of 7,800 Students will be interviewed.

DataVision and RTI have been involved in multiple research projects within the education field assisting the stakeholders within the Education field with the quality data for decision making, planning and objective reviewing.

This project like the previous one, deploys the Tablet Aided Personal Interviewing (TAPI) methodology which eradicated paper as the main data collection facility. The TAPI methodology allows stakeholders to track and monitor the data collection remotely which helps in the power of making immediate changes to the data collection process if needed.