Our Work
Building the creative impact infrastructure for Africa.
Three years of research and development, applied. We design programs, build curricula, and run monitoring & evaluation that turns participation into verified, measurable impact, and we built the platform that proves it.
Three Years of Research and Development
Not a hunch. A framework.
Akatuuti is the product of three years of research and development into how creative and civic engagement can be measured, verified, and valued. Creative Miles are the applied layer of that work.
If your organization works in monitoring and evaluation, impact, or ecosystem funding, these are the deep dive: the methodology, the DeFi framework, and a visualisation of our gamified M&E framework developed for the creative sector.
Get our frameworks
The DeFi policy paper and gamified M&E visualisation, emailed to you
Featured Projects
Kampala Geopolitical Conference, Photo Contest
Embassy of France, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Alliance Francaise & Makerere University (2021)
What we provided
- ✓Designed and implemented the conference photo contest
- ✓Participant mobilization, curation and judging
- ✓Creative activation for a high-profile co-hosted event
Outcomes
- ★Official photo contest of the 4th Kampala Geopolitics Conference, co-hosted with Makerere University, UN Women, KAS, Alliance Francaise and the French Embassy
- ★5 themed categories: Climate Change, Migration, Culture & Heritage, Women's Empowerment, African Entrepreneurship
- ★EUR 1,000 in prizes awarded to winning visual storytellers
Gamified M&E Research & Development, via the Monthly Akatuuti Showcase
Alliance Francaise de Kampala (2021 - 2022)
What we provided
- ✓Ran a recurring live showcase as the R&D vehicle
- ✓Developed and tested a gamified monitoring & evaluation framework
- ✓Refined a creative-sector measurement methodology over the series
Outcomes
- ★12+ monthly showcase editions run as the live R&D vehicle
- ★150+ creatives showcased and observed across the series
- ★12 months of iterative framework development
PISSCA Project, Monitoring & Evaluation
Funded by the French Embassy in Uganda, 2-year project
What we provided
- ✓End-to-end monitoring & evaluation services
- ✓Impact measurement and reporting over two years
- ✓Program data capture and verification
Outcomes
- ★2 years of continuous monitoring and evaluation
- ★25+ creative-sector activities measured and verified
- ★Funder-ready impact reports delivered to the French Embassy
Stakeholder Engagement Mapping & Mobilization, Draft National Culture Policy
Uganda Parliamentary Forum for Creative Industries (UGAPAFOCI)
What we provided
- ✓Stakeholder engagement mapping
- ✓Mobilization across the creative sector
- ✓Policy consulting toward the draft national culture policy
Outcomes
- ★Convened a national stakeholder consultation (Hilton Kampala, 2024) on the draft National Culture Policy
- ★Engaged actors across the arts, fashion, music and media sectors
- ★Helped advance the draft policy to the Ministry of Gender, Labour & Social Development
Program Design & Mental Health Toolkit Development
DCI Wellness, with Ann Banya, Early Childhood Development Specialist (40+ years)
What we provided
- ✓Designed an early-warning system for mental health, built for early detection and timely support
- ✓Training-of-trainers program and capacity-building curriculum
- ✓Game-based learning toolkit, leveraging 40+ years of ECD expertise
Outcomes
- ★Built an early-warning system for mental health, delivered as a training-of-trainers program and toolkit
- ★Leveraged the Akatuuti framework to create a Connection Miles platform that quantifies mental-health and wellbeing impact, where 1 Connection Mile = 1 life meaningfully impacted
- ★13 monthly public-facing wellness clinics and counting, demonstrating the toolkits and teaching the early-warning tools
- ★500+ lives impacted and 4 crises averted
Grassroots Creatives Podcast Series
KTA Symposium & Kelele Collective
What we provided
- ✓Mobilized grassroots creative collectives, including Kwivuga Poets Collective (11+ years) and Kelele Collective (300+ creatives)
- ✓Co-produced and recorded the series with founders and creatives, featuring Nunu the Creative of Kwivuga and producer Tobias of Kelele Collective
- ✓Audience engagement and storytelling that platformed grassroots voices
Outcomes
- ★7-episode grassroots podcast series produced
- ★Featured 2 established collectives: Kwivuga Poets Collective (11+ years) and Kelele Collective (300+ creatives)
- ★Thousands of combined views across platforms
Game-Based Learning Toolkit / Board Game for Creatives
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) & Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB)
What we provided
- ✓Designed and developed a game-based learning board game
- ✓Intellectual-property sensitization tool for creatives
- ✓Learning through play, turning a complex topic into an engaging game
Outcomes
- ★Designed and produced an IP-focused board game for creatives
- ★Play-tested with creative-sector participants
- ★Adopted as a sensitization tool alongside the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB)
Deploy Akatuuti
Engage Akatuuti to design, run, and measure your programs. Our platform and team turn participation into funder-ready proof. For strategic advisory and retainers with our principals, see Advisory.
Gamified Monitoring & Evaluation
Funder-ready M&E and verified impact measurement, powered by the Akatuuti platform, deployed for your programs.
Program & Curriculum Design
We design programs and capacity-building curricula that engage participants and hold up to scrutiny.
Game-Based Learning Toolkits
Custom board games and gamified toolkits that make capacity building engaging and memorable.
Stakeholder Engagement & Mobilization
Mapping, convening, and mobilizing the people and institutions who make programs succeed.
Let's build your impact story.
Program design, curriculum development, and monitoring & evaluation. Book a free 30-minute consultation, we can start this week.
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