Katebridge Impact Advisory, a civic tech firm, has launched in Nigeria with a mandate to help businesses, foundations, philanthropists and development organisations improve how they design, measure and demonstrate the impact of their social investments.
The launch comes as organisations across Nigeria and Africa face increasing pressure to demonstrate not only the resources committed to social programmes, but also the outcomes and lasting changes generated by those investments.
Katebridge’s approach is focused on helping organisations move beyond measuring activities such as the number of beneficiaries reached or programmes delivered to assessing whether interventions are producing meaningful and sustainable outcomes.
The firm provides services across CSR strategy and execution, philanthropy advisory, community impact programmes, impact measurement, and monitoring, evaluation and learning.
According to the firm, its core proposition is that social investments should be assessed by the changes they create rather than simply what is delivered.
This approach involves examining whether an intervention addressed the problem it was designed to solve, what changed for the communities involved, what contributed to those changes, and whether the outcomes can be sustained.
Katebridge said its founding team combines experience across international development, public policy, programme management, community development, strategic communications, research and learning.
Karo Omu, co-founder and managing partner, brings experience in programme management, social impact strategy, community development and stakeholder engagement.
She is also the founder of Sanitary Aid Initiative, a community-focused social intervention organisation.
Temidayo Musa, co-founder, has experience spanning international development, humanitarian emergencies, public policy, strategic communications, research and learning, as well as the use of technology to improve social services and governance.
The founders said they intend to position Katebridge at the intersection of strategy, implementation and evidence in the development sector.
‘The conversation around social investment is evolving. Organisations are being asked to demonstrate not only what they have invested, but what that investment has achieved,’ the firm said.
Katebridge said its initial operations will focus on Nigeria and the wider West African region, where organisations are dealing with complex social and economic challenges while facing greater demands for responsible and accountable investment.
Beyond advisory services, the firm plans to contribute to the social impact ecosystem through research, knowledge sharing and thought leadership.
Its flagship publication, ‘Measuring What Matters: The Impact Investment Landscape Report 2026’, is expected to examine the changing impact investment space and the growing role of data, evidence, measurement and accountability in improving social investment.
The firm also plans to examine challenges across areas including maternal and public healthcare, youth unemployment, climate resilience, financial inclusion, food security, youth development and sanitation.
Katebridge’s launch reflects a broader shift in the social investment sector towards evidence-based approaches that seek to establish whether funding and interventions are producing measurable results.
For the firm, counting beneficiaries or measuring activities remains useful but does not provide a complete picture of impact.
It argues that organisations need stronger systems for understanding outcomes, learning from interventions and using evidence to guide future investments.
Katebridge said its ambition is to become a trusted impact partner for organisations seeking to make their social investments more strategic, measurable and effective across West Africa.
The firm is now open to organisations seeking support with social impact strategy, philanthropic investments, community programmes and impact measurement.