Services
Five service lines, run as one system
Each line below follows the same shape: what it is, who it's typically for, and why it runs better inside Xekentra Group than as a standalone engagement.
Governance & Institutional Strengthening
What it is
Technical assistance to strengthen the capacity of public institutions to govern effectively — spanning decentralization and local governance support, public financial management, anti-corruption and transparency programming, and policy and regulatory reform support.
Who it's for
State Department Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance offices; host-government ministries and agencies; multilateral development banks funding public-sector reform.
Why Xekentra Group
Exit and sustainability planning is built into our technical approach from year one, not bolted on at the end — a direct answer to evaluators' most common concern with governance programming. Our co-design methodology produces counterpart buy-in that a pre-packaged solution doesn't, and it shows up in the sustainability outcomes evaluators specifically score.
Monitoring, Evaluation, Research & Learning (MERL)
Includes Secondary Data Analysis & Biostatistics
What it is
Design and implementation of performance measurement systems for donor-funded programs — indicator frameworks, data quality assurance, evaluations, and adaptive management — anchored by embedded secondary data analysis and biostatistical capability, not just fieldwork.
Who it's for
Multilateral development banks and international organizations funding MERL work directly; State Department–funded prime implementers needing MERL subcontract support and MEL-specific contract vehicles; private donors and foundations funding evaluation and evidence generation; and institutions with routine data — HMIS, DHIS2, administrative records — worth mining for evidence.
Why Xekentra Group
We apply the same MERL rigor to our own performance that we sell to clients. Data quality is designed into the data flow at the planning stage, not retrofitted after a problem is found. And biostatistical capability sits inside the MERL team itself — evaluation design and statistical analysis are done by the same people, not handed off to an outside statistician.
Digital Solutions & Strategic Information
What it is
Design, strengthening, and digitization of information systems and digital tools across sectors — with particular depth in health information systems, including DHIS2, deployed in more than 70 countries.
Who it's for
Health offices, CDC, the Global Fund, and host-country ministries digitizing service delivery; multilateral development banks and international organizations funding cross-sector digital and data systems; private foundations investing in health information systems; implementing partners across sectors needing systems design or strengthening support.
Why Xekentra Group
No data system or survey ships without a paired data-use and dissemination plan — our direct answer to the most common complaint about this kind of work: dashboards nobody actually uses. And our systems methodology isn't locked to health — the same discipline applies to governance and social-sector digital tools, which is a deliberate choice, not a limitation.
Survey Design & Population-Based Data Collection
What it is
Design and implementation of primary data collection instruments and population-based surveys — from questionnaire design through sampling, fielding, data cleaning, and analysis.
Who it's for
Multilateral development banks and UN agencies commissioning custom or population-based surveys; private foundations and donors funding primary data collection; State Department missions and bureaus; academic and research organizations; host-government national statistics offices.
Why Xekentra Group
Every instrument we field is piloted before full deployment, without exception — catching costly design flaws before they contaminate an entire dataset, not after. We also treat survey work as its own methodology and track record, distinct from general MERL, so evaluators get a clean, specific technical approach to score rather than a generic monitoring-and-evaluation pitch.
Organizational Capacity Building
What it is
Structured capacity assessment and strengthening for partner and local organizations — NGOs, government agencies, and community-based organizations — across financial management, governance, HR, and program management systems.
Who it's for
Localization-focused awards and mechanisms; prime implementers needing subgrantee capacity building; multilateral organizations funding local-partner development.
Why Xekentra Group
We apply the identical risk-tiered due-diligence framework to our capacity-building clients that we apply to our own subawardees — a genuine case of living the methodology we sell, which is rare in this line of work. Our deliverable templates — financial procedures, HR policy, governance documents — are the same document types we built for our own operations, proven internally before they're handed to a partner.