Data, delivery, and digital innovation for public-interest impact in Malawi.

Development with Data Science (DDSC) is a Malawi-based applied data, programme design, and implementation organisation. We help turn research, evidence, and field realities into practical solutions for agriculture, public services, and inclusive development.

What We Do

Our work is designed to help partners move from ideas and evidence to stronger implementation.

DDSC works where evidence, delivery, and institutional realities meet. We support public-interest organisations, delivery programmes, and collaborative initiatives with applied research, diagnostics, data systems, monitoring and evaluation, capacity building, and implementation support. Our focus is not technology for its own sake. It is on useful, context-aware solutions that respond to actual service bottlenecks and development needs.

How we work

DDSC is intentionally collaborative. We lead where we are strongest: programme design, local coordination, partner management, delivery oversight, and learning. We also work with specialist collaborators when deeper technical, academic, policy, or institutional inputs are needed. This model helps us stay agile, practical, and well suited to bounded implementation partnerships.

Practical support for real institutional and community needs

Looking for a grounded implementation partner?

We work with public-interest institutions, researchers, funders, and delivery partners to turn strong ideas into practical, context-aware programmes and systems.

Our working model

DDSC is intentionally collaborative. We do not position ourselves as housing every capability internally. Instead, we lead where we are strongest—programme design, local coordination, partner management, implementation oversight, learning, and evidence use—while working with specialist collaborators when technical, academic, or institutional inputs are needed. This allows us to stay agile, delivery-focused, and fit for bounded implementation partnerships

What we do

Work Process

01

Applied Research & Diagnostics

We generate targeted evidence on institutional bottlenecks, user realities, policy context, and implementation constraints.

02

Data Systems & Digital Workflows

We help design practical information tools and workflows that improve access, coordination, and usability.

03

Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning

We support programme design, learning systems, data collection, analysis, and decision-useful reporting.

04

Capacity Building

We provide training, guidance, and implementation accompaniment for teams working with evidence, systems, and digital tools.

05

Agricultural & Livelihoods Analysis

We bring agriculture-facing and livelihoods-oriented expertise to programme, policy, and advisory contexts.

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Implementation Support

We help move projects from concept to execution through coordination, partner management, and delivery support.