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The Problems We Solve

Around the world, brilliant ideas often fail to scale because the systems meant to support them are slow, fragmented, or outdated. Monitoring and evaluation (MEL) processes remain text-heavy and confusing, making it hard for governments, donors, and communities to see the real impact of development work. This lack of visibility limits accountability and reduces trust in both local initiatives and global programs.

Another challenge lies in equity. Gender equality and climate resilience are still treated as “add-ons” rather than being embedded into core systems. Without tools that track real shifts in power, inclusion, and sustainability, progress risks being symbolic rather than transformative.
ScaleX Labs tackles these barriers by leveraging AI, smart systems, and inclusive innovation models. We simplify complex reporting, build trust in digital trade, and ensure that gender and climate are woven into every solution. Our goal is clear: to make development measurable, visible, and scalable.

Opportunities for Donors & Investors

At ScaleX Labs, we believe that solving global challenges requires more than good ideas, it requires scalable systems, ethical partnerships, and committed investors. Donors and investors have a unique opportunity to fuel innovation that directly addresses the barriers facing governments, civil society, and entrepreneurs worldwide.

By funding one of our flagship programs, such as GenTraQ™ for gender transformative change, AI-powered monitoring and evaluation, OptiTrade for transparent digital trade, or ScaleX Labs Academy for skill development, you become part of a movement that creates lasting impact. Each investment contributes to tools and systems that simplify accountability, fight online fraud, strengthen inclusivity, and empower innovators to reach larger markets.

Beyond financial contributions, we invite partners to co-develop pilots, test new tools, and shape solutions that can be replicated at scale. Our Academy also provides a global talent pool, giving donors and investors direct access to trained innovators and problem-solvers.

Investing in ScaleX Labs means more than supporting a single project, it’s about shaping a future where technology and innovation work hand-in-hand with ethics, inclusion, and sustainability. Together, we can transform development challenges into measurable, visible, and credible results that matter.

Why ScaleX Labs

Since 1990, the Global Institute for Development Evidence (GIDE) — together with ScaleX Labs — has served a broad community of foundations, bilateral and international agencies, and Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs). Our work spans impact evaluation, the development of our Integrated Responsible AI Platform, and related AI-supported capacity-building services, alongside the partners who have funded our programs across more than three decades. Engagements are delivered on demand — either as a focused consultancy assignment or as a solicited, long-term project, typically spanning a year or more.

Looking ahead

Building on more than three decades of evidence practice, GIDE and ScaleX Labs are shaping the next generation of development work. As our Integrated Responsible AI Platform matures, we are extending these long-standing relationships into an AI-enabled future — one in which real-time evidence, gender-transformative and climate-resilient analytics, and scalable capacity-building place advanced tools directly in the hands of the Global South’s development professionals. Our commitment stays constant: AI that strengthens the people who drive development — never replaces them.

Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) or German Academic Exchange Services Regional Representative, Eastern Africa, Nairobi, Donating Funds for the MSc and PhD Africa Program of ABI-GIDE, Nairobi, Kenya. From Left: Dr. Alfred Latigo, Chair ABI-GIDE MSc/PhD Academic Panel; Prof. Dr. Paul Muller (Late), Chair Board of Directors, ABI-GIDE; Regional Representative, German Academic Exchange Services (DAAD), Nairobi; Dr. Paul Capstick, Deputy Executive Director, ABI-GIDE.

Dr. Eva M. Rathgeber, IDRC Regional Director, Eastern & Southern Africa chatting with Dr. Alfred Latigo, Executive Director, GIDE at a workshop, Nairobi, Kenya on GIDE’s IDRC funded project on Biodiversity Prospecting in East Africa.
From Left: Dr. Frank Mosha, Director, Tropical Pesticide Research Institute (TPRI), Tanzania; Dr. Paul Capstick, Deputy Executive Director, African Biodiversity Institute (ABI)-GIDE; and Dr. Alfred Latigo, Executive Director, ABI-GIDE: Discussing a joint TPRI-ABI Impact Evaluation Project Funded by IDRC at GIDE Offices in Nairobi, Kenya.
Mark Blackden Head of Gender and Poverty, World Bank and Dr. Alfred Latigo, at a pro-poor/social inclusion meeting in Yaunde, Cameroon. Mark and Alfred participated in the development of the Gender Marker System at the Gender and Civil Society Department at the African Development Bank (AfDB).

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