Data Center Senegal

Data Center Senegal is a for-profit organization and small business joint venture registered to receive awards from the U.S. federal government. The company specializes in providing data collection and analysis services, primarily in support of USAID projects in Senegal. Their expertise lies in recruiting, training, and managing teams of investigators and enumerators for field data collection, as well as transcribing audio recordings of interviews and discussions. Data Center Senegal's work contributes significantly to monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) efforts, supporting performance management and capacity building for local actors and institutions in Senegal. The company plays a crucial role in gathering on-the-ground data and insights to inform USAID's development efforts in the country.

Recent federal contract sub-awards to Data Center Senegal have focused on various USAID-funded projects in Senegal. These include supporting the establishment of a sustainable MEL culture through holistic engagement and strengthening local capacities, providing data collection services for performance evaluations of specific programs such as Ndiyam Ekkolaaji and Nafoore Warsaaji, and supporting rapid assessments like the Passerelles project by hiring, training, and supervising enumerators in four regions. All of these sub-awards were made through the prime contractor Encompass LLC, indicating a consistent partnership between the two entities in executing USAID-funded projects. The nature of these awards suggests that Data Center Senegal's services are integral to USAID's ability to assess and improve its development programs in Senegal, particularly in areas related to performance evaluation and rapid assessment of various initiatives.