Platforms.
Alongside commissioned research, IfD builds software: the public platforms in the menu above, and the systems the institute runs on day to day.
Sabi Salone Sabi Salone is Sierra Leone's comprehensive AI-powered evidence platform: policies, laws, evaluations and grey literature in one searchable place, every answer cited.
Sabi CoreInfrastructure from IfD Tech that lets an organisation turn scattered research into a living evidence system.- Dr DeeDr DeeThe video channel making research methods and health evidence accessible to a general Sierra Leonean audience.
- Beyond BordersBeyond BordersA Krio-first webinar series for Sierra Leoneans applying for scholarships abroad.
- BlogBlogMethod writing, findings and profiles from the research team.
Our in-house applications
Our Data Innovation team also builds the software the institute runs on day to day. It is why we can offer to build a platform for someone else rather than only recommending that they should. These are internal systems, not public products.
Bid pipelineSabi Grant Writer
Manages the grant and proposal pipeline end to end: a Kanban board of opportunities, AI-assisted screening of incoming calls, and a shared knowledge base the whole team draws on.
Drafting happens inside the platform, against each funder’s own required template.
Sign in to Sabi Grant Writer (Staff access only)
Project dashboardIfD Hub
Portfolio-wide visibility of delivery status for management, with a two-step task completion and approval workflow.
It speaks in M&E status vocabulary rather than generic project-management labels, so a research lead reads it without translation.
Sign in to IfD Hub (Staff access only)
Time recordingIfD Worksheet
Multi-user work logging: staff record time against projects using a centrally managed taxonomy, so the categories stay consistent across the institute.
Automated daily reminders, cross-filtering, and an audit trail on every administrative edit.
Sign in to IfD Worksheet (Staff access only)
Staff portalIfD Onboarding
An invite-only portal taking new staff through safeguarding, duty of care, anti-bribery, anti-slavery, diversity and inclusion, and GDPR.
Each module carries a quiz, and a certificate is issued on completion.
Sign in to IfD Onboarding (Staff access only)
Need a platform of your own?
We build public-good tools as well as running research. If your programme needs one, that is a conversation we want to have.