servicelive briefings for management teams and decision makersrequest demoexplore data-driven analysis stears launches its inflation forecast solution to guide investment and policy decisionsmichael famoroti|oct 18, 2023macroeconomyafrica’s cross-border payment regulations need an overhaulnchedolisa akuma|nov 08, 2023regulationquick take: why did safaricom acquire m-pesa holding co. limited?nchedolisa akuma|oct 20, 2023fintechstears analyses african foreign exchange markets using new fx monitorfadekemi abiru|sep 21, 2023macroeconomyadvisoryengage our team of analytical thinkers for custom intelligence services.market research & due diligenceimpact assessmentpolicy & advocacythought leadership learn moreour workstears approval ratings to monitor consumer and policy sentimentaugust 2023stears conducted a multi-dimensional assessment of trust levels in key national institutions, generating detailed profiles for policy development and institutional reform. the data was used to design a public index that evaluates consumer sentiments and expectations in response to political shifts and policy advancements.resultsapproval rating index which measured the country’s approval of policy implementationsconsumer expectations index, which monitors how nigerians feel about the futureconfidence score, which gauges nigerian’s confidence and trust in institutionslearn moreour workpolicy advocacy for reforms in digital regulation stears engaged over 30 african ceos and interviewed over 50 technology leaders across the south africa, nigeria, kenya, and ghana to produce recommendations for the federal government of nigeria on its approach to domestic regulation of technology businesses.resultsdeveloped a final report including recommendations for the federal governmentsourced operator expertise from senior executives at banks, imtos, switching companies, researchers, economists, and consumers.engaged the apex regulator on reform agenda and long-term policy directionlearn moreour workreal-time election data collection, analysis and disseminationstears built nigeria’s first real-time election data-site for the public. we employed first-of-its-kind mapping data to visualise voting results across all nationwide races. we created the only existing map of constituency boundaries for the legislative races and delivered results to users in real time via a mobile-first interface.resultsserved over 2 million users globally during the electionsbuilt a public database covering over 1,477 races and 14,822 candidatestracked, in real-time, over 1400 races during the nigerian electionslearn moreour worknigeria’s first predictive electoral poll built on proprietary estimation modelsstears built a proprietary estimation model that predicted voting patterns for silent voters, enabling comprehensive forecasts of the 2023 presidential elections. the underlying polling data included 22 questions (on demographics, voting history, top-of-mind-issues, religion, ethnicity, confidence in inec etc), and was conducted in five major languages: hausa, yoruba, igbo, pidgin english and englishresultsaccurately predicted the outcome of the presidential elections using the estimation modelaccurately predicted the outcomes on 6 out of 7 key states using the estimation modelconducted the largest public opinion poll for the 2023 elections with 6,220 respondents.learn moreget our latest announcements & updates.download the stears app for free.scan qr to downloadcompanyaboutcareersfaqscontactlegalprivacytermsproductinsight &