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Who we work with

Five kinds of organisation come to us for the same thing, for different reasons.

Ministries and armed forces

Defence reviews and white papers, force design, budget scrutiny, peace-support commitments, and independent assessment of options that internal staff work is too close to judge.

Defence industry

Companies entering or expanding in African markets: whether a requirement is real and funded, who the incumbents are, how decisions actually get made, and open-source due diligence on prospective partners.

Embassies and multilateral bodies

Defence sections, political officers and mission planners who need an independent read on a force, a conflict or a policy — and on how it is being reported.

Investors and risk firms

Operating-environment risk, verification of claims about incidents and assets, and background on companies and programmes in the defence sector.

NGOs

Security assessments for field programmes, analysis of armed actors and peace operations, and research on how a conflict is covered.

Media

Journalists are handled separately, because deadlines are. See Media.