The Afregarde Research Studio

Welcome to our website. We are an effective team of academics and analysts offering support services in the knowledge development value chain, from idea conception, research design, data collection, data analysis and publication. Hope you'll find what you are looking for...

Professional services since 2014

About Us

The Afregarde Research Studio has operated since 2014, teaming up with researchers in the Humanities, Governance, Social Sciences, Business and Economics and ICT domains an SA's major academic and research institutions. We are a team of three members all qualified in postgraduate level research support.

Service domains

We provide research services across three domains: Data analysis, general research and publications support. These are briefly explained.

Data Analysis

Are you looking for qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods data analysis support? We are here to help. We provide advanced, professional data analysis services for postgraduate researcher and institutions using highly credible systems and tools including ATLAS.ti, IBM SPSS, Nvivo, SAS, Qualtrics and if needed supported by Big Data Python and Python-based platforms, mainly Jupyiter. Also offered is support for financial, econometric and market analysis projects. Data analysis project certifications available at no additional cost. Let's get talking…

Research Support

We provide ethically sound research support services for postgraduate and institutional researchers. Our services in this niche include research proposal evaluation and critical reviews, editing, research proposal writing for institutions, and preparation of research presentations. Our services include grant writing for institutions and business plan proposals for all entities from SMMEs to corporates. We understand the challenges and demands that proposal preparations comes with. We stand ready to work with you all the way towards successful submission and beyond...

Publication Support

We work with researchers and writers working towards various manuscript types in the Humanities, Education, Social Sciences, Business and Economics fields. These include journal articles (including those targeting Q1 type of journals. book chapters, books offering inciteful language, technical and developmental editorial help. We understand a new challenge facing writers - AI-human work fusion and its complications in submissions to universities and journals alike. We help navigate such complexities accepting the need for responsible and minimalist AI use among writers and among ourselves as reviewers.

Request a meeting

Please use the above form to request a meeting. Our offices are in Hatfield, Pretoria - that's where meetings are held - Mondays to Fridays. Over the weekends meetings will be online or other arrangements could be made.

Contact us

OFFICE ADDRESS

1st Fl. HQ Pretoria, 353 Festival Street. Hatfield, 0180. Pretoria.

Tel: +27 12 140 1928

WhatsApp: +27 69 921 2163

ENGAGEMENT: This usually starts as a call/WhatsApp message. A description of the work will be requested, and this can be emailed or shared as a screen. After a short assessment, a proposal of what's to be done is made. A physical or digital meeting may be arranged. After an agreement, a deposit is requested. The full amount will be required once the work is completed. Reworkings can be done provided the client gives a view of what needs to be redone, especially in response to assessors and evaluators. We try to make the process simple and less formal, albeit professional for your convenience...