Making research faster, trustworthy, and collaborative.
MiRmiR is a platform in the making, built to connect researchers, respondents, and institutions across Africa, so collecting real data no longer depends on tools and budgets built for someone else's market.
A research companion, being built for how Africa actually researches.
The problem we saw
Good research ideas across Africa often stall, not from a lack of curiosity, but because reaching real respondents is expensive and hard to verify, and the analysis tools built for well-funded institutions elsewhere are out of reach here.
What we're building
MiRmiR is one platform designed to take a study from question to finding: verified respondents to answer it, affordable analytics to make sense of it, and a community to strengthen it along the way.
Verified data collection
ID-checked, incentivized respondents, so what you collect is trustworthy from the start.
Affordable analytics
Tools designed to be an accessible alternative to expensive software like SPSS.
Community & mentorship
A place for peer feedback and guidance, so no one is figuring out research methods alone.
Built for researchers first, useful to anyone who needs real answers.
Universities, researchers & students
Early-career researchers, students, and university staff who need affordable, verifiable ways to collect and analyze data.
Companies, NGOs & government
Organizations that need trustworthy, verified data from real people, for product research, program evaluation, or policy work.
Where we're starting: we're beginning conversations with universities in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with the hope of growing across Ethiopia and, over time, the wider East and Sub-Saharan Africa region.
Built so both sides have a real reason to show up.
MiRmiR only works if it's genuinely worth researchers' and respondents' time, so here's what each side gets out of it.
If you're a researcher
- Reach verified respondents without chasing contacts or guessing who really answered.
- Spend less: affordable analytics instead of costly software licenses.
- Get feedback from peers, so your study design improves before data collection starts.
If you're a respondent
- Get paid for the time and knowledge you already have.
- Build your profile once, and open the door to more matched opportunities over time.
- Answer on your own schedule, and choose exactly what's visible about you.
Two sides, one simple exchange.
Researchers get verified answers. Respondents get paid for their time and knowledge. Here's the plan, as we're building it.
Post your study
Submit your questions and set the criteria for who you need to hear from.
Reach verified respondents
Get matched with people who fit your criteria, handpicked or filtered, each one ID-verified.
Collect and analyze
Responses land in your dataset ready for analysis, with tools built to make sense of them affordably.
Build your profile
Verify your ID once, add your background, and control exactly what's visible to researchers.
Get matched to studies
Apply to open studies or receive direct invitations that fit your profile.
Answer and get paid
Share your time and knowledge, then withdraw your earnings whenever you're ready.
Vision, mission, and the goal in front of us.
To become Africa's trusted research ecosystem, and scale that trust globally.
To make rigorous research affordable, verifiable, and collaborative, for every researcher and respondent, regardless of budget.
Start conversations with universities in Addis Ababa, and build the first version of MiRmiR alongside the people who'll actually use it.
Help shape MiRmiR from the start.
We're building this now and want to hear from the people it's for. Tell us which role(s) fit you, and we'll reach out as soon as there's something to try.
No spam. Just a note when MiRmiR is ready for you.