Brief
Afrobarometer is seeking a service provider to assist in the design, content
development, and production of digital and print versions of the 2025 Afrobarometer Flagship Report on citizen engagement, a website page featuring highlights of the Flagship Report, and a template for country scorecards, al to be completed by early June 2025. Service providers responding to this RFP should have experience in marketing and/or public relations communications and in designing and creating high-quality publications and web pages with visual appeal and information graphics/data visualisation. They must be willing to work with Afrobarometer to facilitate production and fine-tuning of the final product.
About Afrobarometer
Afrobarometer (AB) is a pan-African, non-partisan survey research network that
provides reliable data on African experiences and evaluations of democracy,
governance, and quality of life. Nine survey rounds in up to 42 countries have been completed since 1999. Round 9 surveys (2021/2023) covered 39 countries. Round 10 surveys were launched in January 2024.
The AB secretariat is in Accra, Ghana. Afrobarometer has three Core Partners in Ghana, South Africa, and Kenya that oversee about 38 National Partners, who conduct AB surveys. Support Units at the University of Cape Town, the University of Malawi, and Michigan State University provide data management, survey, and analysis expertise.
About the Afrobarometer Flagship Report on citizen engagement
Our Flagship Report on citizen engagement and participation in Africa, the second in our annual series of Flagship Reports, will be released in English and French on 5 July 2025. It will draw on Afrobarometer data to analyse trends over the past decade and factors driving these trends. The report is expected to consist of about 36 designed pages. At least half of the report will likely consist of data visualisation elements (charts/graphs and infographics), which the provider will be expected to execute based on Afrobarometer’s materials created in MS Excel. Our first Flagship Report, which focused on democracy, is available here. The Flagship Report is a key output for Afrobarometer, showcasing our survey data and analysis on a core AB topic to governments, development partners, activists, policy actors, and other democracy stakeholders throughout the world.
Key tasks
● Design the layout of the full report
● Design data visualisation elements (charts/graphs and infographics)
● Design a template for country scorecards in English, French, and Portuguese
● Populate the report layout with content in English and French
● Finalise the full report based on AB feedback
● Design a page on AB’s website featuring key highlights of the report
Deliverables
● Production timeline.
● Initial draft design of the publication, to be finalised based on AB’s feedback.
● Images/icons as needed to supplement those provided by AB.
● Draft charts/graphs and infographics, to be finalised based on AB’s feedback.
● Draft template design for country scorecards in English, French, and Portuguese, to be finalised based on AB feedback.
● Initial draft of the publication with content, data, and photos for AB to review.
● Amended documents with up to three rounds of reviews based on AB’s
feedback.
● Completed documents in English and French in printable PDF booklet format.
● Completed documents in English and French in digital PDF format.
● Initial draft of web page featuring key highlights of the report, to be finalised
based on AB’s feedback.
● Completed and implemented webpage featuring key highlights of the report.
● Final versions of al visual elements (charts, infographics, etc.), in editable format where possible.
Production timeline
● Draft cover design submitted to AB by 21 February 2025.
● AB to share draft content with designer by 10 March.
● Mock up design of report submitted to AB by 11 April.
● First full English draft of report submitted by designer by 2 May.
● Draft template for country scorecards submitted by designer by 9 May.
● Final template for country scorecards in English, French, and Portuguese
submitted by designer by 23 May.
● Revised English draft and first French draft of report received from designer by 23 May.
● Final English and French versions of report approved, available in printable PDF format, by 6 June.
● Webpage completed and implemented by 13 June.
Application process
Interested service providers should submit an Expression of Interest indicating their relevant competence, evidence of creative work in publication design, two references, a proposed work plan, and a total estimated cost in USD by 24 January 2025 to info@afrobarometer.org.
All presubmission enquiries should be sent to info@afrobarometer.org by 8 January 2025