Who We Are

Our mission

Vital Wave believes technology can transform lives. The company provides end-to-end services to scale digital technology globally. Vital Wave draws on a full range of enterprise-grade implementation capabilities, proven methodologies, and decades of field experience to advance global development through sustainable digital solutions.

What We Do

Market Assessment and Strategy

Digital
Solution
Implementation

Optimization
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Scale

Market Assessment and Strategy

Vital Wave applies years of field experience, proven methodologies (quantitative and qualitative research, data-driven analytics, and user-focused design), and deep knowledge of the local business systems to deliver actionable strategies to scale digital solutions in diverse markets.

Digital Solution Implementation

Vital Wave implements enterprise-grade platforms and applications with the best-in-class project and product management, engineering, partnership, and business development processes. By applying expertise across business and technical disciplines, the company achieves maximum efficiency, reach, and effectiveness.

Optimization and Scale

Vital Wave optimizes digital solutions, business models, and partnerships for national, regional, and global environments. The company provides highly localized services that build capacity, support ecosystem development, and create a supportive environment for digital solution diffusion and scale.

Our Work

Vital Wave partners with governments, international donors, and private-sector companies to deliver digital solutions that amplify the reach, uptake, and efficiency of programs and national systems. The map below demonstrates the geographic reach of our work since 2005. Click the markers to view our featured case studies.

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Featured case study

Rapid Assessment on Digital Economy Readiness in LAC

Vital Wave was engaged by a global organization to perform a rapid assessment of the state of the digital economy across 33 countries in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region. The firm began with contextualizing an existing methodology to take into consideration regional factors, followed by secondary research and data analysis.

Featured case study

Design and Operationalization of Digital Bulk Payments Solution in Somalia

In partnership with the World Bank, Beyonic, and Alpha Fintech, Vital Wave designed and built an online platform that allows the Central Bank of Somalia to pay salaries to Somali civil servants through any one of the country’s mobile money providers. This bulk payments platform was extended to a second use case, government top-up payments to humanitarian relief recipients.

Featured case study

Digital Solutions for Malaria Surveillance Community of Practice

Vital Wave leads the design and management of the Digital Solutions for Malaria Elimination (DSME) Community. This community was originally born from a Foundation-funded, Vital Wave strategic facilitation and landscape assessment that identified priority features and capabilities required for mobile tools to successfully support malaria surveillance activities. It has now grown to include 153 members from 39 organizations across the world.

Featured case study

Rapid Competitive Country Analyses for Leading Technology Platform

Vital Wave partnered with a leading social technology platform to support the successful launch and scaling of a digital service mechanism across six country markets. Over five weeks, the firm conducted a rapid competitive analysis through a mix of secondary and primary desk-based research that focused on competitor presence and messaging as well as country context. Vital Wave analyzed the comparative value proposition, strategic positioning, specific highlights on capabilities and features, use cases, and messaging tone for each competitor.

Featured case study

In-depth Landscape Assessment of EMR Systems in Malawi

Vital Wave was engaged to validate and expand on a previous assessment of the electronic medical record (EMR) landscape in Malawi as a follow-on engagement. To complete this project successfully, Vital Wave employed a mix of secondary research, primary research (to include health facility site visits, in-country, and desk-based interviews), and analytical processes to validate the existing demand for EMRs further.

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