Polls and Surveys
Imagine asking your target audience any question and receiving responses in real time to make a market decision. This is the power of REACH.
How it Works
STEP 1
Select or create your questions
You can ask just one question; browse existing questions from our ongoing surveys; or create your own survey from scratch.
STEP 2
Select your target audience
With the REACH app, you can target respondents by age, gender, income bracket, city, and purchase category.
STEP 3
Select the sample size
How many people do you need to answer? Sometimes, you just need a very rough idea of what people think. Other times, you need a very accurate representation of people’s preferences – enough to predict the future with relative certainty.
STEP 4
Deploy your questions
The REACH Community begins answering immediately. You can typically expect to get your responses in 72hrs or less.
STEP 5
Analyze your answers
You can do this yourself or work with a member of our team to extract insights from your answers. Responses can be analyzed by age, gender, income bracket, and city.
Annual Surveys
Apps and Streaming Entertainment
How are people interacting with their phones? What are their go-to apps? How do the various social media platforms rank among consumers? What are the emerging social media apps?
Beauty & Social Media - Hair, Makeup & Fashion
What banks are people using and what do they want from those who provide them financial services? What do they think about the banks they use? Which is the most loved and least loved bank? Besides typical banks, who else is in this space and what service or product gap are they filling?
Body Image & Social Media - Health, Fitness & Wellness
We explore how social media highlights and shapes our perception of the ideal body – for both men and women. How does this affect, inform, drive, or mar our general wellbeing and health – mental and physical?
Consumer Credit Services
A wave of first-time borrowers are entering the market, as are the companies pursuing them. How do these borrowers experience credit, what drives their borrowing, and how is the industry shaping up now and in the future?
Feminine Hygiene, Health & Personal Care
What technologies and brands are women trusting with their monthlies and other feminine needs? What brands really have their ears to the ground – serving women the way women want to be served in this category? What gaps are currently left unfilled? What are the blindspots and opportunities that brands should not sleep on?
Destinations & Getaways
What is motivating international travel? Where do people want to go on vacation – locally and internationally? How frequently are people actually traveling – locally and internationally? What is the scene for in-country vacations and getaways?
Fresh Foods Shopping - Breads, Meats & Vegetables
Do people buy in bulk, in season, daily? How do they decide what’s fresh and good to buy? What do they look for when buying?
Gadgets We Love
What gadgets and technologies are capturing our imaginations? What phones, tablets, laptops, home electronics and other devices are we looking forward to? How do people rank their gadgets? What takes priority?
FMCG & Grocery Retail
Retail can be a catch-all for everything from food to lawn mowers. We want to know where and what they’re buying. Where do they buy – open air markets, neighborhood stores, large retail chains? What do they buy – food, houseware, cleaning supplies, toiletries – to what market section or aisles of the grocery store are they going?
Gaming Culture
On what platforms are people playing? What games are people playing? Where does sports betting fit in this culture – if at all? How much of their time and money do they dedicate to “the game”?
Leisure & Out-of-Home Entertainment
Bars, cinemas, clubs, parks, parties, concerts, lounges. How do people enjoy their free time outside the home? How much are they spending? When they go out, what are they hoping for – entertainment, distraction, fun, serendipitous love?
How are young men and women arming themselves for life’s various occasions? What goals do they have in how they want to be seen? What styles and brands are making that possible for them? What – if anything – can these questions tell us about upcoming fashion trends? What do they seek to achieve with their clothing choices?
It Takes a Village: Black Tax & Social Mobility
What is the lived experience of Black Tax and in what ways does this experience drive or hinder social mobility? Who is shouldering the burdens? How do families divide responsibilities? Do more women really end up taking care of their aging parents than men? Is it still happening that older siblings and cousins often need to train the younger ones? What do these things now look like in today’s society?
Male Grooming & Personal Care
What is the definition of the well-groomed man and how is this evolving across regions, age brackets, and income groups?
Mixers & Chasers -
Non-Alcoholic Beverages
What is the taste profile of today’s consumer and how is that affected by health concerns? What are they drinking – bottled water, juices, carbonated soft drinks, coffee, tea? What traditional drinks are they drinking – kunu, zobo, aya? What do they consider when choosing what non-alcoholic drinks to buy
Mixers & Chasers -
Spirits, Beers & Ciders
What alcoholic beverages do people like to drink? What don’t we know they are drinking? How does the alcohol taste profile change as we move across countries, income brackets, ages, and genders? Do Nigerian men really like their sweet drinks? Do women really prefer ciders? With what – if anything – are people mixing these drinks?
Payments, Bills & Utilities
The business of transactions has changed forever. How do payment habits differ by age, gender, location and income bracket?
Restaurants, Bars, Bakeries & Cafes
This is a vanity list. In your city, what are the popping restaurants, bars, bakeries and cafes? How do these rank on the Reviews scale?
The Abyss of Online Shopping
Shopping online can often feel like being in the jungle. What are people willing or unwilling to buy online? How are payment and logistics services shaping people’s willingness to pay before delivery?
The African Generations Survey
Generations are an ever-fascinating topic. We originally billed this the Millennial survey, but now, it is imperative that we understand how various generations in the marketplace understand and interact. This survey explores how each generation defines social, monetary, and professional currency i.e. how they spend their money; how they build and leverage their networks; and how they view work and professional development.
The Consumer Spending Index: Where The Money Goes
We use this forum to dig a little deeper into the findings from our CSI report. What drives people to spend the way they do when they do? What is happening when we see certain spikes in some categories versus others? Do people actually feel the pinch of prioritization in Q3, the exhilaration of a new year in Q1 or the desire to just spend on oneself in Q4?
How much education do you have? In what industry do you work? What is your job title in this industry? How much do you earn? The goal of this survey is to index how labor is rewarded in different countries across a variety of industries. It will be useful to both job seekers and employers to help them benchmark how wages are evolving and how people can assess their effectiveness as employees.
The Art and Enigma of Sports Betting
Betting has become an integral part of almost every avid sports fan on the continent. This report explores the habits of Ghanains, Kenyans, and Nigerians when it comes to putting their faith and money in the hands of their favorite sporting teams. Do people bet all year round or is there a seasonal swing? What are the go to betting platforms? How big is the betting market share? Is there a strategy/skill to betting or is it all luck and random chance? All you need to know about betting culture can be found here.
Urban Wallets: Ghana vs. Kenya
How does the other half live? In this series of Urban Wallets, we compare the top 10 spending categories – by activity i.e. transaction frequency – in these two countries. We also take a peek into the top performing vendors/service providers in each spending category. Finally, we end with a quick look at the median monthly income in each country.
Urban Wallets: Nigeria vs. Ghana
How does the other half live? In this series of Urban Wallets, we compare the top 10 spending categories – by activity i.e. transaction frequency – in these two countries. We also take a peek into the top performing vendors/service providers in each spending category. Finally, we end with a quick look at the median monthly income in each country.
Urban Wallets: Nigeria vs. Kenya
How does the other half live? In this series of Urban Wallets, we compare the top 10 spending categories – by activity i.e. transaction frequency – in these two countries. We also take a peek into the top performing vendors/service providers in each spending category. Finally, we end with a quick look at the median monthly income in each country.
Urban Wallets: Income Demographics & Social Mobility
How are people feeling about their prospects for making it to the top rungs of the income bracket? How do current income disparities manifest in people’s minds as they go about working their way to the top? How aware are people of where they are on the economic ladder and how does this awareness define their pursuits – economic, professional, even romantic?
Urban Africa: Faith & Money
With religion and faith being such touchpoint topics around the continent, let’s find out what people believe about organized religion and its claim – or not – on their money. How likely are people to believe wholesale what men of God declare? When last did they give to their religious organization?
Urban Africa: Income Disparity as Violence Against Women
The goal of this survey is to examine how people – male and female, their families, organizations, and governments contribute to or stay silent in the face of the systemic economic disenfranchisement of women. Is the average African aware of the income and gender disparities around them? To what degree do they see this as a form of violence against women? We ask a series of questions – using scenarios – to tease out how aware or unaware people are about their biases. We also explore how family dynamics determine the skills women are taught vs the skills men are taught.
Urban Africa: The Price of Entrepreneurship
What are the realities of being an entrepreneur today? What are the fears, hopes and challenges being tackled by today’s entrepreneur? What industries are most attractive to entrepreneurs? How are they financing their ventures? What are the prevailing beliefs about the economy and their prospects for success?
Social Media & The Music We Love
How is social media changing how we discover and enjoy music? Who does today’s artist need to be in light of the impact of social media? Why do people follow certain artists on social media and not others?
Urban Africa: Rent, Lifestyle & Housing
With livability indices coming out of the woodwork to say that many African cities are really the worst places on earth to live, what really, do Africans think about their cities?
Transportation, Delivery & Logistics
How do we get goods from one place to another? Locally and internationally? How much do we spend getting around? What factors influence our choice and ability to move ourselves and our goods? And who are the major players keeping this industry running?
Urban Africa: Love & Money
How are people navigating the co-mingling of their moneys as they pursue life together? How does this play out in dating expectations? How or how aren’t gender roles evolving in modern relationships? Are people eagerly getting married or growing cautious of the institution – and if so, why?
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