Sabasi Web & Mobile App

Simplifying data collection with a free survey tool.

My Role
  • Competitor Analysis
  • Wireframing
  • Visual Design
  • UX Writing
  • Prototyping & Testing
 
Team
  • John Mucheke (Research, Project Lead)
  • Geoffrey Muthami (Senior Backend Developer)
  • Dennis Mwongera (Frontend Developer – Vue.js)
  • Laurent Juma (Android Developer – Kotlin)
 

Context

The Problem

Marginalised communities in Kenya have limited or no access to the Internet. Consequently, researchers in these communities primarily use printed questionnaires for data collection. This method is costlytime-consuming and involves long verification processes.

The Solution

We embarked on a 6-month-long project to develop Sabasi, a free survey application that would make data collection more efficient, improve transparency and promote accountability in data collection exercises.

My Role

I created the wireframeshigh-fidelity mockupsdigital prototypes and wrote the UI copy for the web and mobile applications. I also collaborated with the frontend developers to convert the designs to code.

Process

Research & Findings

Open Institute had previously worked with Kilifi County in an exercise to help research assistants collect and visualise data on county development projects. We used the findings from this exercise to summarize the pain points:

  • Using printed questionnaires can get costly if you plan to interview a large number of respondents
  • You risk losing data if filled questionnaires are damaged or misplaced
  • Data verification and analysis can only be done after the data collection exercise is complete
Defining User Needs