A curious mind.
A useful
question.
I’m Sharon. I help teams turn programme ambition into useful evidence, learning, and decisions.
Sharon Ogolla — adaptive MEL, market systems and strategic learning
A curious mind.
People first.
Then the
framework.
Make the pathway with the people living it. Put the assumptions on the table.
Evidence is
only useful
if we use it.
Look for patterns. Ask what is changing, for whom, and why.
I also build
what I
believe in.
lloopd and Qare+ take the same questions into products: what gets in the way, and what could work better?
Type a challenge. Explore a working change pathway.
00:00 / 00:28EXPLORE THE WORK ↓
02 / THE PERSON BEHIND THE FRAMEWORKSRESEARCHER. FACILITATOR. BUILDER.
Serious about evidence.
Curious about people.
Sharon has the audacity
to bet on herself. Always!
I work where programme ambition meets the harder question: how will we know, and what will we do with what we learn?
I’m a monitoring, evaluation, research and learning professional with experience working across Africa and Asia. With a background in statistics and computer science, I help teams ask better questions, make sense of evidence, and use what they learn to make better decisions.
As Regional MEL Advisor at Farm Africa, I provide technical leadership across a multi-country portfolio. My independent work includes measuring systems change, supporting market systems development, building dashboards, and helping teams learn and adapt.
I’ve worked across agriculture, food systems, climate resilience, health, land governance, justice, and energy access. I’m also a founder. Through lloopd and Qare+, I’m taking what I’ve learned about people, systems, and the challenges they face into products that aim to make a difference.
When I’m not working on MEL, I’m probably building a website, starting a DIY project, travelling or getting carried away with an idea I just had to try. I love figuring things out, making them look good, and seeing where a little curiosity can take me.
TOOLS IN SERVICE OF THE QUESTION
Power BI · Stata · R · NVivo · MAXQDA · KoboToolbox · SurveyCTO · ArcGIS
THE PRACTICE / HOW I WORKADAPTIVE MEL · MARKET SYSTEMS · STRATEGIC LEARNING
What changed?
And what now?
That’s the question behind my work.
Explore the approach, the assignments, or where we could work together.
01 / SHARON’S THEORY OF CHANGE
Click into the thinking.
Start with what your programme needs.
Follow the pathway. Explore the work. Let’s find your next step.
Sharon’s Theory of ChangeFROM PROGRAMME AMBITION TO EVIDENCE-INFORMED ACTION.
THE STARTING POINT
What is getting in the way?
What we learn changes what we ask. It’s a loop, not a straight line.
THE LOGIC
WHAT I CAN HELP YOU BUILD
WHERE THIS SHOWS UP IN MY WORK
WAIT—WHAT ABOUT THE ASSUMPTIONS?+
A clear pathway is a proposition to test. Context, incentives, and people can change the result.
01
Which assumptions connect our activities to the change we hope to see?
02
What evidence would challenge our explanation—and whose experience is missing?
03
Who will review what we learn, and what decisions can they actually change?
SELECTED ASSIGNMENTS & CONTRIBUTIONS
Evidence in practice.
Explore the problem, the work, and what it enabled.
WORK DONE WITH TEAMS, PARTNERS & COMMUNITIES. EACH ASSIGNMENT HAS ITS OWN CONTEXT.
LET’S SHAPE THE ASSIGNMENT
Bring me the question.
You don’t need a perfect brief. A programme challenge and a sense of what you need are a good start.
03 / THE BUILDER’S SHELFTHE SAME CURIOSITY. TWO VENTURES.
Questions worth
building on.
Did you know?
“Someone should build that” is a dangerous sentence around me.
Exhibits A and B, below.
01 / FOUNDER & CEO
lloopd
Connecting frontline workflows, decisions and follow-through.
The idea. The problem. The solution.01 / 03 · THE IDEA
02 / CO-FOUNDER & CEO
Qare+
Connecting people to care, and care to continuity.
The idea. The problem. The solution.01 / 03 · THE IDEA
THE IDEA → THE PROBLEM → THE SOLUTIONTURN A PAGE. FOLLOW A QUESTION.
THE MSD CHANGE STUDIO
A question worth exploring?
Bring a challenge. Build and edit a working Theory of Change.
04 / THE DETOURSTHERE’S A WHOLE PERSON BEHIND THE WORK.
THE PASSPORTThe world
The world
through my eyes.
“I have travelled far enough to know that the world is big, but small enough to know that we are all connected.”
SWIPE LEFT OR RIGHT TO EXPLORE
A world of curiosity.
AFRICA / KENYADRAG TO EXPLORE ↔
26 destinations4 regions
Kenya
Where it all begins
FROM MY TRAVEL NOTEBOOKA STATISTICIAN’S TRAVEL NOTEBOOK / MSc STATISTICS
THE JOURNEY CONTINUES.Map data: Natural Earth ↗
THE STUDIO / IDEAS THAT GET MADE.I build.
I build.
I make.
I get carried away.
Websites, DIYs, and whatever idea won’t leave me alone. Making things is one of my favourite ways to spend my free time.
Sometimes it starts in a browser. Sometimes it ends with a pile of wood. Same curiosity, different tools.
WebsitesDIY projectsWood pixel art
ON MY WORKBENCH, RIGHT NOWIN PROGRESS ↗
One block at a time.
I’m currently working on wood pixel wall art.
Inspiration image: Saajawat’s wood mosaic ↗ALSO MADE WITH CURIOSITY
This website is one of my creative experiments. Layout, colour, motion, and all the little details that make a page feel like a person.
THE UNOFFICIAL SHARON FILESFun facts
Fun facts
about me. 🤭
Because there's more to life than impressive job titles.
A SMALL CABINET OF CURIOSITIESTAP AN OBJECT. GET THE STORY. ↘
01 / 08
05 / OFF SCRIPTA SMALL INVITATION TO BE AUDACIOUS.
MAKE A POSTER. TAKE YOUR PROMISE WITH YOU.Your turn.
Your turn.
What will you
make room for?
This part is yours. Type a promise in the box below.
Your words appear on the poster as you write. Add your photo in place of the arrow if you like. Pick a colour, then save it to keep.
A PROMISE TO MYSELF
↗![Your selected photo on your promise poster]()
I’m making room for…Your words
go here.
On my own terms.A little space for you, from Sharon Ogolla.
06 / LET’S WORK TOGETHERBRING THE QUESTION. WE’LL FIND THE WAY THROUGH.
LET’S MAKE
evidence
USEFUL
A Theory of Change. An evaluation. A learning agenda.
A dashboard your team will actually use.