Phone: +260 770719939

Lusaka, Zambia.

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Researching the systems that

shape Africa’s future

At STEAR Labs, research is not separate from what we do. Our ecosystem is our research environment. Through education, internships, enterprise development, production and market activity, we continuously learn what works, what is changing, where opportunities exist, and what needs to be built next.

We turn that knowledge into better education, stronger enterprises, smarter decisions and new opportunities.

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Our

Current Research

EduLab

Our Education Research Engine

EduLab studies how people learn, what skills they need, and how education can better prepare them for life, work and enterprise.

Through our programmes, learners, instructors and educational systems become sources of continuous learning and improvement.

Focus: Education • Skills • Curriculum • Learning Outcomes • Future Skills

The Intern

Our Economic & Employment Research Engine

The Intern connects people with real workplaces while helping us understand the changing world of work.

Through workplace experience, employer engagement and employment data, we study the relationship between skills, people, organisations and economic opportunity.

Focus: Employment • Skills Gaps • Workplaces • Productivity • Career Pathways

Enterprise & Incubators

Our Market Research Engine

Our incubators allow us to test ideas in the real economy.

We study problems, markets, customers, production, business models and opportunities while building enterprises around what we discover.

Focus: Markets • Entrepreneurship • Business Models • Production • Consumer Needs

Community & Development Research

Our Human Development Research Engine

STEAR works with people and communities, giving us a practical view of the challenges affecting economic participation and development.

We study the conditions that help individuals progress from learning to independence, leadership and enterprise.

Focus: Youth • Communities • Leadership • Economic Participation • Human Development

One Ecosystem.

Continuous Research.

Our research engines are connected.

1
EduLab
helps us understand learning.
2
The Intern
helps us understand work.
3
Enterprise & Incubators
help us understand markets and production.
4
Community research
helps us understand people and development.

The knowledge generated across the ecosystem feeds back into the system — improving our programmes, shaping new enterprises and identifying new areas for research.

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From Research

to Action

We believe research should lead somewhere.

Research → Insight → Development → Testing → Enterprise → Impact

Our goal is not simply to produce reports.

It is to discover opportunities, solve real problems and build systems that create lasting economic and social value.

Research with purpose.

STEAR Labs — Researching today to build what Africa needs tomorrow.