Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Masterclass
AI-powered MEAL for NGOs — 6 weeks live online
What you'll do
The mandatory skill for NGO, development and humanitarian staff — taught live, in the evenings, so you never take a day of leave. Six weeks instead of a five-day daytime workshop, with a 50/50 payment split.
You leave with a portfolio MEAL plan for a real or simulated project and an SGI Africa certificate your employer can verify online.
- Category
- NGO & Development
- Format
- Live online on Zoom · Tue & Thu 7–9 pm EAT · 6 weeks · 12 live sessions (24 hours) · all sessions recorded
- Who it is for
- NGO, development and humanitarian staff; M&E officers and assistants; project and programme managers; county and government officers.
- Before you start
- None — we start from LogFrames. A laptop with Excel and a free KoboToolbox account.
- Taught by
- Contract instructor — a practising M&E Manager or Advisor with 5+ years in funded projects
- Certificate
- SGI Africa certificate of completion, verifiable at sgiafrica.org/verify
You leave with
- A portfolio MEAL plan for a real or simulated project
- A working KoboToolbox form and a dashboard
- A donor-ready M&E report
- SGI Africa certificate of completion
Week by week
| # | Module | You produce |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Foundations Results chains, Theory of Change, LogFrames; using AI to draft and stress-test a ToC. | LogFrame for a real or simulated project |
| 2 | Indicators and planning SMART indicators, baselines, targets, M&E plans. | M&E plan |
| 3 | Data collection KoboToolbox / ODK, surveys, FGDs, field realities, data quality. | Live data-collection tool |
| 4 | Analysis and visualisation Excel for M&E, cleaning, basic statistics, dashboards. | Data dashboard |
| 5 | Accountability, learning and reporting Feedback loops, learning reviews, donor reports with AI. | Donor M&E report |
| 6 | Evaluation design and capstone Formative vs summative, baseline/endline; presentations. | Portfolio MEAL plan |
- All live sessions
- Session recordings
- Workbook and materials
- SGI Africa certificate of completion
- Everything in Essential
- Graded assignments
- Capstone review
- Mentor WhatsApp group
- LinkedIn badge
- Everything in Professional
- 2 × 1-on-1 coaching
- CV / LinkedIn rebuild
- Employer introductions where genuine
- Capped at 8 seats
Course fees are in KSh and inclusive of all taxes. Indicative USD equivalents use 1 USD = KES 129. Pay in full at registration and get lifetime access to all session recordings.
The same course costs more once there is proof. Founding is one cohort, ever. Anyone who paid a lower price never pays more later.
NGO Professional Pathway
- Grant & Proposal Writing Masterclass · 6 wks
- Project Management Masterclass for NGOs (PMP-aligned) · 9 wks
- Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Masterclass · 6 wks
NGO Essentials
- Attend at least 9 of 12 sessions — a recording plus a catch-up task counts.
- Submit at least 5 of 6 assignments.
- Complete and present the final project.
- Fees paid in full. Certificates carry a unique code verifiable at sgiafrica.org/verify.
Payment
Secure your seat with a 50% deposit. The balance is due halfway through the course — the exact week is on every course page (week 2 of a 4-week course, week 3 of a 6-week course, week 5 of CCNA and Project Management). Your seat, your live sessions, your assignment feedback and your cohort group are yours from the day you pay the deposit.
Your certificate, transcript and LinkedIn badge are issued once your fees are paid in full. If you need more time, that's fine — tell us. Your documents are held, not cancelled, and we release them the day the balance clears.
Paying in full at registration? You also receive lifetime access to all session recordings.
Our promise
Attend at least 75% of the live sessions (a recording plus a catch-up task counts), submit at least 75% of the assignments and complete the final project. If you finish and your portfolio isn't complete, you join the next cohort free.
Refunds and transfers
Full refund up to 7 days before the start date, no questions asked. After Session 1, no refund — but you may transfer your seat once to any future cohort, or to a colleague, at no charge.
If we postpone a cohort because it did not reach its minimum, you choose: a full refund within 5 working days, or a transfer to the next cohort with a free upgrade to the Professional tier.
Organisation seats are invoiced and refundable in full up to 7 days before the start date; unused seats transfer to your next intake.
Founding cohort
The founding price is for the founding cohort only — the first-ever run of each course, capped at 20 seats. In return, founding students give a written testimonial and take part in a short case study, and keep lifetime access to every future run of that course.
Prices rise with cohort 2 and again from cohort 4. Anyone who paid a lower price never pays more.