The organisation
OLGnova is a Nigeria-registered research and evidence organisation working in
public health, digital innovation and strategic communication across Africa. Its
work spans research and publication, surveys, electronic medical records,
knowledge management and project management — with digital health tools deployed
in resource-limited settings.
The problem
Research organisations publish constantly. Papers, reports, survey findings and
programme updates arrive on their own schedule, and none of them wait for a
developer to be available. A static site would have meant every new publication
becoming a support request, and a backlog of work that never quite gets posted.
The site also had to do more than describe the organisation. It needed to carry
the publication record credibly, present the service capabilities clearly to
partners and funders, and give prospective collaborators a direct route to make
contact.
What we built
A dynamic site backed by a content management system, structured around the
organisation's own vocabulary rather than a generic template:
- Publications and blog — dynamic, so new entries are added and updated
without touching code or waiting on a release.
- A CMS the client actually operates. This was the point of the engagement.
Content is edited by the people who write it, on the day they write it.
- Capability and about sections presenting the six service areas to
partners, funders and prospective collaborators.
- Partner and contact enquiry forms capturing enquiry type alongside the
usual details, so messages arrive already sorted.
- Responsive throughout, which matters for an audience reading on mobile
across the region.
Why it matters
The measure of this kind of project is not how the site looked on launch day. It
is whether the organisation is still publishing to it a year later without
calling us. Content autonomy was the deliverable; the website was how it got
delivered.
Visit
The site is live at olgnova.org.