Gaps is the data team of Base Labs Africa.
We study markets, companies, cities, industries, and systems to understand what is growing, what is broken, and what should exist next.
We are building a small team of people who see what others miss.
You are curious, independent, and serious about finding evidence before forming an opinion.
You know how to follow a question. You can find reliable information, test assumptions, and explain what matters.
You can make sense of messy data, spot patterns, question bad numbers, and turn signals into useful conclusions.
You can turn a useful insight into a dataset, tool, map, prototype, workflow, or experiment worth testing.
You care about how things work in real life. You speak to people, verify what exists, and see what public data cannot show.
We start with a question that matters to Base Labs.
Then we collect evidence, make sense of it, and turn what we learn into a clear next move.
Track companies, markets, customers, prices, locations, industries, and changes that point to overlooked gaps.
Research public sources, speak to operators, organise data, and verify what is actually happening on the ground.
Identify where demand, supply, infrastructure, trust, or information does not match.
Turn evidence into a thesis: what Base Labs should test, build, improve, partner on, or leave alone.
Most companies begin with an idea and look for proof.
We want Base Labs to begin with evidence: real markets, real people, and real gaps worth solving.
Gaps helps Base Labs see where opportunity is hiding: in growing cities, underserved industries, broken systems, and everyday workarounds.
We study the gaps before we build the solutions.
Some findings become research. Some become experiments. Some become products, services, partnerships, or new ventures.
Gaps is building a team of researchers, analysts, builders, and field observers who want to help Base Labs discover what to build next.
