Tahaleel is a specialist research and data consultancy operating in fragile and conflict-affected economies across the Middle East and Africa. We build bespoke datasets and analytical products that fuse deep field networks with advanced analytics. Our outputs help illuminate opaque systems and enable strategic, operational, and commercial decision making in high-risk environments.

Our core focus is the Levant, Arabian Peninsula, and wider Middle East and Africa. We specialise in hard-to-access, politically complex, and data-scarce environments.

We work with multilateral institutions, government agencies, and private sector organisations operating in high-risk environments and opaque markets. Our work also supports humanitarian and development programming where relevant.

We deliver a range of data-building and analytical services, including:

• Custom data and analytical products that fuse deep field networks with advanced analytics, which includes remote sensing, night light reflectance analysis (NLR), and quantitative modelling.

• Thematic and sectoral reports that analyse different aspects of fragile and conflict-affected economies, including analysis of specific sectors and a structured deconstruction of licit and illicit market activities and their linkages. Reports integrate geopolitical, political-economy, and security dynamics across analytical streams.

• Risk and scenario analysis covering political, security, and economic risks shaping regional, geopolitical, and market dynamics. Our forward-looking assessments include scenario modelling.

• Market-entry, access, and investment strategies grounded in evidence-based evaluations of market conditions, regulatory environments, and operational constraints.

We combine trusted field networks with private and open-source information and advanced analytics. This approach enables us to build reliable evidence when traditional data collection is not possible.

Yes. Every engagement is tailored to the client’s objectives and focuses (e.g. geographic and/or thematic focus area, sector / industry, market). We design custom frameworks, datasets, and analytical products for each project.

We integrate local field access, regional expertise, and advanced analytical tools to generate evidence that is unavailable through standard research methods. Our work includes first-of-its-kind datasets and models that have shaped programming and set baselines for major institutions.

Reliable data reduces uncertainty, supports effective programming, and underpins strategic, operational, and commercial decision-making in high-risk environments. It enables clients to understand exposure, anticipate disruption, and plan for uncertainty.

Engagements typically begin with a structured scoping discussion to define objectives, data needs, and methodological approach. We offer both project-based work and ongoing advisory arrangements.