Not every important question starts as a company.
Stac Labs is Getstac's research and experimentation unit. We study how commerce works across Africa, test useful ideas and invite researchers, operators, founders and curious builders to work alongside us.
Join our Research Team
Stac Labs gives us room to pursue important questions that may not belong on a traditional product roadmap. We conduct research, build prototypes, document commercial behaviour and collaborate with people who are equally curious about how Africa works.
- Some ideas become products.
- Some become reports.
- Some simply help us understand the system better.
What Happens Inside the Lab
Research
We investigate commercial systems, behaviours, infrastructure & the realities businesses face across African markets.
Experiments
We test ideas through field projects, prototypes, simulations and small-scale pilots. Some of which we make public.
Open Builds
We invite researchers, designers, engineers, operators and storytellers to contribute to selected projects.
Publishing
We turn useful discoveries into reports, essays, visual explanations, datasets, videos and practical tools.Understanding Commerce in Africa.
An ongoing body of research examining how commerce is built, experienced and operated across the continent. Through reports, interviews, field studies, commercial concepts, data, comics and video, UCA documents the systems behind how African businesses sell, distribute, collect, grow and survive. First Publication out on the 30th of September.
Join the Waitlist
You do not have to work at Getstac to work on something with us.
Stac Labs brings together people with different forms of knowledge. You may be a researcher studying African markets, an operator who understands a particular industry, a builder looking for an interesting problem, or an organisation willing to support deeper investigation.
Build With Us
Frequently Asked Questions.
Who can collaborate with Stac Labs?
We welcome researchers, designers, engineers, operators, founders, students, storytellers and organisations with relevant knowledge, experience or curiosity. You can join an existing project, contribute specialist insight or propose something new to investigate or build with us.
Do I need to be based in Africa?
Are collaborations paid?
Can an organisation commission research?
Can I contribute to Understanding Commerce in Africa?
How are ownership and intellectual property handled?