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Urge Communications is a development communications, intelligence, and upskilling platform working across East Africa. Four platforms, one purpose: help the people driving development in this region stay informed, get ahead of what's coming, build skills, and communicate with impact.
East Africa's development community, in one place.
18+
years working across East Africa's development sector
9
countries — Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, DRC, Somalia, South Sudan, Ethiopia
4
platforms: news, intelligence, upskilling, advisory
2
home bases — Nairobi & Kampala
What's here
Pick a platform, or read on below
UrgeDevWire
Knowledge is power. Stay connected. Be informed.
A weekly development news wire tracking the stories, health updates, funding calls, tenders, events, and jobs shaping the region — verified against primary sources and written for people who need to act on it, not just read it.
Inside it: Dev-News, Urge Inside Health, Dev-Events, Dev-Jobs, Dev-Tenders
UrgeDev Intell
See more. Know more. Achieve more.
Insider-verified monthly analysis across health, policy, funding, humanitarian response, and the economy — built to help institutional decision-makers navigate where the region's development landscape is actually heading.
Latest: Brief 003, East Africa, August 2026 — nine countries, seven sectors
Urge Skill-Up
Learn more. Be more. Do more.
A professional learning platform with courses for individuals across digital and AI skills, and cohort programs for organisations — from SACCO governance to climate-smart agriculture to MSME business and legal foundations.
For: individuals building skills, and organisations upskilling their teams or beneficiaries
Communications Advisory
The practice behind Urge's own platforms.
Strategic communications, brand development, stakeholder engagement, and go-to-market support for organisations working across East Africa's development space — the same discipline that built and runs UrgeDevWire and UrgeDev Intell.
Includes: brand strategy, stakeholder engagement, campaign delivery
Grounded in 18+ years of regional experience, our team of development strategists, policy analysts, journalists, coaches and communications specialists is embedded in the markets we cover, drawing on a network of economists, investigative journalists, and sector researchers across Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania.
Urge was founded on the conviction that East Africa's development community need more than funding — they need the right skills, information, verified intelligence and the strategic context to act on it.
"The organisations that act on intelligence, and not just information, are the ones that shape what comes next.
"Urge Communications — our belief
Delivered for
Partners and clients across the region
Where to go next
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Urge has consistently demonstrated exceptional commitment in their work with us. Very professional in planning, organizing and managing our stakeholder engagements. We are always pleased to collaborate and work together with their dedicated team.
CEO- Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH)
Our brand development and go- to market strategy was provided by Urge and it was top-notch.
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