Assess the Destination. Plan the Journey. Keep the Record.
Travel risk assessments, destination intelligence, executive briefings and journey planning for organisations moving people across Africa.
Services
What we deliver
- Travel risk assessments
- Destination intelligence
- Executive travel briefings
- Journey planning
- Journey coordination
- Route and movement risk review
- Travel security advice
- Communication and check-in protocols
- Pre-deployment briefings
- Traveller and trip records
- Self-reported check-in workflow
- Duty-of-care documentation
Travel risk dashboard
How travel risk is assessed before anyone moves
Travel and journey risk work is advisory and record-based: a written destination assessment, an authorisation decision, a journey plan and a check-in protocol. There is no live tracking. Figures are illustrative benchmarks.
Travel flow — assess, authorise, brief, move, close
- 01
Trip request
Purpose, destinations, dates and traveller profile captured in one record.
- Typical
- Same day
- Output
- Trip record
- 02
Destination assessment
Country and city-level risk, access conditions, medical and transport picture.
- Typical
- 1–3 days
- Output
- Destination brief
- 03
Authorisation
Risk tier drives who signs off; conditions and mitigations recorded, not implied.
- Typical
- 1–2 days
- Output
- Authorisation decision
- 04
Briefing & journey plan
Traveller briefed and acknowledgement recorded; movement and contact protocol set.
- Typical
- Pre-departure
- Output
- Journey plan
- 05
Check-ins & closure
Scheduled check-ins logged against the plan; incidents and lessons recorded.
- Typical
- Duration of trip
- Output
- Trip record closed
- Destination risk30%
- Movement & route24%
- Accommodation & venue18%
- Traveller profile16%
- Medical & evacuation12%
- Horn of Africa33
- East Africa28
- West Africa17
- Central Africa10
- Southern Africa8
- North Africa4
- 1Ground movement exposureHigh · L4 × I4
Route selection, timing windows and vetted drivers.
- 2Kidnap or detention riskElevated · L2 × I5
Profile-aware planning, low-visibility movement and contact discipline.
- 3Civil unrest disrupting travelElevated · L3 × I3
Event awareness, avoidance geography and contingency days.
- 4Medical access gapsHigh · L3 × I4
Facility mapping and evacuation feasibility confirmed before authorisation.
- No live GPS tracking of travellers or vehicles.
- No 24/7 manned response desk or emergency dispatch.
- Authorisation decisions remain the client's; we provide the assessment and record.
- Check-ins are logged against a plan the traveller has acknowledged.
How the platform is operated
Self-service travel risk management
Clients manage their own traveller monitoring and response using INGO Advisory intelligence and their internal procedures. We provide the assessments, the briefings and the system of record — your team runs the response line.
What the platform holds
- Traveller records
- Trip records and authorisation
- Destination intelligence and assessments
- Self-reported check-ins
- Manually updated trip status
What we provide
- Written destination assessments
- Executive and pre-deployment briefings
- Journey plans and protocols
- Programme reporting and exports
Future Managed Service
- Managed traveller monitoring
- Staffed escalation desk
- Not currently offered and not priced
- We will say when it is operationally staffed
Be clear about what this is
What is in scope
- Analyst-written destination assessments with the threats driving the rating stated.
- Journey planning, authorisation thresholds and communication protocols.
- A traveller and trip record with self-reported check-ins, updated by your team.
- Exportable duty-of-care documentation for board, insurer and donor review.
What this does not include
- Live GPS tracking or automatic traveller tracking.
- 24/7 monitoring of travellers or movements.
- Automatic emergency response, emergency dispatch or medical evacuation.
- Any substitute for your organisation's own response procedures.
How an engagement runs
Assess. Plan. Coordinate. Record.
- 01
Assess
A written destination assessment for the specific movement, drawn from the Africa Intelligence Centre country record.
- 02
Plan
Journey plan, authorisation level, communication and check-in protocol, agreed before departure.
- 03
Coordinate
Ground arrangements and briefings coordinated with the traveller and, where relevant, our Horn of Africa field operations.
- 04
Record
The trip, its approvals, its check-ins and its outcome held in one exportable record your board or donor can read.
Run it yourself
The self-service travel management platform
Client accounts hold traveller and trip records, destination assessments, self-reported check-ins and the trip log. Nothing is tracked automatically — status changes when a person updates it.
- Travel Risk & Journey Advisory
- Independent research on journey planning and destination risk, published as part of the project.
- Self-Service Travel Management
- A client-operated system for traveller records, trip records, destination intelligence and self-reported check-ins.
- Executive Travel Briefings
- Pre-travel intelligence and risk briefings for executives, teams and delegations.
Source of intelligence
Built on the Africa Intelligence Centre
Destination intelligence comes from the same Africa Intelligence Centre country record as the Africa Risk Monitor, so a travel brief and a country assessment never contradict each other.