<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Monival — Blog</title><description>Monival is the end-to-end M&amp;E platform. Build forms, collect data offline with the mobile app, and visualise results in real time.</description><link>https://monival.com</link><language>en</language><copyright>© 2026 Sibasi Ltd. All rights reserved.</copyright><item><title>Kenya&apos;s PBO Act Annual Returns: What Is Now Required, and When</title><link>https://monival.com/blog/kenya-pbo-act-annual-returns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://monival.com/blog/kenya-pbo-act-annual-returns</guid><description>The PBO Regulations 2026 are in force and the transition window closed on 13 May 2026. Annual returns are due six months after financial year end — here is what has to be in the filing.</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Kenya</category><author>Sibasi M&amp;E Team</author></item><item><title>The Three Ways Offline Data Goes Wrong: Sync, Duplicates and Version Conflicts</title><link>https://monival.com/blog/offline-sync-duplicates-version-conflicts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://monival.com/blog/offline-sync-duplicates-version-conflicts</guid><description>Offline collection fails in three specific, predictable ways. None of them are about connectivity — they are about what happens at the moment data reaches the server.</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Field Data</category><author>Sibasi M&amp;E Team</author></item><item><title>The Complete Guide to Offline Data Collection for NGOs</title><link>https://monival.com/blog/offline-data-collection-guide</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://monival.com/blog/offline-data-collection-guide</guid><description>Everything field teams need to know about collecting reliable data without internet — from form design to sync strategy to conflict resolution.</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Field Data</category><author>Monival Team</author></item><item><title>County M&amp;E Under CIMES: The Structure, the Reports and the Calendar</title><link>https://monival.com/blog/county-me-under-cimes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://monival.com/blog/county-me-under-cimes</guid><description>CIMES sets out how Kenya&apos;s counties are supposed to monitor and report. KIPPRA found in January 2024 that only 17% of counties were fully compliant. Here is what the system actually asks for.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Kenya</category><author>Sibasi M&amp;E Team</author></item><item><title>What To Do After KoboToolbox</title><link>https://monival.com/blog/what-to-do-after-kobotoolbox</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://monival.com/blog/what-to-do-after-kobotoolbox</guid><description>Kobo owns field data collection, and it should. The gap is everything above it — indicators, results frameworks and reporting — which is where most organisations fall back to Excel.</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Tooling</category><author>Sibasi M&amp;E Team</author></item><item><title>Designing Indicators That Survive a Donor Audit</title><link>https://monival.com/blog/indicators-that-survive-a-donor-audit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://monival.com/blog/indicators-that-survive-a-donor-audit</guid><description>Most reported indicators cannot withstand a data quality assessment — not because the data is wrong, but because the definition was never fixed. The discipline that prevents it.</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Indicators</category><author>Sibasi M&amp;E Team</author></item><item><title>Logframe or Theory of Change? You Almost Certainly Need Both</title><link>https://monival.com/blog/logframe-or-theory-of-change</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://monival.com/blog/logframe-or-theory-of-change</guid><description>The two are not competing options. One explains how change happens, the other summarises what you are accountable for — and building them in the wrong order is why so many logframes fall apart in year two.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Frameworks</category><author>Sibasi M&amp;E Team</author></item></channel></rss>