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Upwork lists International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) at $1.8M+ in client spend.
$1,811,595 in published client spend across 50 contracts. The full read below — free.
Who's actually behind the account.
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What the blended average hides
Don't treat any single average as representative: there is a clear split — a small share of high-value technical roles pay in the $100–107/hr range (~15–25% of visible high-rate spend), while the majority of ongoing research and design work clusters at $30–60/hr and some commodity tasks fall below $30/hr; price accordingly and expect creative work to be often fixed-price.
Where the work actually is
All 50 contracts by category. Design, visual & branding leads with 18 of 52 contracts.
Hiring right now, not last year.
When the contracts on record started — and how they're structured. 14 of 50 are still in progress.
Jobs they've posted publicly
Every contract on record — all 50
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A large Nairobi-based research institute that hires repeat research, design, communications and occasional senior AI and web talent, running a mix of long hourly engagements and fixed-price creative pieces.
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