More than a decade ago, a group of people passionate about generating and using evidence in Africa, for Africa, got together over a series of…
Job Opportunity: Director at the Africa Evidence Network (AEN)
09/12/2025
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What role for research when ordinary life is put on hold?
29/11/2024
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Today, November 29th, is the UN International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. Established in 1977, it provides an opportunity for the international community…
Africa’s use of evidence: challenges and opportunities
02/09/2024
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Africa Evidence Week 2024 got off to an exciting start! I had the pleasure of attending one of the very first sessions – a video…
Nothing about us without us
23/08/2024
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“If you’re going to come up with solutions to the problems of Africa don’t come up with policies and programmes that don’t include the voices…
Youth-focused initiatives: GAGE programme
23/08/2024
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Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) is a ten-year mixed-methods longitudinal research and evaluation study managed by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) running, between 2015…
Enhance Your Evaluation Efforts with Inclusive Communication Strategies
03/07/2024
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Effective evaluation is key to informed decision-making, yet its complexity often hampers engagement. The resource “Demystifying Evaluation: Communication Strategies for Making Evaluation More Engaging and…
Open call for grant applications: Giving Joy – Deadline 30 September
18/09/2023
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Grant type: Microgrant for Female Entrepreneurs Amount: Approx $500 Deadline: 30th September Location: Global Organisation: Giving Joy Through its micro-grants and mentorship program, Giving Joy helps women…
Using digital knowledge management platforms for effective communication
15/07/2023
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Information is gold, and most organisations want to store and retrieve it quickly and efficiently. Information needs not only to be disseminated, but also tailored,…
EBPDN: Refreshing recommended resources
31/10/2019
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The Evidence-based Policy in Development Network (ebpdn) was a 7-year DFID-funded programme that aimed to establish a worldwide community of practice for think tanks, policy…
Building momentum to advance citizen evidence in policymaking
03/09/2019
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Interview with Diakalia Sanogo from IDRC. Discourse on the promotion of evidence in policy processes has traditionally been around the use of data and scientific…
Bringing researchers and knowledge brokers together for greater impact
29/05/2019
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It’s one of the most common pieces of advice given to academic researchers who hope to use their findings to influence international development policy: build…
Top tips: Writing newspaper opinion pieces
24/05/2019
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An article written in newspapers, in which a writer presents their own opinion about any particular topic is called an opinion piece. Opinion pieces are…
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