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On behalf of PASGR’s Board of Directors, Management and staff, I am pleased to share the exciting news that Dr Fadel Ndiame has been appointed as PASGR’s new Executive Director, with effect from 1 July 2025. This appointment marks the culmination of a thorough and inclusive recruitment process, including engagement with staff. Dr Ndiame brings […]

Job Vacancy: PASGR Executive Assistant/Human Resources Officer PASGR seeks to recruit an Executive Assistant who will also serve as a Human Resources Officer. Reporting to the Executive Director, the overall role of the job holder is to provide a wide range of support to the Executive Director’s office, human resource management, and general office administration. […]

A transformative milestone in youth development across Africa is set to unfold. From June 10 – 12, 2025, the African Youth Pathways to Resilience and Systems Change (AYPReS) programme will officially launch in Accra, Ghana. Convened by the Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) in collaboration with the Mastercard Foundation, this event brings […]

We received the news of Prof. Haruna’s sudden passing with profound shock and sorrow. He spoke with humility and a dependable tone of humor. When tensions rose during our many public policy research forums, he was a source of calm before the storm. Prof. Haruna Bonaventure was a great friend of PASGR and an anchor […]

PASGR is pleased to announce the graduation of three of its collaborative Doctoral Public Policy students at the University of Pretoria: These graduates were beneficiaries of a Partnership for African Social Governance and Research (PASGR) PhD scholarship programme, which is funded by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. This initiative provides  financial, […]

Africa’s public policy making landscape is rapidly evolving to adapt to the multiple interests and intricate interconnection and geopolitics. An important aspect of this rapid change is the recognition of the interconnection between evidence generation and policymaking process. While evidence use has been widely endorsed, policymaking process is still largely dominated by contested interests such […]

On Friday, May 9, 2025, PASGR officially launched the findings of its two-year study on Re-imagining University Financing in Kenya at an event officiated by Dr Beatrice Muganda Inyangala, the Principal Secretary, State Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Kenya. The new university funding model has the potential to promote equity and quality in […]

It is with profound sadness that we learn of Jeffery C. Fine’s passing. Mr Fine played a significant role in the formation of PASGR, serving as an advisor on the organisational development and conceptualisation of our research and training programmes, including the collaborative Master of Research and Public Policy programme. Earlier in his career, while […]

Background Inspiring Girls and Grassroots Networks for Inclusive and Transformative Education (IGNITE) is a consortium funded by the Agence Française de Development (AFD) through the Support Fund for Feminist Organizations (SFFO). The consortium comprising of the International Rescue Committee (IRC), the René Moawad Foundation (RMF) – MENA Partner, the Partnership for African Social and Governance […]

The Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) in collaboration with the MasterCard Foundation is implementing a multinational policy and practice-oriented research programme titled “African Youth Pathways to Resilience and Systems Change (AYPReS)” across ten (10) African countries: Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Benin, Togo, and Côte d’Ivoire. The primary objective of […]