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Africa’s demographic landscape is marked by a youthful majority, with nearly 70% of its population below the age of 30. However, this burgeoning demographic faces significant challenges, including unemployment, underemployment, and social marginalization. The Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation have embarked on a groundbreaking multi-country research […]

In our relentless pursuit to enhance evidence-informed decision making (EIDM) in Africa through our innovative approach known as Utafiti Sera (Swahili word for Research policy), that addresses gaps in evidence use through instituting communities of practice as a vehicle for enhancing evidence generation and uptake across the continent. To show case this approach, PASGR embarked […]

On 1st November 2022, The Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) and Kenya Healthcare Federation (KHF) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at Mercure Hotel Nairobi. This partnership paved way for the two institutions to collaborate in research, identification of gaps in healthcare and engaging key stakeholders towards the realization of Universal Health […]

Infrastructure development is a key driver for progress globally and yet it remains one of the most complex challenges of the 21st century in Africa. It is a critical enabler for productivity and sustainable economic growth and contributes significantly to human development, poverty reduction, and the attainment of the sustainable development goals (specific goals: Goal […]

Rwanda’s Vision 2020, launched in the year 2000, focused on guiding the nation on what to do in order to survive and regain its dignity. On the other hand, the current Vision 2050, appears to be more targeted on Rwanda’s aspiration to transform its economy into a high-income country and modernize the lives of all […]

On Friday 8 July 2022, in collaboration with Keble College at the University of Oxford and the Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Trust, NatCen International hosted a roundtable discussion on the opportunities and challenges of strengthening gender-inclusive climate action within the context of intersecting crises in Africa.  While there is growing evidence on the intersecting crises of climate change, conflict and displacement, […]

The Utafiti Sera houses have continued to register impact on various fronts, for instance, ongoing houses (Urban Governance house Nairobi, Urban Governance house Kigali, and Youth Employment Creation House in Kenya) continued to expand frontiers of evidence-based convenings, providing important platforms for policy actors as well as researchers to engage to rethink policy work across […]

The Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) with the support of the MasterCard Foundation will host Senegal Country inception workshop on Thursday, 17th February 2022 from 0830hrs-1700hrs WAT at Pullman Hotel and Resorts, Dakar Teranga. The inception workshop is the fifth in a series of research activities under the “Young Women and Men’s […]