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The African Cities Research Programme builds on an extensive expertise, methodology and passion to generate evidence and interventions which can make African Urban Centres efficient, equitable, pro-poor and sustainable.

The Inclusive and Just Social Protection in Africa project created constructive spaces of engagement for social protection technicians, government policy makers and multiple stakeholders, notably program beneficiaries, grass roots organizations, civil society organizations, labour organizations, among others. This programme provided a platform that was moderated by evidence and supported collegial conversations deliberated through political processes […]

The Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR), the Institute for Development Studies (IDS), in collaboration with independent Nigerian academics/researchers studied the outcomes of energy protests in Nigeria. The aim of the study was to examine fuel protests in the last one decade, the dynamics of mobilisation and if, when and how these protests […]

Young Women and Men’s Aspirations and Resilience: Prospects for Livelihoods, Employment and Accountability before, during and beyond COVID–19 is a 2.5 – year project multi-country project that seeks to contribute to Master Card Foundation’s Young Africa Works Strategic goal of enabling 30 million young women and men in Africa, especially young women, to secure dignified […]

Accountability for Water (AfW) is a collaborative Research and Action initiative funded by William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. The programme seeks to strengthen accountability, promote good governance and improve service delivery in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector in Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Liberia and Zimbabwe. AfW supports collaborative knowledge generation, documentation and dissemination that […]

Utafiti Sera is a Swahili phrase for Research-Policy. Utafiti Sera is conceived as a multi-dimensional response to enhancing policy outcomes across Africa. Our unique and innovative approach bridges the research-evidence and policymaking process by providing safe spaces for policy dialogues among the stakeholders. Our safe spaces are important co-learning and sharing platforms, enhancing trust among […]

The Research & Policy (RP) department facilitates capacity development and knowledge production for policy relevant social and governance research in Africa through collaborations with researchers based in their home institutions. The overall objectives are: (1) To provide high quality and transformative policy-relevant research to varied audiences; (2) Integrate policy actors into the different phases of […]