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22 April 2026 / News

AFIDEP at World Health Summit Regional Meeting in Nairobi

20 April 2026 / Blogs

Political Party Financing in West Africa: Democratic Transparency or Entrenched Clientelism? Insight from the African Integrity Indicators

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27 April 2026 / News

The African Union Commission signs grant agreements with 13 African Think Tanks for the Implementation of the Africa Think Tank Platform project

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Evidence for Development (Evi4Dev) Conference

The African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP), African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), and Science for Africa Foundation, in partnership with other institutions, hosted the first-ever Evidence for Development (Evi4Dev) Conference on May 6–8, 2025, in Nairobi, Kenya. The conference centred on research, data, and innovations in Africa’s development efforts to accelerate progress towards the realisation of the African Union’s Agenda 2063, and the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

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30 April 2025 / News

AFIDEP Strategy 2030

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10 July 2025 / Blogs

Strengthen Zambia’s pandemic preparedness and response by increasing domestic health funding

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7 April 2025 / Research Briefs

Integrating gender and evidence-based practices in healthcare decision-making

This story of change is part of a series that illustrates the early results of a 2-Week Virtual LEEPS Evidence-Informed and Equity in Policymaking Training Workshop delivered to members of the Africa Research Impact Network (ARIN) who attended the training. The stories of change illustrate how the training has improved the training of researchers in higher learning institutions, grant writing, advocacy strategies, research into policy and practice processes and project/ programme design and implementation. Download:

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Our Focus Areas

Population Dynamics and the Demographic Dividend

We focus on clarifying the implications of population change –including population growth, age structure changes, migration and urbanisation– on Africa’s development prospects.

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Health and Wellbeing

This is an area of our work that aims to promote and nurture strong health systems in African countries in order to make significant progress on persistent health challenges as well as emerging epidemics such as non-communicable diseases, antimicrobial resistance, neglected tropical diseases and many others.

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Education and Skills Development

Our work on this theme focuses on synthesising and translating evidence and promoting its use in order to enhance the prioritisation of education and skill development and guide operationalisation of education reforms to turn Africa’s youthful population into a driving force for socioeconomic transformation and development.

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The Environment and Climate Change

Our work on this theme focuses on support African governments to apply systems thinking and planning in their efforts to address the challenges posed by the combined effect of rapid population growth and climate change on the continent.

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Governance and Accountability

Our work on this theme focuses on strengthening capacity for evidence-informed decision-making as a mechanism for enhancing better governance and accountability in service delivery and use of public resources. We also look at the intersection of governance with gender equality.

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Gender Equity

We place great emphasis on understanding how to accelerate gender equality, how to address barriers to female participation in all spheres of life, and how to improve health and economic outcomes for girls, boys, men and women.

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EIPM

The EIDM/EIPM Portal is a digital repository catering to information and knowledge sharing needs of researchers, policymakers, media, civil society and other stakeholders working in the evidence-informed policy and decision-making (EIDM/EIPM) space. We are committed to providing a platform where EIDM related publications, policies, best practices, case studies, tools and resources are published and promoted. We will also facilitate live and offline engagement between researchers on EIDM knowledge, sharing of lessons and experiences, consultations, mentorships, capacity building, collaboration.

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Our Objectives

Strengthen Capacity in Evidence Use for Decision-Making

In order for Africa to achieve sustained, equitable development, the decision-making practices— especially in the public sector —should be underpinned by evidence. This requires a culture of consistent evidence use, especially in the public sector.

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Provide Evidence and Technical Assistance to Accelerate Achievement of SDGs

While supporting African governments in policy formulation, we have identified gaps in the use of evidence for priority-setting, programme implementation and performance management. Policymakers’ requests for evidence to help them move from policy formulation to prioritisation of interventions further confirms the existence of these gaps.

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Recent Publications

13 April 2026 / Brochures

The Institutional IMPACT Brochure 2026 by the African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP) is a comprehensive institutional profile and impact report that showcases the organisation’s work, achievements, and strategic value across Africa and beyond. Download here:

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4 March 2026 / Bi-Annual Newsletter

AFIDEP Biannual Newsletter Jul – Dec 2025

AFIDEP News is the African Institute for Development Policy’s biannual newsletter. We publish this to update stakeholders on our programmes and highlight emerging policy issues across population dynamics and the demographic dividend; health and well-being; transformative education and skills development; environment and climate change; and gender equality, governance, and accountability. This edition covers AFIDEP’s work and impact in strengthening and institutionalising the use of evidence for decision-making over the period July – December 2025. Click to download the issue

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