Dec 4, 2025 | Bukavu, News, Research
Home to around 1.3 million people, Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) faces significant and complex challenges related to governance, decentralisation, urbanisation and resource management. With the population expected to double by 2030 and triple by...
Dec 2, 2025 | Kampala, News, Research
More than 60% of Kampala’s 2.3 million residents reside in informal settlements. Despite the city being food-abundant, communities living in these neighbourhoods face significant barriers to accessing nutritious diets, due to economic hardship, weak governance and...
Nov 26, 2025 | Action research, News, Research
The International Development Committee, a parliamentary oversight body, recently launched an inquiry into the future of the UK’s international aid and development assistance programmes. It is looking at “how the UK can continue to deliver high impact international...
Nov 25, 2025 | Action research, Nairobi, News, Research
By Jerry Okal and Jack Makau The Evidence Fund Early Market Engagement (EME) event, organised by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), gathered a diverse group of policymakers, researchers, academics and...
Oct 16, 2025 | Action research, Lagos, News, Research
By Chris Jordan As a consortium, we’re trying to learn what catalyses inclusive urban reform across African cities. But what does that really mean in practice, as well as in theory? This was the overarching question for our recent meeting in Lagos between our senior...
Oct 10, 2025 | Action research, Nairobi, News, Research
By Molly Adawo, member of the Nairobi waste co-research team From 7-8 August 2025, the Mathare solid waste co-researchers – consisting of waste workers from Mathare subcounty in Nairobi – travelled to Naivasha, approximately 100 kilometres away, for a two-day learning...