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...
Nov 17, 2025 | Action research, Commentary, Lagos, Research
By Damilola Agbalajobi, in-city politics lead On 11 July 2024, Nigeria’s Supreme Court delivered a unanimous judgment affirming the financial autonomy of the country’s 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs). It ordered direct payment of statutory allocations from the...
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...
