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Health professionals increasingly rely on artificial intelligence for answers. A #WorldEBHCDay blog by Dr Tiziano Innocenti Dr Nino Cartabellotta, from @GIMBE , discusses on why learning to check those answers, rather than simply trusting them, matters now.https://worldebhcday.org/blog/2026/verifying-ai-essential-skill-evidence-based-practice
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The African Union’s #JLMP has developed new Continental Guidelines to support governments and partners in developing Bilateral Labour Agreements that better protect migrant workers and promote decent work.
A useful resource for anyone working on
Africa must take a deliberate approach to how its citizens are treated when they seek work across borders. Bilateral Labour Agreements (BLAs) are central to that effort. They must be thorough, detailed, and informed by every actor along the labour migration cycle, to ably protect
An opportunity for our community in West and North Africa 📣 Two roles are open with IDinsight, based in Dakar or Rabat. If you’re interested in working at the intersection of evidence, policy and development, take a look 👇🏾
📣 We're hiring in West & North Africa for two roles:
🔹 Associate/Senior Associate
🔹 Manager / Senior Manager
Want to work with governments, NGOs & funders to improve lives at scale?
Apply here: https://www.idinsight.org/about/careers/
📍Dakar or Rabat
.@Afidep, in partnership with the National Development Planning Commission (@ndpcgh), is hosting a 3-day workshop.
The workshop aims to address existing gaps and strengthen evidence-informed planning and policymaking, with a particular focus on integrating gender-responsive
How do we make evidence more accessible? Through communicating the evidence in a way that is accessible
After learning about the power of evidence-based storytelling from Effective Basic Services (eBASE) in Cameroon, #PACE began exploring how storytelling could help communicate
Lessons from Beyond Africa | Building trust in an age of doubt
Producing more research is not enough. Evidence moves into decision-making through relationships, early engagement and good timing too.
The UK’s Government–University Pairing Scheme offers an interesting example:
💡"How do we design financial products that work within constraints [of] household power dynamics? How do we...make evidence travel?" — Two questions that stood out from our ARN August 2026 webinar by Dr. Kabir on women's financial inclusion in Nigeria.
The message: financial
📢 We're growing our team (again)!
Passionate about using data and evidence to strengthen programmes, support learning, and improve development outcomes?
ICED is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented MEL Officer to support the design, implementation, and adaptation of
As the Active Citizens Forum 2026 gets underway today in Nairobi, Afrobarometer will showcase how citizen data can help address Africa’s public service challenges.
Through an interactive session combining Afrobarometer evidence and behavioural insights, we will explore how data
#RésuméDuWebinaire
"Nous ne partons pas de zéro."
C’est l’un des messages clés qui ont émergé du webinaire inaugural de la coordination régionale de @Africa_evidence pour l’Afrique centrale.
Vous souhaitez revivre les échanges ?
Cliquez ici: https://youtu.be/aidvNvYwDAk
#EIDM
Good news for the evidence community: REAP is now an app.
The Responsive Evidence System for African Policy Needs (REAP), an online capacity-building platform for evidence units across #Africa, has launched a #MobileApp.
REAP strengthens the use of evidence in #policymaking
Dear AEN members, we’d like to hear from you.
What do you value most about being part of the Africa Evidence Network (AEN)? What could we improve? And what would make your membership more valuable to you?
Your responses to the AEN Member Experience Survey will help us better
🌍 Afrique centrale, parlons données probantes.
#Chercheurs, #décideurs, #praticiens, acteurs des données probantes et du #développement : cette conversation est la vôtre.
Ce jeudi, la coordination régionale de l’Africa Evidence Network (AEN) pour l’#AfriqueCentrale, conduite
📅 What’s happening across the evidence community?
From #Yaounde to #KualaLumpur, #Adelaide, #Taormina, #Pretoria and beyond, the months ahead are packed with opportunities to connect, learn and exchange.
We’ve rounded up upcoming conferences, forums and events worth having on
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Starting the week with a question worth reflecting on 📝
How can evidence help shape more informed conversations about migration in Africa?
In a new AEN blog, @Gillchriste explores what it takes to bring evidence closer to public dialogue and policy.
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🥁 The August AEN newsletter is here!
What does it take to make evidence truly responsive to Africa’s changing realities?
This month, we look at how the evidence community is responding to new realities, emerging challenges and changing needs across the continent.
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Turning evidence into action: From research to policy
Generating evidence is only the beginning. The real impact lies in how that evidence is used to influence decisions, strengthen policies, and ultimately improve the lives of women and girls.
In this Spotlight conversation,
Applications for EAN Fellowship Cohort 2:0 targeting 100 fellows from 55 AU Member States
The fellowship includes Training, mentorship & market access
Target: $2M revenue + 500 jobs
Deadline: Sept 30, 2026,
Apply now:https://www.jotform.com/form/261954212716053
📢 Call for Application | Research Fellowship Opportunity
Applications are open for the Royal Society Short Industry Fellowships 2026.
The fellowship enables researchers and industry professionals to exchange expertise through collaborative placements that strengthen innovation
📢 Worth your attention.
The East African Community Labour Migration Policy provides a regional framework for labour mobility, including the free movement of workers and recognition of qualifications across EAC Partner States.
A useful policy development for the
Africa approaches labour migration as a development agenda. For labour migration to benefit the continent, there needs to be frameworks under which regions operate. This is why the African Union’s Joint Labour Migration Programme (#JLMP) worked with the East African Community to
🍽️ Every meal begins with a seed.
But who controls the seeds that feed us? And what happens when we lose access to indigenous seed varieties that have sustained generations?
The conversation on seed sovereignty is ultimately a conversation about food, livelihoods, culture, and
The wait is over!
Applications for the All African Movements Assembly (#AAMA) 2026 is NOW OPEN!
Apply here: https://management.africansrising.org/aama/
Join African movements coming together to connect, strategise and organise for the Africa we want.
Follow our platforms for more updates.
In locally led development, the voices and priorities of the community should carry the greatest weight, particularly when shaping an intervention intended to address their lived realities.
In Turkana, the SAFE-T Project, under the ANeSA initiative, is putting this principle
The @afreximbank Edordu Research Competition invites postgraduate students across Africa and participating Caribbean states to explore solutions to the continent’s key trade, finance, integration and sustainable development challenges.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4bXk2pM
This is a powerful reminder that meaningful financial inclusion requires products designed around the realities of people’s lives, not just their financial needs. #FinancialInclusion #EvidenceInformed #InclusiveFinance #Evidence #EIDM
💡"How do we design financial products that work within constraints [of] household power dynamics? How do we...make evidence travel?" — Two questions that stood out from our ARN August 2026 webinar by Dr. Kabir on women's financial inclusion in Nigeria.
The message: financial
This #InternationalYouthDay, we see you; the young innovator, the young organiser, the young entrepreneur turning limited resources into limitless ideas.
You are the resilience this continent runs on. Africans Rising stands with you.
#RisingTogether
The AfCFTA Digital Innovation Challenge (2nd Edition) is officially open for applications!
About This Challenge:
This is a competition looking for digital tools, apps, or platforms that make it easier for small businesses (MSMEs) across Africa to trade with each other. Think
📢Calling all passionate, African youth to apply for this fellowship that aims to provide a space for meaningful impact in shaping the continent's future!
Check out the details and apply below.
#AfricanFellowship #Evidence #EIDM #AfricanYouth #YouthFellowship
PAN-AFRICAN YOUTH IMPACT BOOTCAMP 2026 | FULLY FUNDED.
Africa’s future will not be shaped by ideas alone, but by young people who are willing to learn, collaborate, build, and create meaningful impact.
The Pan-African Youth Impact Bootcamp 2026 is a six-week fellowship bringing
💡 @afrobarometer 's latest report sends a clear message: more young and educated Africans are considering emigrating than ever before, driven primarily by economic opportunity. The evidence is clear-retaining Africa's talent will require stronger economies, better opportunities,
Our sincere thanks to everyone who joined us in person and online for the launch of Afrobarometer's third annual flagship report.
Your presence, engagement, and thoughtful contributions helped make the event a memorable success.
Missed the launch? Watch the event recap here:
🚨 Happening Today!
Join us this afternoon for the #ARINFridayReview on:
Pastoral Women at the Frontlines: Advancing Gender-Responsive Climate Resilience in East and the Horn of Africa.
🕒 3:00–4:30 PM (EAT)
Featuring Fozia Noor and Dr. Joyce Takaindisa.
Register:
🧵With every stitch, every thread, and every movement of their hands, African women have always been weaving more than fabric—they have been weaving economies, communities, memories, and futures.
At the #WeaversForum2026, the act of weaving became a powerful reflection of
#Africa is sitting on $4trillion of accessible capital. Even a small percentage of this wealth can transform economies and solve almost all our infrastructure needs.
What is needed now is action by all parties concerned- our CEO @nardosbthomas shares her opinion in this thought
🚨 FULLY FUNDED!
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS | YOUTH CLIMATE POLICY ALIGNMENT LAB
Are you a young climate leader passionate about influencing policy and driving climate action?
Here's your opportunity to be part of the Youth Climate Policy Alignment Lab - a fully funded 2-day
How are national monitoring & evaluation (M&E) systems theorized to improve development outcomes?
Part 2 of GEI's rapid review series examines how 6 countries approach the role of M&E systems in strengthening #governance & #development.
🔎Read the paper: http://bit.ly/4pT35Cs
� Applications are NOW OPEN for the INQUA 2026 Funding Opportunities!
Are you an Early-Career Researcher (ECR) or a Developing-Country Researcher (DCR) looking to expand your international research experience? INQUA offers funding to help you build collaborations, develop new
� Cooperatives contribute to all 17 #SDGs—but how?
The ICA and @CopacCoop have brought together evidence, case studies and policy recommendations showing why cooperatives are essential partners in achieving the 2030 Agenda.
Read more: https://ica.coop/en/newsroom/news/every-goal-ours-ica-policy-briefs-make-case-cooperatives-sdg-powerhouses
Latest #AfricanNGOFundraisingHub post – 5 African NGO opportunities for the period, 3-9 August 2026. View it ➡� https://tinyurl.com/4wcst8za #AfricanNGOs #AfricanCSOs #Fundraising #Grants #Fellowships #Webinars #Opportunities @AfricanNGOs
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Happy new week.
Happy new month!
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We’re proud to announce the recent official launch of the ECOWAS Youth and Women Entrepreneurship Programme (EYWEP), a flagship regional initiative implemented by @ecowas_cedeao with technical and financial support from our AUDA-NEPAD and @AECID_es to
💡A critical question for Africa's evidence community as AI reshapes how we generate, synthesise and use evidence. We encourage #AEN members and evidence leaders to join this important conversation on responsible AI for evidence-informed decision-making.
How can evaluators embrace AI while safeguarding ethics, independence and human judgment?
Join us for a webinar session "AI Meets Human Judgment: the future of evaluation depends on both"
📅 14 August | 🕒 12:00pm SAST
🔗 Register: http://bit.ly/4pLJ5Su
�How can satellite imagery and geospatial data strengthen evidence-informed decision-making across Africa?
The International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) Remote Sensing Inventory, featured in the July Africa Evidence Network (AEN) Newsletter, brings together a growing
📢Something exciting is on the horizon!
Our friends at the Unlocking Data Initiative @unlockingdata are bringing together education practitioners, researchers, and policymakers from across Africa for a timely conversation on using education data to strengthen teaching and
�Beyond Demolition: What Makoko Reveals About the Gaps in Urban Governance.
In her latest blog for the #AfricaEvidenceNetwork, Folashade explores the importance of inclusive urban governance for building safer cities and integrating evidence with equity, participation, and
How can #evaluation strengthen postharvest loss interventions?
Join our upcoming Free #EvalforEarth webinar to explore practical methods and lessons from Africa and Asia.
📅 31 July 2026 | 🕓 4 PM Rome (GMT+2)
Register⤵�
https://www.evalforearth.org/webinars/bridging-policy-and-practice-evaluating-postharvest-loss-interventions-methods-frameworks
@WorldFishCenter
Afrobarometer showcases how public attitude data can support evidence-based policy making at 2026 Africa Evidence Summit.
Head over to our website to read more: https://bit.ly/4vY7u8x
#VoicesAfrica #AES2026 #AfricaEvidenceSummit
Reliable, citizen-generated data is essential for evidence-informed decision-making across Africa. It was great to see @afrobarometer contributing to important conversations at the Africa Evidence Summit and helping ensure that African voices continue to shape policy, practice
(1/7) Last week at the 2026 Africa Evidence Summit held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Afrobarometer equipped researchers, scholars, policymakers, and development practitioners with practical skills on how to access, analyse, and apply citizen-generated data in their work using our
📢 Your voice can help shape the future of the African Evidence Network.
As we continue to strengthen and grow the #AEN, we want to ensure that the network evolves around what matters most to you-our members and community. By taking a few minutes to complete our member survey:
🌍 Member Organisation Spotlight | Centre for African Bio-Entrepreneurship (CABE-Africa)
In the AEN July newsletter, we put a spotlight on the Centre for African Bio-Entrepreneurship (CABE).
💡CABE-Africa is demonstrating the power of evidence to drive sustainable development
💡This month we put the spotlight on an African Evidence Changemaker who is a Programmes Manager at Centre for Reproductive Health and Education (CRHE) based in Zambia.
💌 Mulenga Ching'ambo is a passionate advocate for health and human rights, with over a decade of experience
📢Happening today at 2:00 PM EAT!
Join us for a timely conversation on the Responsible and Ethical Use of AI for Sustainable Climate Resilience in Africa.
Hear from leading experts on how AI can drive climate action responsibly, ethically, and inclusively.
🔗 Register now:
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