Africa/Made in Africa Evaluation

Posts explore issues that matter for Africa — its politics, economics, culture, development and more. They have a particular focus on evaluation shaped by African realities, knowledge systems and priorities, on Made in Africa Evaluation (MAE), Indigenous epistemologies, and what it means for evaluation to serve the continent on its own terms.
07
Aug
Modernising on our own terms

Modernising on our own terms

This post reflects on what it truly means to modernise development, and flourish on our own terms in the Global South – honouring heritage while embracing innovation, without imitating Western models.
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13
Feb
Guest post: Evidence use in Africa

Guest post: Evidence use in Africa

This post introduces a book of great relevance in the fields of evaluation, governance and evidence use. Mine Pabari from
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28
Aug
Made in Africa Evaluation 6. A NICE research agenda for evaluation

Made in Africa Evaluation 6. A NICE research agenda for evaluation

In this short series of posts about the NICE Framework I argue for more intensive and creative research and innovation
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25
Aug
Made in Africa Evaluation 5. Applying the NICE Framework

Made in Africa Evaluation 5. Applying the NICE Framework

We still have many opportunities to re-imagine evaluation and to combine this with the best evaluation knowledge we already
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23
Aug
Made in Africa Evaluation 4. The NICE Framework

Made in Africa Evaluation 4. The NICE Framework

It is in the West, primarily in the US, where systematic evaluation as we practice it today originated sometime in
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21
Aug
Made in Africa Evaluation 3. Africa-led evaluation

Made in Africa Evaluation 3. Africa-led evaluation

We need "Evaluation with African Characteristics" - in how we conceptualise evaluation and in how we lead and shape
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20
Aug
Made in Africa Evaluation 2. Africa-rooted evaluation

Made in Africa Evaluation 2. Africa-rooted evaluation

What is Made in Africa Evaluation (MAE) - a term coined by the African Evaluation Association - or what some call Africa-
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18
Aug
Made in Africa Evaluation 1. The beginning

Made in Africa Evaluation 1. The beginning

What is 'Made in Africa' evaluation (MAE)? It is not what most people think. In order to move
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