Aga Khan Foundation, Kenya
Project Title
As a one-time grant to build a database for mapping of African policy expertise
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
22 months
Description
African-based research is critical to solving major systemic challenges in education, agriculture, and healthcare across the continent. Yet due to infrastructure and communications constraints, African governments, policymakers, and researchers are not always aware of expertise that is generated locally and among peers. Greater visibility of African-generated research for development projects, including those being framed by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, is reliant on identifying and creating a community of policy experts. With Corporation support, AfricaWorks will develop a mapping of policy expertise across the agriculture and education sectors in select countries in Africa, and pilot a comprehensive online database of expertise for use by government officials, policymakers, donors, and the private sector.