Projects

  • FINANCIAL INCLUSION & MARKET DEVELOPMENT IN EAST AFRICAN ECONOMIES

    This collaborative project by the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation that focuses on delivery of financial services and financial inclusion in the East African Community (EAC) economies and the prospects of market development. It sought to provide an assessment of enablers to

  • Energy struggles: renewable energy in Africa

    This is a Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) funded project with an overall objective  to contribute to a better understanding of how a transition to renewable energy can occur in sub-Saharan Africa. Many countries have set targets for solar and wind, but implementation has been slow and uneven. With rising

  • Leaving no one behind in digital delivery of public services

    This is a Southern Voice Network  funded project that aims at exploring to what extent rapid digitalization limits the realization of economic and social rights of women, and how it does that. During this COVID- 19 era, all activities that required physical presence were put to a halt.    

  • Enrich in Africa (EiA)

      Enrich in Africa (EiA) project brings together key stakeholders from the European and African innovation ecosystem to upgrade the capacity of incubators and accelerators and benefit entrepreneurs in both regions. It supports knowledge exchange, provides co-creation opportunities, and enables the delivery of quality services for European and African innovators.  

  • The effects of COVID-19 along the fish value chain: A case for Uganda and Tanzania

    This project is part of the initiative of the ‘Southern Voice’ in shedding light on the responses to COVID-19.  As part of its initiative, studies have been done with Teams across Africa, Asia and Latin America. The studies have been informing on different responses, situations and giving practical recommendations towards