PASGR Blog

PASGR staff members and selected university and institutional partners attended a gender sensitization workshop in Nairobi on March 16-17.  Associate Professor Josephine Ahikire, Dean of the School of Women and Gender Studies at Makerere University in Uganda, facilitated the meeting. Prof Ahikire’s expert leadership made it possible for the participants to share their own experiences […]

Nairobi, 1 Apr. 2016: The African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP) and PASGR  discussed potential areas of collaboration between the two pan-African organisations. AFIDEP’s Executive Director Eliya Msiyaphazi Zulu and Rose Oronje, Director for Science Communications and Evidence Uptake met with PASGR’s Tade Aina (Executive Director) and Nicholas Awortwi (Director, Research).  Several similarities and areas […]

Discussions between the University of Nairobi (UoN) and the Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) regarding UoN’s participation in the Master of Research and Public Policy programme (MRPP) are at an advanced stage. This was revealed yesterday at a meeting between PASGR and members of faculty from the University’s Department of Political Science […]

The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), the African Research and Resource Forum (ARRF) and PASGR co-hosted a 3-day methodology workshop in Nairobi on October 14-16, 2015.  It marked the launch of a new programme on African Diaspora Support to African Universities and the selection of the first batch of […]

The first ever national level meeting on the data revolution for sustainable development was held in Nairobi last week.  The Kenya National Forum on Harnessing the Data Revolution for Sustainable Development was officially launched by the Deputy President of Kenya, His Excellency Honourable William Samoei Ruto. Coming as the Medium Term Plan of Kenya’s Vision […]

This downloadable booklet gives a quick view of PASGR and the programme activities we are involved in.  

Public policy practitioners and students in Africa have a chance to study a specialised masters course offered in twelve universities, and uniquely designed to meet the continent’s needs, which was formally launched on August 12, 2015. The Master of Research and Public Policy (MRPP) has been developed over the last three years through collaboration between […]

This research thematic area provides analyses on the drivers of recent transformations taking place in some major African cities. Download Concept Note: Urban Governance & Turning African Cities Around Ongoing Project: Urban Governance and Turning African Cities Around ‘Africa is rising’ does not only apply to the exceptional economic growth the continent has experienced over […]