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Wishing you, our PEP family, the very best for this festive season!
The PEP Board, Management, and Staff thank you for your continued support and interest in PEP's work throughout 2025. We look forward to working together in 2026.
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#Holidays #Newyear
The PEP Board, Management, and Staff thank you for your continued support and interest in PEP's work throughout 2025. We look forward to working together in 2026.
youtu.be/SSRlHMrIThk
#Holidays #Newyear
Season's Greetings from PEP in 2025
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December 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Wishing you, our PEP family, the very best for this festive season!
The PEP Board, Management, and Staff thank you for your continued support and interest in PEP's work throughout 2025. We look forward to working together in 2026.
youtu.be/SSRlHMrIThk
#Holidays #Newyear
The PEP Board, Management, and Staff thank you for your continued support and interest in PEP's work throughout 2025. We look forward to working together in 2026.
youtu.be/SSRlHMrIThk
#Holidays #Newyear
At #GIEF2025 in Rome, PEP reinforced its leadership in locally led research.
ED Jane Mariara called for stronger South–South collaboration and sustained investment in Southern research capacity to improve the use of evidence in development policy.
🔗 #GIEF2025 👉🏾 www.pep-net.org/news/pep-ed-...
ED Jane Mariara called for stronger South–South collaboration and sustained investment in Southern research capacity to improve the use of evidence in development policy.
🔗 #GIEF2025 👉🏾 www.pep-net.org/news/pep-ed-...
December 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
At #GIEF2025 in Rome, PEP reinforced its leadership in locally led research.
ED Jane Mariara called for stronger South–South collaboration and sustained investment in Southern research capacity to improve the use of evidence in development policy.
🔗 #GIEF2025 👉🏾 www.pep-net.org/news/pep-ed-...
ED Jane Mariara called for stronger South–South collaboration and sustained investment in Southern research capacity to improve the use of evidence in development policy.
🔗 #GIEF2025 👉🏾 www.pep-net.org/news/pep-ed-...
In 2025, PEP advanced evidence on climate resilience and sustainable agriculture through research on renewable energy MSMEs.
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#ClimateResilience #SustainableAgriculture #EvidenceForPolicy
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#ClimateResilience #SustainableAgriculture #EvidenceForPolicy
December 23, 2025 at 7:38 AM
In 2025, PEP advanced evidence on climate resilience and sustainable agriculture through research on renewable energy MSMEs.
www.pep-net.org/news/local-v...
www.pep-net.org/rural-renewa...
#ClimateResilience #SustainableAgriculture #EvidenceForPolicy
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#ClimateResilience #SustainableAgriculture #EvidenceForPolicy
Fair collaboration goes beyond a seat at the table.
In this short video, Jane Mariara and Vaqar Ahmed reflect on what equitable North–South research partnerships require—and why they matter.
🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/zA8kQiyKhaM
#SouthernLeadership #FairCollaboration
In this short video, Jane Mariara and Vaqar Ahmed reflect on what equitable North–South research partnerships require—and why they matter.
🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/zA8kQiyKhaM
#SouthernLeadership #FairCollaboration
What does fair Collaboration Look like
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December 18, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Fair collaboration goes beyond a seat at the table.
In this short video, Jane Mariara and Vaqar Ahmed reflect on what equitable North–South research partnerships require—and why they matter.
🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/zA8kQiyKhaM
#SouthernLeadership #FairCollaboration
In this short video, Jane Mariara and Vaqar Ahmed reflect on what equitable North–South research partnerships require—and why they matter.
🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/zA8kQiyKhaM
#SouthernLeadership #FairCollaboration
In 2025, evidence from PEP’s Learning and Knowledge Management Project (LKMP) informed gender-transformative development across contexts—from fisheries governance to women’s entrepreneurship.
🔗 www.pep-net.org/programs/lkm...
#EvidenceForImpact #GenderEquality #PEP
🔗 www.pep-net.org/programs/lkm...
#EvidenceForImpact #GenderEquality #PEP
December 17, 2025 at 6:50 AM
In 2025, evidence from PEP’s Learning and Knowledge Management Project (LKMP) informed gender-transformative development across contexts—from fisheries governance to women’s entrepreneurship.
🔗 www.pep-net.org/programs/lkm...
#EvidenceForImpact #GenderEquality #PEP
🔗 www.pep-net.org/programs/lkm...
#EvidenceForImpact #GenderEquality #PEP
In 2025, evidence from AFEP strengthened education policy debates across Africa.
From mother-tongue instruction to malaria eradication, locally led research is shaping what works in education.
🔗 www.pep-net.org/programs/afe...
#AFEP #EducationPolicy #PEP
From mother-tongue instruction to malaria eradication, locally led research is shaping what works in education.
🔗 www.pep-net.org/programs/afe...
#AFEP #EducationPolicy #PEP
December 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
In 2025, evidence from AFEP strengthened education policy debates across Africa.
From mother-tongue instruction to malaria eradication, locally led research is shaping what works in education.
🔗 www.pep-net.org/programs/afe...
#AFEP #EducationPolicy #PEP
From mother-tongue instruction to malaria eradication, locally led research is shaping what works in education.
🔗 www.pep-net.org/programs/afe...
#AFEP #EducationPolicy #PEP
PEP is calling for a shift from fragmented, short-term youth employment programmes to coordinated, evidence-based strategies across Africa.
🔗 www.pep-net.org/news/pep-lau...
#YouthEmployment #Africa #EvidenceForImpact
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#YouthEmployment #Africa #EvidenceForImpact
December 12, 2025 at 10:53 AM
PEP is calling for a shift from fragmented, short-term youth employment programmes to coordinated, evidence-based strategies across Africa.
🔗 www.pep-net.org/news/pep-lau...
#YouthEmployment #Africa #EvidenceForImpact
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#YouthEmployment #Africa #EvidenceForImpact
Between 2022–2024, PEP partnered with local researchers and governments across Africa to embed impact evaluation in real policy decisions.
The work strengthened local capacity and turned evidence into policy reforms across countries.
🔗 www.pep-net.org/engagement-a...
#ImpactEvaluation
The work strengthened local capacity and turned evidence into policy reforms across countries.
🔗 www.pep-net.org/engagement-a...
#ImpactEvaluation
December 10, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Between 2022–2024, PEP partnered with local researchers and governments across Africa to embed impact evaluation in real policy decisions.
The work strengthened local capacity and turned evidence into policy reforms across countries.
🔗 www.pep-net.org/engagement-a...
#ImpactEvaluation
The work strengthened local capacity and turned evidence into policy reforms across countries.
🔗 www.pep-net.org/engagement-a...
#ImpactEvaluation
How does evidence move from research to real policy change?
PEP works with local researchers and policymakers to co-produce contextualized evidence that informs reform and strengthens institutions across Africa.
Explore our 2024 impact stories:
🔗 pep-net.org/engagement-a...
#EvidenceInAction
PEP works with local researchers and policymakers to co-produce contextualized evidence that informs reform and strengthens institutions across Africa.
Explore our 2024 impact stories:
🔗 pep-net.org/engagement-a...
#EvidenceInAction
December 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
How does evidence move from research to real policy change?
PEP works with local researchers and policymakers to co-produce contextualized evidence that informs reform and strengthens institutions across Africa.
Explore our 2024 impact stories:
🔗 pep-net.org/engagement-a...
#EvidenceInAction
PEP works with local researchers and policymakers to co-produce contextualized evidence that informs reform and strengthens institutions across Africa.
Explore our 2024 impact stories:
🔗 pep-net.org/engagement-a...
#EvidenceInAction
New evidence from Bolivia’s “Fish for Life” programme shows how gender-responsive, locally rooted training is strengthening women’s skills, confidence, and leadership in aquaculture.
Event👉🏾 www.pep-net.org/news/empower...
Findings 👉🏾 www.pep-net.org/findings/emp...
#LocalResearchForBetterPolicy
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#LocalResearchForBetterPolicy
December 3, 2025 at 8:32 AM
New evidence from Bolivia’s “Fish for Life” programme shows how gender-responsive, locally rooted training is strengthening women’s skills, confidence, and leadership in aquaculture.
Event👉🏾 www.pep-net.org/news/empower...
Findings 👉🏾 www.pep-net.org/findings/emp...
#LocalResearchForBetterPolicy
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Findings 👉🏾 www.pep-net.org/findings/emp...
#LocalResearchForBetterPolicy
Uganda faces very high youth unemployment, with over half of young people not in Employment, Education, or Training.
📊 PEP reviewed key govt youth-employment programmes and found limited impact due to:
⚙️ Weak support
🎓 Inadequate training
📉 Poor M&E
🔗 www.pep-net.org/findings/imp...
📊 PEP reviewed key govt youth-employment programmes and found limited impact due to:
⚙️ Weak support
🎓 Inadequate training
📉 Poor M&E
🔗 www.pep-net.org/findings/imp...
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Uganda faces very high youth unemployment, with over half of young people not in Employment, Education, or Training.
📊 PEP reviewed key govt youth-employment programmes and found limited impact due to:
⚙️ Weak support
🎓 Inadequate training
📉 Poor M&E
🔗 www.pep-net.org/findings/imp...
📊 PEP reviewed key govt youth-employment programmes and found limited impact due to:
⚙️ Weak support
🎓 Inadequate training
📉 Poor M&E
🔗 www.pep-net.org/findings/imp...
📄 New PEP Policy Brief: Women fish processors in Senegal’s Saloum Islands are benefiting from the GEFI empowerment initiative — but the most vulnerable still struggle to gain equally.
🔗 Read Policy Brief 307 👉🏾 www.pep-net.org/findings/gef...
🔗 About LKMP 👉🏾 www.pep-net.org/lkmp
🔗 Read Policy Brief 307 👉🏾 www.pep-net.org/findings/gef...
🔗 About LKMP 👉🏾 www.pep-net.org/lkmp
November 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
📄 New PEP Policy Brief: Women fish processors in Senegal’s Saloum Islands are benefiting from the GEFI empowerment initiative — but the most vulnerable still struggle to gain equally.
🔗 Read Policy Brief 307 👉🏾 www.pep-net.org/findings/gef...
🔗 About LKMP 👉🏾 www.pep-net.org/lkmp
🔗 Read Policy Brief 307 👉🏾 www.pep-net.org/findings/gef...
🔗 About LKMP 👉🏾 www.pep-net.org/lkmp
Explore free African youth employment policy resources.
This quick explainer video shows you how to use PEP’s open repository — featuring 3 years of evidence and lessons from 10 African countries.
🔗 www.pep-net.org/youth-employ...
#YouthEmployment #Africa #WhatWorks4YouthEmployment
This quick explainer video shows you how to use PEP’s open repository — featuring 3 years of evidence and lessons from 10 African countries.
🔗 www.pep-net.org/youth-employ...
#YouthEmployment #Africa #WhatWorks4YouthEmployment
What Works for Youth Employment in Africa
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November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Explore free African youth employment policy resources.
This quick explainer video shows you how to use PEP’s open repository — featuring 3 years of evidence and lessons from 10 African countries.
🔗 www.pep-net.org/youth-employ...
#YouthEmployment #Africa #WhatWorks4YouthEmployment
This quick explainer video shows you how to use PEP’s open repository — featuring 3 years of evidence and lessons from 10 African countries.
🔗 www.pep-net.org/youth-employ...
#YouthEmployment #Africa #WhatWorks4YouthEmployment
📢 New Working Paper Alert: Bridging Gaps in Youth-Employment Policies in Uganda
This PEP working paper shows how Uganda can strengthen its youth-employment systems and expand opportunities for millions of young people.
👉 www.pep-net.org/findings/imp...
#YouthEmployment #EvidenceForImpact #PEP
This PEP working paper shows how Uganda can strengthen its youth-employment systems and expand opportunities for millions of young people.
👉 www.pep-net.org/findings/imp...
#YouthEmployment #EvidenceForImpact #PEP
November 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
📢 New Working Paper Alert: Bridging Gaps in Youth-Employment Policies in Uganda
This PEP working paper shows how Uganda can strengthen its youth-employment systems and expand opportunities for millions of young people.
👉 www.pep-net.org/findings/imp...
#YouthEmployment #EvidenceForImpact #PEP
This PEP working paper shows how Uganda can strengthen its youth-employment systems and expand opportunities for millions of young people.
👉 www.pep-net.org/findings/imp...
#YouthEmployment #EvidenceForImpact #PEP
🗓 Join us online on November 21, 2025 (14:00 UTC | 5 p.m. EAT) to celebrate and launch the book ‘Youth Employment Programmes in Africa’ and a new open-access youth employment research repository.
🔗 Find out more and register to attend: lnkd.in/ed2Ei2cc
#YouthEmployment #Africa #LocalResearch
🔗 Find out more and register to attend: lnkd.in/ed2Ei2cc
#YouthEmployment #Africa #LocalResearch
November 10, 2025 at 7:41 AM
🗓 Join us online on November 21, 2025 (14:00 UTC | 5 p.m. EAT) to celebrate and launch the book ‘Youth Employment Programmes in Africa’ and a new open-access youth employment research repository.
🔗 Find out more and register to attend: lnkd.in/ed2Ei2cc
#YouthEmployment #Africa #LocalResearch
🔗 Find out more and register to attend: lnkd.in/ed2Ei2cc
#YouthEmployment #Africa #LocalResearch
Ten emerging education researchers from across Africa joined the AFEP Economics of Education Workshop in Nairobi 🇰🇪—strengthening their skills to design and communicate policy-relevant research.
🔗 Read more: lnkd.in/dFF3Wp_N
#AFEP #PEPNetwork #EvidenceForImpact
🔗 Read more: lnkd.in/dFF3Wp_N
#AFEP #PEPNetwork #EvidenceForImpact
October 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Ten emerging education researchers from across Africa joined the AFEP Economics of Education Workshop in Nairobi 🇰🇪—strengthening their skills to design and communicate policy-relevant research.
🔗 Read more: lnkd.in/dFF3Wp_N
#AFEP #PEPNetwork #EvidenceForImpact
🔗 Read more: lnkd.in/dFF3Wp_N
#AFEP #PEPNetwork #EvidenceForImpact
Learn how to design inclusive, evidence-based policies with PEP’s online training programme in Development Economics.
🎓 Complete 3 courses in 4 years to earn a Graduate Microprogram Certificate from Università degli Studi di Firenze (Italy).
⏰ Register by 31 Oct!
🔗 www.pep-net.org/research-res...
🎓 Complete 3 courses in 4 years to earn a Graduate Microprogram Certificate from Università degli Studi di Firenze (Italy).
⏰ Register by 31 Oct!
🔗 www.pep-net.org/research-res...
October 22, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Learn how to design inclusive, evidence-based policies with PEP’s online training programme in Development Economics.
🎓 Complete 3 courses in 4 years to earn a Graduate Microprogram Certificate from Università degli Studi di Firenze (Italy).
⏰ Register by 31 Oct!
🔗 www.pep-net.org/research-res...
🎓 Complete 3 courses in 4 years to earn a Graduate Microprogram Certificate from Università degli Studi di Firenze (Italy).
⏰ Register by 31 Oct!
🔗 www.pep-net.org/research-res...
Are we looking for development solutions only where the light shines?
PEP research by Kassouf & Ronconi finds a major gap between what matters most to people in the Global South and what gets published in top journals.
📘 Read more: www.pep-net.org/publications
PEP research by Kassouf & Ronconi finds a major gap between what matters most to people in the Global South and what gets published in top journals.
📘 Read more: www.pep-net.org/publications
October 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Are we looking for development solutions only where the light shines?
PEP research by Kassouf & Ronconi finds a major gap between what matters most to people in the Global South and what gets published in top journals.
📘 Read more: www.pep-net.org/publications
PEP research by Kassouf & Ronconi finds a major gap between what matters most to people in the Global South and what gets published in top journals.
📘 Read more: www.pep-net.org/publications
Food crises in Africa are now “more complex, more frequent, and affect both rural & urban households,” says Dr. Eleni Yitbarek (PEP & ERSA Research Fellow) at the SPARC & Jameel Observatory panel in Nairobi.
🔗Read the full insights and key takeaways: lnkd.in/dBr4MRj5
🔗Read the full insights and key takeaways: lnkd.in/dBr4MRj5
October 15, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Food crises in Africa are now “more complex, more frequent, and affect both rural & urban households,” says Dr. Eleni Yitbarek (PEP & ERSA Research Fellow) at the SPARC & Jameel Observatory panel in Nairobi.
🔗Read the full insights and key takeaways: lnkd.in/dBr4MRj5
🔗Read the full insights and key takeaways: lnkd.in/dBr4MRj5
Ramaele Moshoeshoe, Director of the Africa Fellows in Education Program (AFEP), shares insights on the program’s impact and objectives during the ongoing AFEP workshop in Kenya.
#PEP #AFEP #GEAI #EducationinAfrica
#PEP #AFEP #GEAI #EducationinAfrica
October 7, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Ramaele Moshoeshoe, Director of the Africa Fellows in Education Program (AFEP), shares insights on the program’s impact and objectives during the ongoing AFEP workshop in Kenya.
#PEP #AFEP #GEAI #EducationinAfrica
#PEP #AFEP #GEAI #EducationinAfrica
📢 New Policy Brief: Women in Fish Farming – Pathways to Empowerment
Aquaculture is boosting women’s leadership & agency in Bolivia:
✅ Empowerment +16 points
✅ Female-majority groups: +36.7% leadership willingness
🔗 Read more:
portal.pepnet.org/document/dow...
Aquaculture is boosting women’s leadership & agency in Bolivia:
✅ Empowerment +16 points
✅ Female-majority groups: +36.7% leadership willingness
🔗 Read more:
portal.pepnet.org/document/dow...
October 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM
📢 New Policy Brief: Women in Fish Farming – Pathways to Empowerment
Aquaculture is boosting women’s leadership & agency in Bolivia:
✅ Empowerment +16 points
✅ Female-majority groups: +36.7% leadership willingness
🔗 Read more:
portal.pepnet.org/document/dow...
Aquaculture is boosting women’s leadership & agency in Bolivia:
✅ Empowerment +16 points
✅ Female-majority groups: +36.7% leadership willingness
🔗 Read more:
portal.pepnet.org/document/dow...
🗞️ Catch up with PEP findings, activities, events & publications for the month of September in our newsletter 👇
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September Newsletter
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October 2, 2025 at 9:58 AM
🗞️ Catch up with PEP findings, activities, events & publications for the month of September in our newsletter 👇
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Food prices remain high across Africa, straining households & livelihoods.
On Oct 2 (Nairobi), PEP’s Dr. Eleni Yitbarek joins partners @AERCAfrica @ODIdev @SPARC_science to discuss causes, impacts & responses.
#FoodSecurity #Africa #EvidenceToPolicy
On Oct 2 (Nairobi), PEP’s Dr. Eleni Yitbarek joins partners @AERCAfrica @ODIdev @SPARC_science to discuss causes, impacts & responses.
#FoodSecurity #Africa #EvidenceToPolicy
September 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Food prices remain high across Africa, straining households & livelihoods.
On Oct 2 (Nairobi), PEP’s Dr. Eleni Yitbarek joins partners @AERCAfrica @ODIdev @SPARC_science to discuss causes, impacts & responses.
#FoodSecurity #Africa #EvidenceToPolicy
On Oct 2 (Nairobi), PEP’s Dr. Eleni Yitbarek joins partners @AERCAfrica @ODIdev @SPARC_science to discuss causes, impacts & responses.
#FoodSecurity #Africa #EvidenceToPolicy
From Sept 22–24, the CLARITY-Africa Consortium met in Kigali to advance climate & health research. On Sept 23, PEP ED Prof. Jane Mariara delivered the keynote on Co-producing evidence to maximize impact.
🔗 Read more: www.pep-net.org/news/pep-exe...
#EvidenceForPolicy#CLARITYAfrica
🔗 Read more: www.pep-net.org/news/pep-exe...
#EvidenceForPolicy#CLARITYAfrica
September 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
From Sept 22–24, the CLARITY-Africa Consortium met in Kigali to advance climate & health research. On Sept 23, PEP ED Prof. Jane Mariara delivered the keynote on Co-producing evidence to maximize impact.
🔗 Read more: www.pep-net.org/news/pep-exe...
#EvidenceForPolicy#CLARITYAfrica
🔗 Read more: www.pep-net.org/news/pep-exe...
#EvidenceForPolicy#CLARITYAfrica