Launch celebration of the ACE 5th Annual Report #5YearsofACEIngit!
In June of 2022, the Africa Centre for Evidence (ACE) at the University of Johannesburg celebrated the launch of the 2021 ACE annual report, the Centre's fifth annual report since 2017. This launch celebration [...]
All about my ACE Experience: My first, but not last, time in South Africa
By Maiura Muralitharan The Africa Centre for Evidence (ACE) hosted Maiura Muralitharan, a Master of Public Health Student from the McMaster Health Forum, to travel abroad through the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship program. Maiura shares her experience [...]
A rewarding experience at ACE!
By Mahnoor Malik The Africa Centre for Evidence (ACE) hosted Mahnoor Malik, the first student from McMaster Forum to travel abroad through their Global Skills Opportunity program. Mahnoor shares her experience of working with [...]
Death as a legacy and the humanising of work
By Natalie Tannous So I’m moving from my current role as strategic marketing and communications manager at ACE to a new senior operations officer. When my boss Ruth Stewart suggested I write a legacy blog [...]
What we know and don’t know about vaccinating against C19
By Natalie Tannous By my count, we are 683 days into the strange reality of the C19 pandemic. Granted, that number may vary depending on where you start counting from. Was the first day of [...]
ACEing it beyond five years
By Aziza Modise, with support from Natalie Tannous This is the final blog post of a series on the history and development of the Africa Centre for Evidence (ACE) that draws on two 2020 [...]
Diary of a Very Rapid Evidence Synthesis Response: 10 days of collating & synthesizing evidence on COVID-19’s Gendered Effects
Welcome to our living diary of a Very Rapid Evidence Synthesis Response. As part of the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), Africa Centre for Evidence (ACE) and the Global Evidence Synthesis Initiative (GESI), Evidence Synthesis Response to the [...]
From soccer for development to using bodies of evidence for real change
By Aziza Modise, with support from Natalie Tannous This blog post is part of a series on the history and development of the Africa Centre for Evidence (ACE) that draws on two 2020 research [...]
Blending art and science to build something that lasts
By Aziza Modise, with support from Natalie Tannous This blog post is part of a series on the history and development of the Africa Centre for Evidence (ACE) that draws on two 2020 research [...]
How to get done when screening 150k studies? Experiences from the South African environmental evidence mega map
By Tanya Mdlalose and Metoh Azunui with support from Promise Nduku When one reaches a milestone in a journey, it is important to reflect on the path taken so far, the joys, trials, and tribulations [...]
Capacities shared are better than capacities built
By Aziza Modise with support from Natalie Tannous This blog post is part of a series on the history and development of the Africa Centre for Evidence (ACE) that draws on two research projects [...]
Follow the science: informing the BIG debate with the best available evidence
By Andile Madonsela and Laurenz Langer The South African government is considering implementing a Basic Income Grant (BIG) in the country. As in the fight against COVID-19, it is paramount that government is guided by [...]
Establishing communities of like-minded people
By Aziza Modise, with support from Natalie Tannous This blog post is part of a series on the history and development of the Africa Centre for Evidence (ACE) that draws on two 2020 research [...]
ACE: who are we and what’s in a name?
By Aziza Modise with support from Natalie Tannous This blog post is part of a ten-part series on the history and development of the Africa Centre for Evidence (ACE) that draws on two research projects from 2020. These [...]
Building up to what would become ACE
By Aziza Modise with support from Natalie Tannous This blog post is part of a ten-part series on the history and development of the Africa Centre for Evidence (ACE) that draws on two research projects from [...]
Five years of ACEing it – how did it start, what does it mean, and where are we going?
By Aziza Modise with support from Natalie Tannous I have witnessed the amazing contributions that the Africa Centre for Evidence (ACE) has made, both in South Africa and throughout the region. In 2020 I was part of the team [...]
Institutionalising Evidence-Based Policy-making in South Africa
This page highlights ACE's contribution to supporting the institutionalizing of evidence-based policy-making in South Africa. This effort is implemented in co-production with civil servants and government institutions, in particular the Department of Planning, Monitoring [...]
LIVING HUB OF COVID-19 KNOWLEDGE HUBS
There has been an explosion of data and research on COVID-19 globally, with many entities involved in its production, collection and synthesis, albeit with duplication. For decision-makers, it is difficult to track what knowledge [...]
Addressing the need for timely and reliable evidence in the time of COVID-19
By Birte Snilstveit, Laurenz Langer, Tamara Lotfi This blog was first published on 3ie's blog page, Evidence Matters. You can see the original post here. We will be making all resources and updates related to this joint initiative on 3ie's website. The COVID-19 pandemic [...]
SMALL, MEDIUM- AND MICRO-ENTERPRISE COVID-19 Policy Support Database
As the focus of the impact of COVID-19 shifts to addressing the economic effect of the pandemic, the Africa Centre for Evidence (ACE) and the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation’s (DPME) Research Unit [...]
ACE Prof rated among South Africa’s best
By Natalie Tannous I met Ruth Stewart when I took a job as a half-day administrator at one of the University of Johannesburg’s research centres, where Ruth was then a research fellow. As a young person getting [...]