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 [...]
Matching stakeholder engagement methods to gaps in knowledge
Matching stakeholder engagement methods to gaps in knowledge NB ‘local’ may be interpreted within geographies, organisations, or communities Add guiding questions. (1) Framework 1: Making decisions: about what suits here and now Relevance of generalisable [...]
Learning to ACE it – reflecting on my time in South Africa
My time at ACE has been extremely rewarding as I have had the opportunity to work on several projects and attend conferences, while also showcasing my strengths as a bilingual student. I have had [...]
Five days in Mexico: my What Works Global Summit 2019 experience
A collection of images from Twitter taken during the What Works Global Summit 2019. It all boiled down to co-facilitating two workshops, chairing one session, giving three presentations, and attending an exclusive dinner. [...]
A Canadian health intern’s experience of the environmental policy-science interface in South Africa
Collaboration for Environmental Evidence - South Africa team (from left to right): Queen Elizabeth Scholar from McMaster University Natalie Tchakarian, Dr Carina van Rooyen (CEE Joburg co-director), Natalie Tannous & Likhwa Ncube. This [...]
What role can evidence play in divided societies? Learning from South Africa
This post originally appears on Medium. Majella leads CES’s work in Northern Ireland, as well as aspects of the organisation’s work on evidence informed policy making. Her Fellowship will enable her to explore how contested [...]
The Evidence Synthesis Hackathon: a global community building technology for more rigorous, efficient, and just evidence synthesis
Coding the future: delegates of the third Evidence Synthesis Hackathon, Canberra, Australia. By Neal R Haddaway 1,2; Martin J Westgate 3; Carina van Rooyen 2; Witness Mapanga 4; Mandlenkosi Ngwenya 5; Christopher Penkin [...]
Land Reform in South Africa: What role does evidence play in righting a historical wrong?
By Promise Nduku, Likhwa Ncube, Harsha Dayal, Laurenz Langer (with work conducted by the DPME Research Unit and ACE Evidence Synthesis Team) Few policy issues in South Africa are as controversial and emotive as [...]
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The Africa Centre for Evidence: Growing the systematically collated knowledge base for evidence-informed decision-making in Africa GalleryThe Africa Centre for Evidence: Growing the systematically collated knowledge base for evidence-informed decision-making in Africa
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The Africa Centre for Evidence: Growing the systematically collated knowledge base for evidence-informed decision-making in Africa
By Ruth Stewart and Laurenz Langer Members of ACE’s Evidence Synthesis Team When I (Ruth) first learnt about systematic reviews it was in an undergraduate lecture on research methods. We were learning [...]
What are the health implications of using cannabis?
By the ACE Team Image: Everyday Health What is the question we are thinking about? Marijuana, reefer, pot, weed, dagga, maui-wowie, mbanje, Mr Giggles, herb, smoke, grass, Mary Jane, Malawi Gold, the bubonic chronic, flower, [...]
Evidence animals, evidence maps, and rapid response services
Evidence animals, evidence maps, and rapid response services: a reflection on discussing different mechanisms for evidence use in South Africa By Laurenz Langer On 1st August, the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) [...]
What is the best way to deal with workplace conflict?
By ACE team Image credit: Experiential What is the question we are thinking about? In the workplace, we often find ourselves navigating hierarchies of management, and interacting with other people. Undoubtedly, being a collaborator in [...]
The stresses of stress
By ACE team Photo credit: Shutterstock What is the question we are thinking about? Stress is a natural physical and mental reaction to life experiences. But taken too far, all life’s stresses can impact on [...]
Seeking synergies in evidence synthesis
By Promise Nduku Africa Centre for Evidence (ACE) attends the synthesisers meeting, held in Cape Town at the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) on the 15th of June 2018. [...]
Is homework good or bad for children?
What is the question we are thinking about? One Sunday evening, as I was browsing through the local newspaper, a story caught my eye. No more homework [...]
If evidence-informed decision-making works in theory, why don’t we see institutionalisation of evidence use in practice?
By Laurenz Langer[1] The theory of evidence-informed decision-making (EIDM) is beautiful, elegant, and convincing. But, while really helpful to guide thinking on EIDM, so far has proven rather unhelpful to guide the practice of using evidence, [...]