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24 Feb
IDS, ULI Africa seminar themed “Owning Ourselves: What if Africa Funded the AUC?”
The AU’s heavy reliance on external funding poses a significant risk to its initiatives' sustainability, as partner economies' fiscal constraints could adversely affect their contributions.
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13 Feb
IDS hosts a public lecture themed “Building National Unity through Inclusive and Equitable Development: Lessons from Successes and Failures of Modern Japan”
The event was attended by the Ambassador of Japan to Kenya, Amb. Hiroshi Matsuura, the JICA Kenya Office officials, the University of Nairobi Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academic Affairs, Faculty members, students, and other guests.
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29 Jan
IDS convenes forum on devolution in Kenya
IDS is carrying out a study on the political economy of devolution in Kenya, to inform the ongoing Kenya Devolution Programme (KDP) (2021 – 2025), led by Act Change Transform (ACT!).
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29 Jan
IDS holds Afrobarometer Round 10 data dissemination event targeting development partners
The Institute for Development Studies on Wednesday, 22nd January 2025 held a development partners’ dissemination event on Afrobarometer R10 data titled “Youth, Politics, and Governance in Kenya”.
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19 Dec
African Youth Forum by AfrikParliament in Nairobi on 17-18 Dec.

Prof. Paul Kamau, our Director of Research and Wanja M. Douglas- Project Coordinator at Data for Governance Alliance - Africa represented us and Afrobarometer at the African Youth Forum by AfrikParliament in Nairobi on 17-18 Dec.

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28 Nov
IDS hosts the ‘Strengthening Democracy in Africa: Pathways Toward Inclusion, Participation and Transformation’ workshop
The workshop saw presentations on issues such as challenges to building credible electoral institutions
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