. #ThinkTanksInAfrica : “When you work for a research institute, when you say #impact or #influence , it's not something that happens overnight...it does take time.” Learn more from REPOA: bit.ly/2Y5lLp1 Blandina Kilama

. #ThinkTanksinAfrica : 'Governments have realized that countries that have locally-based think tanks are able to design contextualized interventions rather than relying on external providers.' Learn more from EPRC: bit.ly/2K9ucpm IBRAHIM KASIRYE #SDGs #evidence

. #ThinkTanksInAfrica : 'Think tanks matter because they are voices for the voiceless.'Learn more about ACODE Uganda's journey in the TTI program & about their work in this latest interview: bit.ly/2YBgZiw #SDGs #impact #influence #equality #youth #research #evidence

. #ThinkTanksInAfrica : 'Core grants to think tanks are very key. Good research and good advocacy comes when an institution is able to meet its minimum costs.' Learn more about the impactful work of Inst. of Statistical, Social & Economic Research: bit.ly/2yKenQS 📽️ Prof Felix A Asante

. #ThinkTanksInAfrica : 'The future requires thinking about how to support sustainable institutions that are strong, credible and will last.' Listen to more valuable insights from IPAR_Think-Tank 🇸🇳 in this latest interview 📽️ : bit.ly/2TjWB0t Dr Cheikh Oumar Ba Ibrahima Hathie

. #ThinkTanksInAfrica : '[TTI] has helped CSEA to ensure it stays on the right track in terms of its program areas and aligning itself with national priorities.' Learn more about CSEA Africa & the great work they do in this #interview 📽️ : bit.ly/2T9w19T Precious C. Akanonu

. #ThinkTanksInAfrica : 'Think tanks help governments & policymakers to realize that good policy is actually based on evidence.' Listen to more insights by KIPPRA in this short film: bit.ly/2GAVeoU Eliud Moyi, PhD ReWild Africa #SDGs #policy #evidence

. #ThinkTanksInAfrica : “For a long time, most of the ideas that have driven African development choices were not developed in the continent.” Listen to more insights from IEA Kenya here: bit.ly/2YhomYg Kwame Owino #evidence #policy #impact #SDG ReWild Africa

#ThinkTanksInAfrica : 'TTI has been able to bring the voices of different think tanks into one voice & to advocate for the necessity of the existence and the strengthening of think tanks in Africa.' Hear more insights from iparrwanda in this #interview : bit.ly/2ODgKQ5

. #ThinkTanksInAfrica : 'Independent think tanks, like EEA, never side with anything else but the truth.' Learn more from the Ethiopian Economic Association in this latest interview: bit.ly/31arVBf #SDGs #evidence #truth #justice ReWild Africa IDRC | CRDI Ethiopian Embassy in Canada

. #ThinkTanksInAfrica : 'Our governments haven't learned to empower their institutions to enable them to be integral parts of the solutions that they are seeking.' Learn more insights from AfriHeritage in this latest interview 📽️ : bit.ly/2YSn22c Emeka Odom IDRC | CRDI

. #ThinkTanksInAfrica : 'The research that doesn't influence policy is of little use and therefore you need to work with policymakers in carrying out research.' Learn more about CPED's approach to #policy #influence here 📽️ : bit.ly/2YQu6sd Job Eronmhonsele

. #ThinkTanksInAfrica : 'There's a need to finance institutional support to #thinktanks given the important work that they do when it comes to #knowledge generation and its linkage to #policy processes in most of the country'. Learn more from ESRF: bit.ly/2YbwWYt

. #ThinkTanksInAfrica : 'The Initiative enabled us to fund activities that helped us improve the quality of the research. Recruiting & training young researchers who played a very significant role in the institution’s development.' Hear more on CRES Think Tank: bit.ly/2Kjm5I7

. #ThinkTanksInAfrica : 'Policies are extremely important for Africa, and if policies are important, think tanks are indispensable.' Listen to more insights from STIPRO in this short film: bit.ly/2Yqssxm ReWild Africa #SDGs #innovation #science #technology #policy

For all our #ThinkTanksInAfrica partners and friends! Do not miss this opportunity to present your proposals / Tous nos partenaires et amis des Think tanks en Afrique, ne manquez pas cette occasion de présenter vos propositions!

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TTI-ITT Andrew Hurst

#ThinkTanksInAfrica The demand for evidence-based research in Africa is still weak.Think tanks have a huge role to play in stimulating this demand-Chuka Onyekwena Listen to more insights in this short film TTI-ITT ReWild
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Kudos to the great TTI-ITT team for bringing together all the work of the last 10 years of the Think Tank Initiatives in these publications and short videos!!

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For lessons from the Think Tank Initiative, check out the new series of 4-page briefs with thematic lessons from the 10-year program.

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Vous souhaitez en savoir plus sur la série de #films , 'Les think tanks en Afrique: Un lien entre les connaissances, les politiques et les pratiques'? Lisez cet article: bit.ly/32IFzNJ & regardez la bande-annonce: bit.ly/2SxYeH7 IDRC | CRDI #ThinkTanksinAfrica