The Soil Nutrient Roadmap
With roughly 65% of the world’s remaining uncultivated arable land, Africa holds immense promise for agricultural growth. Yet degrading soil health and fragmented data systems are preventing effective action from being taken. According to the African Union (AU), about 75-80% of the continent’s cultivated land is degraded, with a loss of 30 to 60 kg […]
A Guide for Education Technology Systems
Education is at a crossroads, with 250 million children out of school and many more not learning as they should. This paper explores how Education Management Information Systems (EMIS) and Learning Management Systems (LMS) can, together, strengthen education outcomes.
Strengthening Livestock Data Use through Capacity Building
The aLIVE project launched a structured data-use training in 2023 to equip managers of five key livestock systems with practical skills in handling, processing, and visualizing data. This report shares the outcomes, including hands-on use of tools like Excel and Power BI, and offers recommendations to build on this progress.
Transforming Ethiopia’s Livestock Sector: Insights from the New Zealand Study Tour
This policy brief captures lessons from the New Zealand livestock study tour and their relevance for Ethiopia. Aimed at policymakers, system managers, and partners, it highlights how data, institutions, and producers can align for stronger livestock systems, building on ongoing efforts under the aLIVE program.
2024 Annual Report
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Explaining Carbon Markets
This brief introduces carbon markets to those in sustainable development, anti-corruption, and civic tech. It unpacks their political context, operational procedures, and the core principles needed to build digitally enabled, high-integrity systems.
The Data Crisis Following USAID’s Withdrawal: Opportunities to Reimagine Data Systems
For decades, USAID and other US government funding supported global data systems, from health surveys and early warning tools to digital infrastructure for ministries. The abrupt termination of USAID funding has triggered twin crises: a halt to data collection and the undermining of digital systems – reveal existing inefficiencies and instabilities in how data is collected, managed, and shared both within and between countries.
Building a Sustainable Cashew Sector in West Africa Through Data and Collaboration
Cashew-IN project came to an end in August 2024 after four years of working with government agencies, producers, traders, processors, and development partners in the five implementing countries to co-create an online tool aimed to inform, support, promote, and strengthen Africa’s cashew industry.
This blog outlines some of the key project highlights, including some of the challenges we faced, lessons learned, success stories, and identified opportunities for a more competitive cashew sector in West Africa.
Launching a Partnership Matching Service for Nonprofits
While a lot of us have talked about the potential, value, and – in some cases – need for more mergers and acquisitions in the non-profit space, recent events have made it clear: now is the time.
That’s why the teams at Accountability Lab, Development Gateway: An IREX Venture and Digital Public, partnered up to develop both a new toolkit, a partnership matching service, and professional support infrastructure aimed at assisting the organizations facing this challenge.