11th July 2020

The Big Data in Africa Report

The State of Big Data for Development in Africa was a research project designed to map emerging use cases of big data and related technologies being […]
10th July 2020

Request for Proposals

Local Development Research Institute (LDRI), an action-oriented think tank that supports African countries in their efforts to end hunger, poverty and inequality in Africa.We are currently […]
5th September 2019

Doubling Productivity Through Evidence-Informed Approaches

While there are instances where food production has recorded an increase [Abate, et al., 2015] factors that transformed maize productivity in Ethiopia, Africa’s food production has […]
3rd August 2019

Call for Consultant – VBA Project

LDRI is looking for a consult to support the development of an implementor’s guide for the VBA project. The guide should support public sector ministries, departments […]
3rd August 2019

Call for Consultant – VBA Project

LDRI is looking for a consult to support the development of curriculum and guides for Training of trainers on the village based advisors approach Training of […]
16th January 2019
The Roman god, Janus

We Have Superpowers! But They Need Data.

Among the Greek and Roman gods imbued with superpowers is one called Janus. He would have been a terrifying being to behold if he ever physically […]