We are an independent, non-partisan, pan-African research network that provides reliable data on

African citizens’ experiences and evaluations of democracy, governance, the economy, quality of life and many related issues. We believe that African societies thrive when African voices count in public policy and development. Our principal objective is to give ordinary African citizens a voice in policy making by capturing their experiences, evaluations, and perspectives and widely disseminating the findings to policy makers, policy advocates, civil society organizations, academics, news media, donors and investors, and ordinary Africans at the national, regional, continental, and global levels.

We envisions a world in which Africa’s development is based on a deeper understanding of the realities and preferences of its people; where governments, policy makers, thought leaders, funders, business leaders, and activists anchor their work in reliable and timely data on what ...