Tobacco Control Data Initiative (TCDI 2.0) partners, the Ministry of Health, Development Gateway (DG), and Centre for the Study of the Economies of Africa (CSEA)  hosted a stakeholder meeting in Kenya, Sankara, Westlands on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. Dr Adedeji Adeniran,  Director of Research, and Fidelis Obaniyi, Research Associate at CSEA, were in attendance, amongst others. The event sessions included presentations on Tobacco Control Policies in Kenya and research findings from a study on morbidity and mortality from tobacco use in Kenya, demo sessions for Kenya's TCDI dashboard, and review and feedback on new topics to be incorporated into the  TCDI Kenya dashboard. 

On July 1, 2024, the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation organised a one-day capacity building event on Human Rights, Food Justice, and Sugar-sweetened Beverages (SSB) Tax at the Dover Hotel in Lagos, Nigeria.
The event provided a venue for participants to engage with knowledge, not only to understand and support the SSB tax campaign, but also to demand effective policies for improved healthy diets and to become part of a growing movement dedicated to minimising the country's NCD burden. 
Akinbode Oluwafemi, CAPPA's Executive Director, gave the welcome address and  highlighted how the food industry utilises the media to influence the public. Fidelis Obaniyi, a Research Associate at CSEA, led the discussion on the expense of diseases associated by bad eating habits. Participants proposed practical methods for advancing Healthy Food Policy in Nigeria.

The Associates for Change (Ghana), CSEA (Nigeria) and Dalan Development Consultants (Sierra Leone), a consortium working to investigate and evaluate accelerated education and complementary basic education innovations aimed at reducing the number of out-of-school children across West Africa with a special focus on girls’ models, organised a two-day high-level conference from June 11 to 12, 2024.

 The conference focused on “Scaling up accelerated education programs in Africa to tackle the high prevalence of out of school children in West Africa”. The event which was held at the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel in Accra provided a platform for stakeholders to share best practices, present research findings and explore synergies related to Accelerated Education Programs (AEPs).

 It also fostered dialogue and learning among governments’, researchers and development partners, collective action towards ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education for all children driving in West Africa.

Read some of our publications on Accelerated Education Programmes-

The Potential of Accelerated Education Programmes in Solving the Out-of- School Children and Youth Problem in West Africa

Increasing Access To Quality Education For Rural And Marginalised Children In West Africa — A Comparative Study Of Accelerated Education and Girls Focused Programmes in Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.

CSEA’s Executive Director, Dr Chukwuka Onyekwena, participated in a two-day Conference on Think Tanks and their Communities organised by On Think Tank (OTT)  in partnership with Fundació Bofill . The conference took place in Barcelona, Spain, from May 21 to May 23, 2024. The event brought together leaders from various Think Tanks around the world to reflect on their work, share best practices, and envision the future of the work of Think Tanks.

The Finance for Development Lab and the Paris School of Economics hosted the 7^th edition of the Interdisciplinary Sovereign Debt Research and Management Conference, or simply "DebtCon", on 29-31 May 2024, at the Paris School of Economics.  The conference brought together scholars, civil society representatives, and practitioners from the public and private sectors who work on sovereign debt, to help find creative solutions for urgent debt policy challenges.

CSEA’s Senior Research Fellow, Mma Amara Ekeruche joined the discussions which included high-level roundtables and keynotes with cutting-edge research presented in parallel sessions.