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Congratulations Osei Yeboah Asuamah

  Mr. Osei Yeboah Asuamah is a distinguished Chartered Accountant celebrated for his unwavering commitment to transparency, accountability, and financial excellence. With over 11 years of expertise in finance and accounting, he has a proven track record of steering organizations toward financial sustainability and operational efficiency. Mr. Asuamah holds a Master of Science in Accounting…

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From political outsider to Ghana’s ‘Mr Digital’

Mahamudu Bawumia soared from being a political outsider to become Ghana’s second-in-command – and in December he could make history as the country’s first Muslim president. Bawumia, currently Ghana’s vice-president, was chosen by the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) as their candidate for the forthcoming general election. The 61-year-old Tottenham Hotspur supporter has quite the…

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Edem Agbe Advocates for African-Led Evaluation at the German Institute for Development Evaluation (VENRO-DEval) Workshop 2024

On October 10th and 11th, 2024, the German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval) in partnership with VENRO convened experts and practitioners in Bonn, Germany, for a workshop that explored “Partner Orientation and Decolonization in Evaluations.” The Managing Director of PDA, Edem Agbe, gave a keynote presentation that highlighted the critical role of African-led approaches in…

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Unpacking locally led research and evaluation through the lens of collaborative autoethnography

Abstract Background: Evaluation in Africa and the Global South has been driven by external, often foreign, actors and focused on meeting donor funding needs, conducted through the lens of ‘others’ other than the affected populations. There is growing interest to change or decolonise this trend in the international development community. Objectives: To address the fundamental question of…

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