This edition of Made in Africa Evaluations explores indigenous approaches and how they could fast-track the achievement of the continental development agendas – the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (Agenda 2030) and the African Union Agenda 2063. We asked contributors to respond to one or all of the three following questions: What is meant by “Made in Africa” evaluation and how does it differ from other approaches? What unique insights could an African cognitive lens bring to evaluation? How should countries go about creating indigenous evaluation practices?
Much of the discourse to date on MAE has focused on the conceptual aspects. Therefore, this volume aims to take the discussion a little further in understanding what it is, by providing practical experiences on what the concept looks like in practice.
In this volume, the contributions acknowledge the diversity of the continent and the need to understand the cultural context, to appreciate the local knowledge base, to learn from failures, and to use local evaluation tools such as orality and a participatory approach, national evaluation systems and voluntary national reviews, and community-based advocacy platforms called Barazas.
