INSIGHTS · ISSUE 04 · Q2 2026

Ideas shaping Africa's development.

Internationale Development Stories (IDS) supports governments, development institutions, and private sector actors to strengthen knowledge systems and evidence-driven transformation.

Report Knowledge Management

The continent's quiet climate architecture: how local knowledge systems are out-pacing global frameworks.

A long-form report drawing on fieldwork across the Sahel, the Horn, and Southern Africa — examining how locally held knowledge is already doing the work global frameworks promise.

AMARA OKONKWO WITH DR. NIA KAMAU 12 MAY 2026 22 MIN READ

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Article Data-to-Decision

Rethinking food sovereignty: the smallholder data gap.

Why the next generation of agricultural policy in West Africa depends on a kind of data we don't currently collect.

FOLA ADEYEMI 8 MIN READ

Case study Data-to-Decision

What 4,000 boreholes in Northern Ghana taught us about maintenance.

A decade of WASH data, retold by the engineers who actually visit the pumps.

AKOSUA MENSAH 6 MIN READ