eBASE Africa hosts gLOCAL 2026 webinar on contextualising evaluation in Africa

As part of the Global Evaluation Initiative Evaluation Week (gLOCAL 2026), eBASE Africa hosted a webinar on contextualising evaluation in Africa: Made in Africa Evaluation (MAE) and Tori Dey as bridges to inclusion.

The session brought together three speakers to trace the arc from classical evaluation, developed in United States public policy in the 1960s and codified through OECD/DAC criteria, to the African methodological alternatives now being forged for African realities.

Dr Tangang Andrew, Senior Policy Analyst at eBASE Africa, set out the foundations of classical evaluation. Jordan Ananga, Research Fellow at eBASE Africa, presented Made in Africa Evaluation as a decolonising epistemology grounded in African philosophies, cultural context, and community participation while Wobyeb Graphlain presented on how we can leverage on AI for evaluation. 

Nange Lisette, Researcher and Lead Storyteller at eBASE Africa, closed the panel with Tori Dey, an evaluative approach developed by eBASE Africa that draws on African cosmology and translates it into practice through proverbs, storytelling, and co-learning with communities. The session was moderated by Yolande Boudang Aguife (eBASE Africa) and Anta Sakho (Emerging Senegalese Evaluators).

The full recording is now available. Watch to hear the case for evaluation on African terms, made by three African evaluators.

Watch the webinar here.