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The Mawazo Institute is a women-led African organisation based in Nairobi, Kenya supporting African women researchers and thought-leaders as they work to find evidence-based solutions to local and global development challenges. This is achieved through two programmes: (1) Mawazo Fellowship, which offers training, mentorship and professional development to African women researchers pursuing PhDs relevant to Africa’s development at an accredited African University (and will be recruiting its second cohort of Fellows in 2023), and (2) Mawazo Voices, which amplifies the work of African researchers through public and policy engagement, as well as strategic communications and partnerships with both academic and non-academic partners to create and facilitate opportunities for our beneficiaries to become thought-leaders and change-makers in critical fields and sectors that can provide solutions to Africa’s most pressing issues.

We are an African and woman-led organisation¹, with unique insights into the challenges that we seek to address. We are a small but tight-knit team, made up of passionate individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences, who hold ourselves accountable to our beneficiaries and each other. Our core values are: respect, collaboration, independence, purpose, excellence, and integrity.

¹ women-led means majority of the senior leadership (CEO; Directors; Managers and Leads) are women

Mawazo’s work is strongly driven by a commitment to and passion for compelling and accessible science communication that can amplify the impact of African-led research in society.

The Mawazo Institute is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or other protected status. We do wish to promote a gender-sensitive work environment, and highly encourage applications from women.

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