10 YEARS · 2016 — 2026
Twende Mbele — 10 Years of Peer Learning and Evaluation
About

An African government peer-learning partnership on monitoring and evaluation.

Twende Mbele was founded in 2016 by African governments to strengthen national monitoring and evaluation systems through peer learning, shared tools and evidence use.

Who we are

Twende Mbele — Swahili for “moving forward together” — is a partnership of African governments using monitoring and evaluation (M&E) evidence to improve governance, accountability and service delivery. We bring together like minded governments who believe M&E evidence can improve their performance.

Vision

Improved governance through better evidence use.

Mission

Supporting African governments to institutionalise M&E through peer learning.

Pillars of action
Policy evaluation

Practical tools, guidelines and methods produced and refined across the partnership.

Peer learning

Study tours, exchanges and joint diagnostics between African governments.

Evidence use

Embedding evaluation findings into planning, budgeting and oversight.

African ownership

An African-led initiative. Continental in horizon.