10 Years · 2016 — 2026
About

An African 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-led collaboration.

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 M&E directorates, sectoral ministries, parliaments, civil society and academic partners.

Vision

Stronger African governance through credible, used evaluation evidence.

Mission

To support African governments to institutionalise M&E through peer learning, practical tools and shared evidence.

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.