University of the Witwatersrand: for the Twende Mbele program
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation awarded a grant of USD 1,000,000 to University of the Witwatersrand for work in South Africa, Ghana, Benin, Niger, Uganda and Kenya, dated 9 February 2026.
Overview
Twende Mbele (meaning “going forward together”) is a program of the University of the Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg, South Africa, that connects African government officials to strengthen the use of evidence in public decision‑making and support regional peer‑learning, benchmarking, and knowledge‑sharing activities to improve government monitoring, evaluation, and service delivery outcomes.
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