MAARIFA Program

Programn overview

Understanding the program

The MAARIFA Program—drawing from the Swahili word for 'knowledge'—serves as our comprehensive knowledge exchange and capacity strengthening initiative. We cultivate collaborative learning environments where practitioners, researchers, and policymakers jointly develop contextually relevant solutions to complex civic challenges.

Through structured knowledge exchange, evidence-based research, and tailored capacity strengthening, we support sustainable civil society ecosystems across diverse African contexts. Our mission-driven approach emphasizes collective intelligence, contextual adaptation, and transformative learning that builds resilient civic spaces.

Program components

Our collaborative framework

Knowledge Exchange Forums

Creating structured spaces for practitioners, researchers and policymakers to share insights and develop collaborative solutions to civic space challenges.

Applied Research Initiatives

Supporting context-specific research that generates practical knowledge addressing critical civil society sustainability and effectiveness questions.

Capacity Assessment

Facilitating comprehensive organizational assessments that identify strategic strengthening priorities and contextually appropriate development pathways.

Learning Networks

Fostering communities of practice that enable sustained peer learning and collective knowledge development across diverse African contexts.

Join Our Mission

Work with us to build a stronger civic society ecosystem across Africa. Together, we can create safer spaces for civic engagement.