Yes, things are uncertain, but that is also part of the system.
This article is part of Busara’s Tafakari 2026 yearbook. You can download the whole yearbook here. Over the past year, conversations across Busara have carried a familiar refrain: things feel uncertain.…
Cooking with ‘funny-looking’ vegetables and reducing food waste, one Efo Riro soup at a time
Some vegetables simply weren’t made for the spotlight. Some are born wonky. A carrot takes a wrong turn underground and comes out with a limp. A tomato forgets to stay…
Plot twist: Young people are eyeing the fields after all—and are more interested in agriculture than you think
For a long time now, research across Africa has painted a familiar picture: most young people are disinterested in farming and aren’t dreaming of a future behind a plough. Farming,…
Africa is not a country, but what if we made it one? Channeling African similarities for comprehensive solutions.
Growing up in Nigeria, I vividly remember how we would get beaten for incorrectly listing the seven continents of the world in our elementary Social Studies classes. One was not…
There’s a “we” in Nairobi Evidence Week. Creating resilience in evidence based policy through collaboration.
People who work to translate research evidence into effective policy have long critiqued the yawning chasm that separates the research and policy worlds. On one side of the chasm are…
The work is not done: creating new paths to an equitable world in uncertain times
There are many valid perspectives from which to criticise the development sector. A lot of the work in the space, for example, fails to achieve the intended expectations. One could…
Money can’t move a ton of bricks: the real currency of economic life
You are driving on a road and are coming to a fork. The road splits into two: one a major motorway and the other a slightly smaller service road. After…
Tafakari Yearbook 2024
  Yearbook You are not alone: human behavior under pressure Download PDF Busara SECTORBehavioral sciencePROJECT TYPEYearbookBEHAVIORAL THEMECollaboration| Community| Engagement OVERVIEW As an organization dedicated to behavioral science in pursuit of…
Belief, practice, emotion: diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) at Busara
Groundwork Belief, practice, emotion: diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) at Busara Download PDF Stanley Ngugi and Mareike Schomerus BUSARA GROUNDWORK SECTOR Behavioral Science PROJECT TYPE Groundwork BEHAVIORAL THEME Diversity| equity|…
Participant voice first: The Busara research agenda on ethical research in the Global South
Groundwork Participant voice first: The Busara research agenda on ethical research in the Global South Download PDF SECTOR Ethical research PROJECT TYPE Field and Lab Experiments BEHAVIORAL THEME Integrity…
The stories in our photos: using photography to better understand diversity at Busara
In an attempt to baffle his enemies, a hare was once told to have woven himself a coat that had two perfect halves, one dyed perfectly red and the other…
Using social nudges to enhance the effectiveness of anti-GBV advocacy material
How prevalent is GBV in Zambia? More than a third of all women and girls in Zambia have experienced physical violence in their lives, and 17% of women have experienced…