1. Africa Evidence Network Regional Meeting 03 June 2015 Auckland Lodge, Johannesburg WELCOME Funded by

2. Who we are? The Africa Evidence network (AEN) is a community of people who work in Africa and have an interest in evidence, its production and use in decision-making. The Network is supported by UJ-BCURE and includes researchers, practitioners and policy –makers from universities, NGOs and government.

3. History The Network was established in December 2012. Objective: To link people and activities across various initiatives, organizations and fields working to produce and use better evidence. AEN Website was launched in June 2014. Link: http://www.africaevidencenetwork.org/http://www.africaevidencenetwork.org/

4. Progress on network activities [1] AEN membership has grown since December 2014 from 327 to 367. Membership sign up can be done on the website. Highlights South Africa: 173 members Malawi: 39 members United Kingdom: 32 members Other countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America.

5. Progress on network activities [2] Website: Traffic to the website is growing steadily. Most viewed content: Core capacity building resources, blogs, newsletters, members and network initiatives and more. Content downloads: 2 931 between January and April 2015.

6. Progress on network activities [3] Fifteen newsletters published (monthly since March 2014) Two blogs are published per month. The blogs have received positive feedback for example on social media.

7. Progress on network activities [4] AEN twitter account @Africa_evidence (433 followers) You Tube Channel: 6 videos published Linking with other networks (e.g. Effective Institutions Platform)

8. AEN Colloquiums Colloquium 2014 (November 2014, with 122 delegates) Colloquium presentations and report (on the AEN website) Planning on the 2016 Colloquium is underway.

9. Thank you Feedback and suggestions cfar@uj.ac.za http://www.africaevidencenetwork.org/