Sustaining the work
Help African expertise reach the decisions that matter.
PASIDA combines mission-aligned funding with earned-revenue services so that research, publishing and professional opportunity can grow together.
Three funding routes
A credible platform needs a durable foundation.
Fund the public-interest platform
Open publishing, research, policy briefs, convening and access for early-career and established African professionals.
Fund a programmeCommission applied work
Research, feasibility studies, project design, monitoring and evaluation, proposal development or an assembled expert team.
Commission PASIDABuild a long-term partnership
A thematic programme, regional initiative, fellowship, research portfolio or shared digital knowledge infrastructure.
Discuss strategic supportProgramme sponsorship
Fundable programmes
PASIDA Insights
Open editorial platform and contributor support for African professionals.
African Energy Systems
Generation, grids, access, efficiency, regulation and market design research.
Water Security & Governance
WASH planning, IWRM, transboundary cooperation and infrastructure finance.
Climate Resilience & Finance
Risk modelling, adaptation, NDC implementation and climate-finance readiness.
Early-Career Contributors
Mentoring, editorial support and first publication routes for emerging practitioners.
Expert Network infrastructure
Vetting, the Atlas and the digital systems that make the roster usable.
Funding transparency
Published figures only.
PASIDA will publish an annual funding dashboard covering the lines below, alongside downloadable reports and restricted-funding disclosures.
Mission-funded programme income
Earned Advisory income
Research and publishing expenditure
Platform and operations expenditure
Opportunities channelled to Associates
Restricted versus unrestricted support
How PASIDA sustains the work
The operating model, in five steps.
Public-interest research and publishing
Build shared knowledge that anyone on the continent can use.
Partnerships and grants
Fund the programmes that markets will not pay for.
Advisory work
Create earned revenue and practical delivery capacity.
Associate engagements
Turn the network into paid opportunity for African professionals.
Periodic review
The model is reviewed publicly as the organisation grows.
Advisory and Associate placement may in future sit in a dedicated social-enterprise subsidiary, protecting the research and publishing mandate as earned revenue grows.
Read the funding safeguards