WhatsWorkingWhatsNot Africa
Real-time intelligence on who is financing what, where, and how well
Financing decisions on health, climate, and poverty are being made with incomplete data. WWWN Africa exists to fix that.
Complex financing datasets analyzed across Africa
Kenyan county governments tracked and analyzed
The Problem We Work On
Governments, international agencies, and foundations are making consequential financing decisions about health, climate, and poverty with data that arrives late, covers a fraction of actual flows, and misses entire categories of actors.
This is the problem WWWN Africa works on. We build the data and evidence that governments and their partners need to see clearly, decide well, and spend better.
To build the evidence that helps African governments and their partners see where money is going, whether it is working, and how to do better.
An Africa where financing decisions on health, climate, and poverty are grounded in real data, not estimates, delays, or incomplete accounts.
Edna Kijogi
Founder
Edna Kijogi has seven years of expertise in public finance research, fiscal data systems, and evidence-to-policy work across Kenya and East Africa. She has delivered programmes funded by the Gates Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, Ford Foundation, USAID, and Oxfam. Her work includes leading end-to-end data collection, analysis, and visualization for the Kenya Shadow Budget and Macro-Fiscal Analytic Snapshots for four consecutive years, and designing and building the analytic foundation for the 25-year ASAL Economic Development Master Plan (2025 to 2050) funded by USAID. She holds a BSc Economics from the University of Nairobi.
Our Work
WWWN Africa produces rigorous, independent analysis across six areas where clear evidence is most needed and least available.
We track how governments raise and spend public money. This includes analyzing whether budget commitments translate into actual expenditure, how debt is being managed, and whether county governments are using their resources well.
We map where climate money is coming from, where it is going, and whether it is reaching the communities and systems that need it. We track the gap between what governments commit to on climate and what they actually spend.
We follow the money in health, education, and social protection. We ask whether financing is reaching the people it is meant to serve and whether governments have the resources to deliver on their commitments.
We analyze how Kenya's 47 county governments are raising their own revenue, receiving transfers from the national government, and spending public money. We build the evidence base for stronger county-level accountability.
We build dashboards, automated data systems, and analytical tools that turn complex financing datasets into clear, usable intelligence for policymakers, donors, and civil society. We make complex data easy to read and act on, without sacrificing accuracy.
We work directly with government officials, oversight bodies, civil society organizations, and development partners to build their capacity to use fiscal data effectively in their own work and decisions.
Our Flagship Platform
WWWN Africa's public-facing content platform. Every report, brief, and data story we publish through #WhatsWorkingWhatsNot answers one question: based on the evidence, what is working and what is not?
Follow the WorkWork With Us
We work with governments, development partners, foundations, and civil society organizations that need independent, rigorous evidence on financing flows across Africa.
WWWN Africa partners with national and county governments, bilateral and multilateral agencies, global philanthropic foundations, research institutions, and civil society coalitions across Africa.
Nairobi, Kenya