About Us

About Us

 Centre for Development Research and Praxis (CEDRAP-KENYA) Limited is a Non Governmental Organisation registered in Kenya in 2023 as a company limited by guarantee.

It provides opportunities for development researchers, policy makers, practitioners and community members to co-create and share knowledge for social transformation using multi-disciplinary approaches and cutting edge methodologies informed by local contexts and best practices.

In doing so, CEDRAP places local communities at the centre of its engagements to foster learning, ownership and sustainable solutions through partnerships.

The organisation’s activities are currently focused within Eastern and the Horn of Africa. CEDRAP has a committed and dynamic team of individuals keen to deliver its vision and mission in line with its core values.

It creates synergies by fostering networks and partnerships with organisations sharing similar vision, mission and values in order to realise its goal. Its head office is in Nairobi, Kenya.

 Our Competencies

  •  Our team of researchers command multi-disciplinary, innovative and cutting edge methodologies for development research and practice.
  • We link theory and practice
  • We value team work and collaborative approaches to co-create knowledge and enhance learning for social transformation.
  • Our interventions are innovative informed by local realities and places beneficiaries at the centre of decision making. 
  • We package our products and services in a customer focused manner.

Our Team

 CEDRAP has a dynamic team with diverse experience, skills and professionalism

  • Advisory board

  • Management board 
  • Director 
  • Research associates 
  • Volunteers and interns

Our Vision

To be a leading centre of development research and practice providing local, practical, innovative and sustainable solutions to development challenges in the 21st century.

Our Core Values

  • Integrity
  • Professionalism
  • Mutual Respect
  • Participatory
  • Transparency
  • Accountability
  • Inclusion
  • Honesty
  • Freedom of expression

Our Mission

To offer innovative, practical and local based solutions to development challenges facing communities based on cutting edge and people centred methodologies to enhance ownership, self reliance and sustainability.

Our Plans for the Future

 To be a leading and impactful centre for development research and praxis by continuously undertaking the following::

  • Deepen and expand our focus and scope of engagement.
  • Responsive to emerging challenges within the development landscape.
  • Democratise knowledge terrain to  foster co-creation
  • Expand our networks by through partnerships and collaborations
  • Adopt efficient, effective and people centered management styles