The Institute maintains a register of consultants, including researchers for projects in Eastern and Central Africa, technical writers, editors and fund-raising specialists. Applications for internships in London and Nairobi are considered at intervals throughout the year. Please address enquiries to recruitment@riftvalley.net.
Recent Publications

SHECONF 2026: International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities
Event report On 26 March 2026, researchers, practitioners and academics gathered in Addis Ababa for SHECONF 2026, an International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities

State Capture in Africa: How elite networks undermine democracy, development and security
Key points State capture has been increasingly recognized as a major governance challenge due to the way it helps to drive many of the most

The New Geopolitics of Eastern Africa
On 20 May, the British Institute of Eastern Africa (BIEA), Chatham House, and the Rift Valley Institute (RVI) convened a group of experts to discuss