Rift Valley Institute

Making local knowledge work

The Usalama Project

All Regions, East Africa, Great Lakes, Horn of Africa, Sudan and South Sudan
Usalama
Videos
2018

Jason Stearns, the Project Director, explains the idea behind the Usalama Project in July 2012 in Bujumbura, Burundi.

Tweets by RVInews

Recent Publications

Thinking about Borderlands: Observations and implications from XCEPT programme research

March 31, 2025

Do the ways in which policymakers and national governments view borderlands reflect how the communities living there experience them? Building on this, can a better

Digital Governance and Security in the Horn of Africa

March 28, 2025

While digital finance—including mobile money—has developed unevenly across Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya, such technologies are nevertheless transforming everyday economic activities. In some cases, borderlands and

Legally Informal: Women, conflict and cross-border trade in the Mandera tri-border area

March 28, 2025

In the Mandera triangle—a pastoralist region encompassing the point at which the borders of Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia meet—the reality of local and cross-border trade

Rift Valley Institute

The Usalama Project

Recent Publications

Thinking about Borderlands: Observations and implications from XCEPT programme research

Digital Governance and Security in the Horn of Africa

Legally Informal: Women, conflict and cross-border trade in the Mandera tri-border area

About Us

Where we work

Publications & More

Social Media