The "Network of Excellence for Qualitative Research in the Social Sciences: Sub-Saharan Africa" is supported by the EDULINK programme (Managed by the Secretariat of the ACP Group of States and funded by the European Union), and will expose approximately 120 early career scholars in Africa to cutting edge developments in qualitative and multi-method research. The project combines three Actions that will be implemented by institutional hubs in West, East, and Southern Africa:

1. A workshop series of intensive training in research design;
2. Field application of research designs developed in the workshop series; and
3. Building a training and research network amongst the cohort of workshop participants, officials of (Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and other key stakeholders.