The African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP), African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), and Science for Africa Foundation, in partnership with other institutions, hosted the first-ever Evidence for Development (Evi4Dev) Conference on May 6–8, 2025, in Nairobi, Kenya. The conference centred on research, data, and innovations in Africa’s development efforts to accelerate progress towards the realisation of the African Union’s Agenda 2063, and the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.