In 1997, six academics from Nigeria, UK, and Ghana took the bold decision to establish a not-for-profit organization that will address the gap between evidence and its application into policy and practice for solving problems of absolute poverty, ignorance, and disease in the African community. In 1999, the organization was registered in Nigeria (RC 12361) as the Common Heritage Foundation (CHF). CHF has been involved in evidence-for-decision-and- practice activities in Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa. We produce, and build capacity for evidence appreciation, co-production and use in policy and practice.