Okwen Chanice Fri

Chanice Fri is a young female researcher and evaluation practitioner from Cameroon, currently serving at Effective Basic Services Africa (eBASE). She has extensive experience in evidence generation and evaluations focusing on education, youth employment, and social impact programming.

She has led projects across Cameroon and beyond, including Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), youth empowerment, and menstrual hygiene initiatives. Chanice is passionate about integrating indigenous knowledge through storytelling (Tori Dey, particularly) and advancing Made in Africa Evaluation (MAE) to promote context-responsive approaches to evidence and learning.

She is committed to empowering the next generation of researchers by creating opportunities for youth to engage in evaluation through mentorship and collaboration.

An active member of the African Evaluation Association (AfrEA) and CAMSEE, Chanice contributes to strengthening evaluation systems and promoting locally grounded, inclusive evidence. Outside of work, she enjoys cooking, traveling, dancing, reading, and spending time in nature, often drawing inspiration for her professional work from these pursuits.