The T-SUM project was launched in August 2018, following the allocation of a 30-month GCRF-funded research project. The project proposal was the result of a UCL Grand Challenges small grants. The project is financed by UKRI’s GCRF funds under the programme “New models of sustainable development” which is managed by the ESRC. International Co-Is include SLURC in Freetown, and Universidad Eduardo Mondlane and local Think Tank WAZA in Maputo. In addition, the project will count