Cibiyar Nazarin Afirka (API) ƙungiya ce mai zaman kanta, wacce bata dogara da kowa ba kuma ba ta bangaranci ba, wacce ke gudanar da ƙuri'ar ra'ayoyi, safiyo, nazarin zamantakewar jama'a da nazarin kimantawa a mahaɗan dimokiradiyya, mulki, yanayin tattalin arziki da rayuwar jama'a; don tallafawa kyakkyawan manufofin jama'a, aiki da bayar da shawarwari a Afirka. An kafa API a Najeriya a cikin 2019, kuma yana da 'yanci daga gwamnatoci, jam'iyyun siyasa, bukatun kasuwanci, kungiyoyin kwadago da sauran kungiyoyin masu sha'awa. Cibiyar tana ƙarƙashin jagorancin Gudanarwar Daraktoci kuma tana samun goyan bayan Kwamitin Shawara waɗanda aka samo daga sassa daban-daban na ƙwarewa da ƙasashe. Babban maƙasudin Cibiyar shine samarwa da kuma watsa ingantattun bayanan bincike na ra'ayi don tallafawa yanke shawara mafi kyau, manufofin jama'a, aiki da shawarwari a yankin Saharar Afirka. Cibiyar a halin yanzu tana da bincike a cikin wadannan kasashen Afirka na kudu da hamadar Sahara: Nigeria, Cameroun, Mali, Niger, Togo, Benin, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra-Leone, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Gambia, Guinea da Central Jamhuriyar Afirka.