Archive for October 2022
New report highlights the need for an intersectional approach to addressing gender inequality in grant-making.
Sparked by growing momentum in addressing gender equality and diversity in research, a new report by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) explores how an intersectional approach can support gender transformative grant-making practices. There has been growing awareness that addressing gender disparities in research promotes excellence and advances gender equality in society broadly. Approaches to…
Read MoreOne year of implementing the O.R. Tambo Africa Research Chair in Research and Action against Cancer
In October 2021, Prof Olga Lompo and Prof Samira Ouédraogo officially started implementing research and training activities under the O.R. Tambo Africa Research Chairs Initiative (ORTARChI) at Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo (UJKZ) in Burkina Faso, the first ever research chair awarded to a Francophone country. This research chair was awarded using a co-chair model. In addition,…
Read MoreO.R. Tambo Africa Research Chair in Technology Entrepreneurship and Youth Employability launched
The research chair hosted at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana and awarded to Prof Nathaniel Boso was launched on 13 October 2022. The launch was officiated by the KNUST university leadership with representation from the South African High Commission to the Republic of Ghana; South Africa’s National Research Foundation (NRF);…
Read MoreThe SGCI mourns the loss of Mr. Filipo Zulu
It is with deep sadness that the Science Granting Councils Initiative (SGCI) in Sub-Saharan Africa family has learnt of the untimely passing of Mr. Filipo Zulu, Acting Executive Secretary, National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), Zambia. Since the inception of the SGCI, Mr. Zulu has led engagements of the SGCI, initially as the SGCI coordinator…
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