Archive for April 2023
ORTARChI inspires research chairs programme in Tanzania
The Tanzania Commission of Science and Technology (COSTECH) has embarked on a journey to establish a national research chairs programme, inspired by the O.R. Tambo Africa Research Chairs Initiative (ORTARChI). Working in collaboration with the National Research Foundation (South Africa), the two agencies have engaged in peer learning and supported the conceptualisation of this new…
Read MoreNelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo unite at NM-AIST
Arusha, Tanzania boasts the reputation of being Africa’s Geneva for its critical role as the host of the East African Community and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. It is also the city that hosts the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST). Part of a network of Pan-African institutions of science and…
Read MoreCelebrating one year of Tanzania SUA ORTACHi Chair 2023
“We are a force”: One year of implementing the O.R. Tambo Africa Research Chair for Viral Epidemics Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) hosts one of two O.R. Tambo Africa Research Chairs in Tanzania awarded in partnership with the National Research Foundation (NRF), Canada’s IDRC, Oliver and Adelaide Tambo Foundation and implemented through COSTECH. In March…
Read MoreIntersectionality as a critical component of gender-transformative research
Intersectionality refers to the many overlapping forms of discrimination that intensify and complicate the experiences of marginalised groups of people. For example, a woman facing gender-based exclusion may also experience discrimination related to her race, class or disability. Therefore, these forms of discrimination should not be viewed in isolation. At a recent World Science Forum…
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