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Towards a more equal and connected world for women and girls
Assétou Sawadogo Kabore and Ndeye Sine Diop – two participants in the SGCI Gender and Inclusivity Project – share their impressions of the 67th annual session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67) held in New York in March. “We must remember that it is not a question of having beautiful conclusions; they…
Read MoreTWAS-DFG Cooperation Visits Programme: 3 months Research Visit to Germany
6 June 2023 TWAS-DFG Cooperation Visits Programme Based on the agreement with The World Academy of Sciences for the Advancement of Science in Developing Countries (TWAS), the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) draws the attention of researchers at German research institutions to the possibility of inviting early-career researchers of all disciplines from sub-Saharan…
Read MoreORTARChI 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…
Read MoreImplementing open science in East Africa is picking up speed
Stakeholders, including academics, researchers and policy-makers in Tanzania, intend to adopt open science and present the plan to the government and implementation partners for funding. However, the decision to make research more accessible means they also have to deal with several challenges. The East African Science and Technology Commission (EASTECO), Tanzania’s Commission for Science and…
Read MoreMozambique’s FNI at slow pace as Namibia is analyzing the PUCFPFPF agreement
The University of Maputo (Mozambique) in Namibia, UNAM has no finalized the joint project that was carried out bu the Agricultural Research Institute of Mozambique (IIAM) and the University of Namibia, UNAM titled: Processing, Upscaling and Commercialization of Derivative Food Products of Underused Fruits and Plants in Mozambique and Namibia. https://jornalvisaomoz.com/fni-em-mocambique-a-ritmo-lento-enquanto-a-namibia-esta-a-analisar-o-acordo-pucfpfp/
Read MoreThe NRF hosts a Learning Visit of the Science Granting Councils Initiative in Sub-Saharan Africa
The National Research Foundation (NRF) is hosting its sister agencies from Botswana, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Mozambique, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Cote D’Ivoire and Tanzania for a learning visit during 13 – 14 February 2023. The visit provides the opportunity to cross-share experiences to design and monitor research programmes and how these fit within broader monitoring, evaluation…
Read MoreOwning change: Reflections on Peer Learning Workshop 3
Owning change: Reflections on Peer Learning Workshop 3 “Sharing allows one to learn from others and realise that our challenges are common and create a space to collectively address them and we can overcome them”. – Peer Learning 3 workshop participant. A Gender Action Learning (GAL) workshop in late 2022, involving participants in the Science…
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