Côte d'Ivoire

The African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), in collaboration with Côte d’Ivoire’s Fonds pour la Science, la Technologie et l’Innovation (FONSTI), recently convened the second annual Research and Innovation Management (RIM) Symposium in Abidjan. The symposium gathered Science Granting Councils (SGCs), researchers, development partners, and policy leaders to take stock of progress and lessons from…

Gender inequalities in science, technology, and innovation (STI) remain a global challenge. Women’s representation dwindles as they proceed through the ‘leaky’ STI pipeline (Huyer, 2019). Addressing gender equality and inclusion (GEI) in STI is an issue of social justice and socio-economic advancement on a national scale. Gender transformation is a UNESCO priority and is embedded…

The initiative to build new research agendas to strengthen African health systems began with a pilot phase consisting of a 4.5-year, CAD1-million investment from IDRC. This initiative funds two national science granting councils (SGCs) in West Africa to develop and implement impactful research programs focused on strengthening health systems. It has two interconnected aims: to…

Call open: LEAWEF Multilateral Research Programme: knowledge needed on integrated solutions in water, energy and food Aim and objectivesThe Long-term Europe – Africa WEF-Nexus Multilateral Research Programme (LEAWEF) is an international initiative focusing on the interconnections between water, energy and food (WEF) within the framework of sustainable development. Using the WEF nexus approach, the programme…

Project Titles & Institution Areas of Research Number of Projects being funded Project Duration Grant Amount In-Kind Distribution Council Collaboration with other councils

Project Titles & Institution Areas of Research Number of Projects being funded Project Duration Grant Amount In-Kind Distribution Council Collaboration with other councils

By: Issiaka N’Guessan This article was produced with the support of the Science Funding Agencies Initiative (SFAI). [ABIDJAN] Medicinal plants may play an important role in the treatment of leishmaniasis. These are the findings of a study conducted by Ivorian researchers. Entitled “Évaluation in vitro de l’activité anti-leishmanienne de quelques plantes médicinales ivoiriennes” (In vitro…

The Fund for Science, Technology and Innovation (FONSTI) was created by order No. 2018-593 of June 27, 2018.

Designed on the model of the Swiss National Fund ( SNSF ), it is a research support fund, intended to finance high-quality scientific research and technological innovation programs and projects likely to have an impact on the socio-economic and cultural development of Côte d’Ivoire.

Multiple research projects were proposed across Africa, with the goal to improve local understanding, prevention and response to COVID-19. The research grant abstracts outline the different projects that would take place using funding from the COVID-19 Africa Rapid Grant Fund. Projects in Botswana In Botswana, there were many projects that research COVID-19. These include: Abstracts…

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…