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Boosting Botswana’s innovation through the Science Granting Councils Initiative

Boosting Botswana’s innovation through the Science Granting Councils Initiative

The Science Granting Councils Initiative (SGCI) fosters collaborative research across Africa. The initiative promotes evidence-based innovation and policies. In so doing, it empowers science granting councils…

Promoting gender equality

Africa’s science-granting councils are failing women

Equality-promoting funding policies “still in their infancy”, review finds Many national bodies disbursing African research funding grants…

NRF and MINDS Announce Partnership Agreement for Joint Postgraduate Scholarship and Exchange Programme for Africa

The National Research Foundation (NRF) and the Mandela Institute for Development Studies (MINDS) have formalised a prominent…

Researchers aim to boost production of tilapia native fish species

Researchers from Zimbabwe and Malawi are trying to develop a genetically superior broodstock of tilapia to boost…

Alexander Forst-RakoczyFollow Globe The globe is illuminated from a lamp inside it and from a flash behind it. Photo By Alexander Forst-Rakoczy (Flickr / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

NRF South Africa to host the Africa Future Earth Global Secretariat Hub

The National Research Foundation (NRF) is pleased to announce its selection to host the Africa Future Earth…

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Zim, Malawi in joint bio-fertilizers research

Scientists from Zimbabwe and Malawi are working on a joint research project to develop bio-fertilisers which are…

Cattle in Mozambique coming in from the fields in the evening (photo: ILRI/Mann).

Mozambique government, partners join forces to improve dairy farming

Arnaldo Dimande, a peasant farmer in the region of Machiane, saw a chance to transform his ambition…

Three lessons Rwanda needs to learn from Science Granting Councils Initiative

http://rwandadispatch.com/three-lessons-rwanda-needs-to-learn-from-science-granting-councils-initiative/

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Science Granting Council Initiative improves transparency in management of research grants – Association of African Universities

The Association of African Universities (AAU) says the ability of Ghana and other African countries to prudently…

Themes

The SGCI aims to strengthen the capacities of these SGCs to support research and evidence-based policies that will contribute to economic and social development.

Strategic Communications and Knowledge uptake
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Strategic Communications and Knowledge uptake

Gender and Inclusivity

Gender and Inclusivity

Private Sector Engagement

Private Sector Engagement

Research Management

Research Management

Evidence in Policymaking

Evidence in Policymaking

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