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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…
Call open: LEAWEF Multilateral Research Programme: knowledge needed on integrated solutions in water, energy and food
Ghana learning best practices in research management from other African countries – Association of African Universities
The Association of African Universities (AAU) says Ghana is learning best practices in how to manage research grants…
BIUST receives windfall to support graduate training
The Botswana International University of Science & Technology (BIUST) – has participated in the implementation of the…
Researchers will be more efficient if they have more management freedom
FONRID is currently positioned as a donor only. He is not a direct policy influencer. But he…
SGCI Plays Capacity Building Role among Ethiopian Researchers
Research experts say that the sub-Saharan Africa’s Science Granting Councils Initiative (SGCI) has played a motivational and…
Bright Bwalya: Fighting epilepsy with innovation
Bright Bwalya, a Zambian youth, who is among the millions fighting epilepsy, has come up with a…
Making women count: Closing gender data gaps in STI
The availability of national gender disaggregated data is essential in addressing persisting gender disparities in STI on…
Gender and inclusivity in Science Granting Councils: A participatory approach to achieving sustained systemic change
Through work led by South Africa’s Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), the SGCI has adopted an intersectional…
STI Help Desk Initiative for Science Granting Councils in Sub-Saharan Africa Launched
The SGCI has established a ‘help desk’ as a dynamic interactive online platform whereby the Councils solicit…
Government urged to support locally produced food products
A woman from Oshiziya village in the Oshana region has called on the government to support entrepreneurs…
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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.
