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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…

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‘Institutional change’ needed to meet gender equity goals

[CAPE TOWN] Gender researchers say urgent action is needed, including targeted funding, data collection, and institutional policy…

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How Uganda is unlocking its research potential for long-term development and prosperity

Uganda’s National Research Outlook Report 2023 shows that Science, technology and innovation are set to play a…

Ending gender inequality in science in Africa

Further efforts are needed to tackle the inequalities in treatment that persist between men and women despite…

2XEX3R5 Navigating the Gender Pay Gap: A Look at Equal Wages, Economic Disparity, and Salary Inequality Across Different Professions.

Ugandan research data points to stubborn gender gap

Uganda’s latest research output figures highlight need to close gender gap 1. Inequalities evident in pay gaps…

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Gender equality advocacy faces challenges

A regional advocacy on gender equality is making slow progress in getting more women into STEM. [ACCRA]…

Gender Equality

Strong policies, actions ‘needed to aid gender parity’

Science granting councils in Sub-Saharan Africa should have strong policies to promote gender parity in science. 1….

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Uganda must plug gender, funding gaps in science

Only a quarter of Uganda’s PhD holders over the last decade were women Reforms are needed to…

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Gender inclusivity in R&D ‘gaining traction in Uganda’

[KAMPALA] Gender inclusivity in Uganda’s research ecosystem is gaining attention, but the country must do more to…

The SGCI hosts the Annual Regional Meeting

The Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (UNCST) hosted the 2023 Science Granting Councils Initiative in…

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

Cooperation
Projects
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Cooperation
Projects