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Strengthening national research and innovation funding agencies in West Africa
The African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) and the African University of Science and Technology (AUST) have kicked off a series of events to boost research…
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…
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…
“Indigenous foods at the centre”: O.R. Tambo Africa Research Chair for Food Safety and Quality
In 2021, Prof Kwesi Firibu Saalia officially started his journey as an O.R. Tambo Africa Research Chair…
Taking stock: The Gender and Inclusivity Project at the end of its first cycle
A Final Learning Summit held in Cape Town in February marked the end of the first cycle…
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…
Gender does matter – Organisational learnings from the Gender Action Learning Process in the SGCI Gender and Inclusivity Project
Members of Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) joined senior Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) staff in…
Taking stock: The Gender and Inclusivity Project at the end of its first cycle
SGCI-II G&I Project participating countries: Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ethiopia,…
TWAS-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…
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