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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
“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…
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,…
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…
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…
ORTARChI inspires research chairs programme in Tanzania
The Tanzania Commission of Science and Technology (COSTECH) has embarked on a journey to establish a national…
Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo unite at NM-AIST
Arusha, Tanzania boasts the reputation of being Africa’s Geneva for its critical role as the host of…
Celebrating one year of Tanzania SUA ORTACHi Chair 2023
“We are a force”: One year of implementing the O.R. Tambo Africa Research Chair for Viral Epidemics…
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.
