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FUTURE AFRICA
RESEARCH LEADERSHIP FELLOWSHIP
The Future Africa Research Leadership Fellowship (FAR-LeaF) is an early career research fellowship program focused on developing transdisciplinary research and leadership skills.
Evaluating students’ mental well-being
Dr Oladele is using a transdisciplinary approach that would ensure collaboration between the relevant academic disciplines and...
Sep 6, 2023
Safeguarding Kenya's coral reef fish species for the future
Dr Otwoma during fish underwater visual census and benthic survey in Kisite-Mpunguti Marine National Park, Shimoni Kenya. The pattern of...
Sep 1, 2023
BOTSWANA | Health Cluster host roundtable discussion
The Health Cluster used the opportunity of the CHANCE conference to conduct a round table discussion between the fellows, policymakers,...
Aug 30, 2023
Agricultural adaptation to climate change: Lessons from Tanzania
The joyful village chairman discussed anticipated productivity improvements in 2023 compared to 2022, attributed to pesticide application...
Aug 25, 2023
Research | Advances in the Application of Geospatial Technology in the Mitigation of COVID-19 Pandemic
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-COV2, has been reported as a highly virulent virus. The disease...
Aug 23, 2023
Making water challenges visible
By predicting when a catchment will no longer be able to supply water to meet social and environmental needs, the project will produce...
Aug 22, 2023
Water and sanitation governance in rural settlements
A thriving society should promote good governance, accountability, and democratisation by increasing citizens’ participation in planning...
Aug 22, 2023
Changes in rainfall affect all farming activities
“I believe the indigenous people have been adapting to changing living conditions in the past and know how to tackle problems around...
Aug 20, 2023
Research | An Open and Fully Decentralised Platform for Safe Food Traceability
Concerns about food safety have grown across society in recent years. Building a trustworthy traceability system is essential for...
Aug 15, 2023
Ghana’s national health insurance users often end up paying as much as those who don’t belong. So why join?
Health financing is a challenge any country has to deal with to provide good healthcare services. It’s especially important for...
Aug 13, 2023
NIGERIA | A Netnographic Study of the Hausa Language in Online Media: The Case of Infodemic
COLLOQUIUM | Netnographic Study of the Hausa Language in Online Media: The Case of Infodemic, Paper presented at the Media Convergence...
Aug 11, 2023
Lessons from the field: Literacy leadership among rural women
I was surprised at how life-fulfilling interacting with women and impacting their lives was. I became interested in studying the impact...
Aug 9, 2023
Increasing sustainability education in higher education institutions in Africa
Business schools and business education have the highest impact on increasing environmental awareness and sustainability and can...
Aug 8, 2023
Machine learning for water stress detection on maise farms
Water is the most valuable resource on our planet. Agriculture consumes 80-90% of the freshwater used by humans worldwide, and about...
Aug 8, 2023
Empowering Africa's indigenous communities through technology
These collaborative efforts can drive the development of contextually relevant digital solutions that facilitate skill development,...
Aug 8, 2023
SOUTH AFRICA | FAR-LeaF wraps second workshop
“I am satisfied we had an excellent week – it was useful and prosperous. The fellows were sorry to leave, which says is all.” The...
Aug 4, 2023
Netherlands | Structural and Optical Properties of Silver Sulfide/Reduced Graphene OxideNanocomposite
ICSSRI 2023 17th International Conference on Scholarly, Scientific Research and Innovation, Amsterdam, Netherlands | August 03-04, 2023...
Aug 4, 2023
Policy paper | From Street to School – Educating the Most Vulnerable
Policy Paper published in the New African Scientist | Issue 2, August 2023 A growing number of children worldwide are forced to live on...
Aug 1, 2023
UGANDA | Technology-assisted doctoral supervision: practice and lessons from angloxazone universities in Cameroon
DETA Distance Education and Teachers' Training in Africa Conference A paradigm shift towards innovative, resilient and transformative...
Jul 27, 2023
Research | Politics of Security Sector Reform: Violence and the Emergence of Regional Security Outfits in Nigeria
Besides reframing the centralised security structure, Nigeria’s security sector needs greater transparency and better oversight. A...
Jul 26, 2023
The programme seeks to build a network of emerging African scientists with the skills needed to apply transformative research methods and approaches in addressing complex sustainability challenges in Africa, including inter- and transdisciplinarity, systems thinking, and futures literacy.
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