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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.
France | Can Remote Sensing Precipitation Data Trusted to Capture Annual and Seasonality Trends?
International Conference on Climate Risk, Vulnerability and Resilience Building 19-21 April 2023, UNESCO | Paris, France Investigating...
Apr 19, 2023
Tri-alliance to support subsistence farming in Nigeria
Stakeholder engagement workshop hosted on 13 April 2023 at the Bayelsa State Secretariat. The principal goal of this research is to...
Apr 13, 2023
Research | Sustainability of drinking water and sanitation delivery systems in rural communities
Water and sanitation are core for the growth and development of communities. Yet, South African local municipalities are often unable to...
Apr 11, 2023
Strategic ways to improve climate services in Ghana
"I can create an innovative way of making integrated scientific and indigenous weather and climate forecasts accessible and user-friendly...
Apr 3, 2023
USA | COVID-19: Technology, Misinformation and Pseudoscience in Northern Nigeria
Technology, Culture, and African Societies, 22nd Annual Africa Conference University of Texas at Austin, 31 March-2 April 2023 The...
Apr 2, 2023
Return on education investments
“It is worth noting that leaders are not formally trained within higher education institutions in Cameroon but are expected to lead. They...
Mar 30, 2023
Research | Evaluating the challenges of public participation in local government planning
Public participation in formulating and implementing development plans is critical for social service delivery and deepening democracy in...
Mar 27, 2023
NIGERIA | Multidisciplinarity, transdisciplinarity, and sustainability research: African languages and literature as tools for Africa's development
WORKSHOP | Multidisciplinarity, Transdisciplinarity and Sustainability Research:Â African Languages and Literature as Tools for...
Mar 22, 2023
Outstanding performance on the NORHED II project
Dr Brighton Chunga of Mzuzu University in Malawi is also a key researcher for the NORHED II project implemented by Mzuzu University, the...
Mar 17, 2023
Towards securing water resources for sustainability
Population growth has increased the use of wood energy resulting in deforestation and environmental degradation, posing severe challenges...
Mar 17, 2023
ADAPT | Extreme heat in the classroom
On average, classrooms with poor ventilation measure temperatures of 5.8 °C higher than those with better ventilation. Roofing materials...
Mar 17, 2023
Countering Islamaphobia through peace messaging and media literacy
15 March: International Day to Combat Islamophobia The International Day to Combat Islamophobia raises awareness that terrorism and...
Mar 15, 2023
Countering Islamophobia through peace messaging and media literacy
There is a need to promote interfaith dialogues. Interfaith dialogues provide opportunities for interactions and negotiations to foster...
Mar 14, 2023
KENYA & GERMANY | Nanotechnology with BESSY II
Large-scale research infrastructure such as BESSY II enables the best science to solve global and societal challenges, unite people, and...
Mar 13, 2023
Resource for household food security
Female farmers are perceived as engaging in secondary agricultural practices as they only produce food crops – most of which will be...
Mar 8, 2023
Financial muscle | Equality through financial literacy
This has helped many women start small businesses like making chapatis and opening salons and shops. These women can now afford to manage...
Mar 7, 2023
Inclusive economic empowerment for women
Digitalisation offers an opportunity to encourage inclusivity and economic empowerment for women while integrating sustainability,...
Mar 7, 2023
Japan | Rubbing shoulders with Nobel Laureates
Hope Meetings are an excellent initiative for advancing research. The meeting harnesses young talents for continuity in quality research....
Mar 6, 2023
Nigerian election and peace linguistics
Although Nigeria is not at war, it is far from violence-free. Nigeria is awaiting the result of the national elections, and the situation...
Mar 1, 2023
School feeding programmes in Africa
School feeding nurtures children and improves their health and is vital in facilitating access to education by increasing school...
Mar 1, 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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