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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.
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
Celebrating Africa Day of seas and oceans
Community participation is not only about decision-making but also about creating a sense of ownership and responsibility. The African...
Jul 25, 2023
Research | Frontiers of belonging and politics of identity: The materiality of funeral rituals and festivals in Nigeria’s urban space
This study has suggested that rituals and festivals are deployed as movements that mobilize people politically and organize them to claim...
Jul 25, 2023
Desertification and drought: Herding and farming
There is a need for more strategic problem-solving and more vital community involvement to address the challenge in Africa. World Day to...
Jul 15, 2023
CAMEROON | Re-imagining Leadership for Sustaining Teachers’ Engagement: Perspectives of HODs in HEIs in Cameroon
Researching Education Decolonially: Towards Alternative Global South Epistemologies, 7th - 8th July 2023 | University of Buea, Cameroon...
Jul 8, 2023
UK | Prestigious BANGA-AFRICA Fellowship award
ADAPT aims to develop new conceptual and empirical understandings of how young people and the urban poor experience and adapt to extreme...
Jul 1, 2023
Policy | Citywide Inclusive Sanitation (CWIS): A New Public Service Approach for Leaving No One Behind
Policy Brief Citywide Inclusive Sanitation (CWIS): A New Public Service Approach for Leaving No One Behind July 2023 Policy Brief...
Jul 1, 2023
Panama | FAR-LeaF presents a session at SRI 2023
The challenges have taught the fellows about the critical importance of communication and consistent connection and the need for sound...
Jun 30, 2023
Mental well-being through transdisciplinary research
Using a research approach that involves breaking down traditional disciplinary boundaries and integrating diverse perspectives,...
Jun 28, 2023
South Africa | Health Cluster impress at SRI 2023 Africa satellite event
The Africa Hub hosted local-to-regional sessions with a regional to a global audience to explore action-forward approaches to...
Jun 21, 2023
Virtual | A netnographic study of the impact of misinformation/ disinformation on the sociodemographic group's behavioural patterns of the Northern Nigerians during the post-Covid-19 pandemic
ACSUS-UP African Centre for the Study of the United States at the University of Pretoria | Annual Virtual Conference, Farooq Kperogi, the...
Jun 18, 2023
Combating hate speech for the promotion of societal stability and peace-building
18th June 2023 International Day for Countering Hate Speech Hate speech is a contemporary existential threat bedeviling nearly all...
Jun 18, 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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