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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.
Data | First Afrocentric visual image dataset for red palm oil adulteration
One of the groundbreaking achievements of the AfroPALM project was the creation of the first Afrocentric visual image dataset focused on...
Oct 31, 2024
Prototype | Development for Oil Palm Traceability
A key deliverable of the DOTbox project was the development of a prototype specifically designed for the traceability of oil palm...
Oct 30, 2024
Pre-print | AfroPALM – Afrocentric Palm oil Adulteration Learning Models: an End-to-end Deep Learning Approach for Detection of Palm Oil Adulteration in West Africa
In Africa, rapid population growth and a focus on increasing food production have often overlooked the importance of food safety, leading...
Oct 26, 2024
Ghana needs to stop households from using firewood: what must be done
The Conversation Africa , 14 October 2024 Cooking on firewood and coal increases air pollution and ill health . Some of the dangers...
Oct 14, 2024
Poster | Effect of heat on teaching and learning
Poster series for Analyzing adaptation to extreme heat in schools to improve well-being (AVEHS) There is a need for a conversation about...
Oct 10, 2024
Transformational leadership for sustainable productivity in higher education institutions of Cameroon
This study investigates the need for transformational leadership to sustain the productivity of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in...
Oct 10, 2024
Booklet | The children tell us: "It is very hot in Ghana!"
There is a need for a conversation about climate change that children can relate to. Exposure to extreme heat affects teaching and...
Oct 10, 2024
Research | Long-Term Impacts of Selective Logging in a Tropical Rainforest in the East Region of Cameroon
Although selective logging has become the primary cause of degradation in many African countries, little is known about its long-term...
Oct 9, 2024
Postgraduate diploma in climate change and sustainability management
The fellow, who worked with some Faculty members at UMI, developed a framework for developing the postgraduate diploma in climate change...
Oct 1, 2024
Creating new networks for collaboration
My collaboration with Dr Brighton Chunga (a colleague fellow) resulted in my appointment as an external examiner for PhD thesis students...
Oct 1, 2024
Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Management Studies (CLICS)
A draft proposal for establishing the Centre of Climate Change and Sustainability Management Studies (CLICS) is being considered by the...
Oct 1, 2024
Policy | Implications and Adaptation to Extreme Heat in Schools
Policy Brief: Implications and Adaptation to Extreme Heat in Schools Ebenezer Forkuo Amankwaa, Department of Geography and Resource...
Sep 30, 2024
Research | Environmental Consciousness and Household Energy Poverty in Ghana
The energy poverty literature has identified numerous factors that influence the phenomenon. However, only a limited number of studies...
Sep 30, 2024
Japan | Environmental Consciousness and Household Energy Poverty in Ghana
Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies (29th SEEPS Annual Conference 2024), 14-15 September 2024 | Kansai University,...
Sep 15, 2024
Senegal | An Enterprise Agricultural Platform
Deep Learning Indaba 2024 2nd international joint conference of Artificial intelligence, 1-7 September 2024 | Dakar, Senegal Big data and...
Sep 7, 2024
Transformative Governance of Food Loss and Waste in Southern Africa
Dr Dorothy Tembo is a research team member and serves as the Project Manager for Malawi. The current focus is on a project titled...
Sep 1, 2024
Weather station and smart climate advisor website
The automatic weather station provides real-time climate data for the Kikuletwa catchment in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Data is accessible...
Sep 1, 2024
New Curriculum: Introduction to Financial Literacy Training
FINANCIAL LITERACY SKILLS DEVELOPMENT TRAINING CURRICULUM developed by Hellen Namawejje (PhD) as part of the FAR-LeaF FAAL Project This...
Aug 31, 2024
UK | Climate Change, Natural Resource Management and Farmers/Pastoralist Conflicts in Central Nigeria
African Studies UK (ASAUK) Conference 2024 Generation and Regeneration of African Studies, 28-31 August 2024, Oxford Brookes University,...
Aug 31, 2024
Research | Structural and Optical Properties of Silver Sulfide/Reduced Graphene Oxide
Nanomaterials have attracted significant attention in research because of their exemplary properties, making them suitable for diverse...
Aug 31, 2024
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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