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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.
Balancing motherhood and a career in STEM
The women who successfully navigate the intricate dance between motherhood and STEM are making a mark in their respective fields and...
Mar 8, 2024
NIGERIA | Practical tips for collaborative multidisciplinary research in the Humanities
WORKSHOP | Practical Tips for Collaborative Multidisciplinary Research in the Humanities. Paper presented at the Faculty of Arts Research...
Mar 7, 2024
Malawi | Catchment Management and Water Resources – Successes and Failures in Malawi
The Role of Engineers in Sustainable Watershed Management Conference| 22nd March 2024| Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural...
Mar 2, 2024
Research | Metallic nanoparticles and hybrids of metallic nanoparticles/graphene nanomaterials for enhanced photon harvesting and charge transport in polymer and dye sensitized solar cells
Solar energy is a sustainable option in providing affordable and clean energy. Conversion of solar energy to electricity requires the...
Feb 24, 2024
Studying African societies and cultures
Africa is the premier journal devoted to studying African societies and cultures. Editorial policy encourages an interdisciplinary...
Feb 21, 2024
Tanzania | Integrating Digital and Artistic Knowledge and Skills of the Youth in Promoting Indigenous Multilingualism for Sustainable Futures
Dr Tombe (Left) is Among the discussants on integrating Digital technologies with Indigenous knowledge systems in multilingual for...
Feb 21, 2024
Research | A Literature Review of Health and Mental Well-being indicators and its Assessment in Sub-Saharan Africa (2014-2022)
Background: Multiple factors shape health and mental well-being. These factors are considered indicators for a holistic assessment of...
Feb 20, 2024
Computer-adaptive assessment tool
This computer-adaptive assessment was designed by Jumoke I. Oladele (PhD) as the product of funded research by the Carnegie Corporation...
Feb 20, 2024
GHANA | Climate champions and agents of change
Through the various activities with school children and workshops with teachers, I hope to identify climate champions who will become...
Feb 20, 2024
Germany | Prospective managers in higher education institutions
The objective of UNILEAD is to develop, organise and implement an innovative project within the organisational or personnel development...
Feb 20, 2024
GHANA | Food festivals and community events
The Responsible Artificial Intelligence Lab (RAILS) and the Distributed IoT Privacy and Edge-Intelligence Research (DIPPER) lab under the...
Feb 16, 2024
NIGERIA | Science communication & stakeholder engagement
Considering that our world is fast with the proliferation of smart technologies as a significant characteristic, the scale leverages from...
Feb 16, 2024
ZIMBABWE | Education Cluster share knowledge and experience in transdisciplinary research methods
Transdisciplinary research should reflect on dealing with the same problem but using different lenses and break disciplinary silos by...
Feb 14, 2024
Charcoal use affects energy transition efforts — Research
The continuous use of charcoal as a primary energy source of fuel is affecting the clean energy transition efforts of the country.
Feb 9, 2024
A keg of gunpowder ready to explode: Nigeria’s rising drug epidemic
Published in PEOPLES DAILY | 9 January 2024 The unfortunate slogan, “Duk kan da ba hayaki kuttu ne,” meaning “a head without smoke is a...
Feb 9, 2024
GHANA | Energy, environmental protection and education workshop
Dr Kwame Adjei-Mantey hosted a validation workshop with various stakeholders in Ghana's energy, environmental protection, and education....
Feb 7, 2024
Nurturing progress, community engagement and sustainability
Celebrating World Environmental Education Day in 2024 is a moment of reflection and a call to action for individuals and communities...
Jan 26, 2024
Learning for lasting peace I Six suggestions from Uganda
Teaching children how to earn and spend money will cement financial literacy throughout the learning cycle. In creating learning peace,...
Jan 24, 2024
Research | Flash Flood Early Warning Systems: A Critical Review of Their Effectiveness in Reducing Disaster Risks
Flash floods are natural disasters that significantly threaten communities and infrastructure worldwide. Flash flood early warning...
Jan 1, 2024
Research | Application of Machine Learning Techniques in Hydrometeorological Event Prediction
Hydrometeorological events, such as floods and droughts, pose significant challenges to societies worldwide, causing loss of life and...
Jan 1, 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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