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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.


Tanzania | Hydrogeochemical modelling of groundwater quality in Salima and Lilongwe districts in Malawi
24th WaterNet/WARFSA/GWPSA Symposium 25-26 October 2023 | Zanzibar, Tanzania Groundwater remains the most reliable source of groundwater...
Oct 26, 2023


Launch of Africa Journal of Religion and Culture
Editor-in-Chief | Dr Dorothy Tembo The journal aims to significantly contribute to advancing African research by fostering a culture of...
Oct 18, 2023


USA | Magnetron Sputtering Methods at Michigan State University
Amollo hopes to further her research prowess in developing materials and technologies for solar energy conversion. Dr Tabitha Amollo has...
Oct 17, 2023


Rainwater harvest culture: Solution to water challenges
Though most urban areas might not have water challenges compared to rural areas, the environmental consideration is enough to implement...
Oct 16, 2023


Food and digital transformation
Recent indications from local policymakers in Ghana indicate that tackling unhealthy food production and improving food processing would...
Oct 16, 2023


Intersecting realities: Rethinking the value of water
Without adequate water resources, our ability to produce food on a global scale would be severely compromised. Water, the lifeblood of...
Oct 16, 2023


Hope gleams in the form of digital transformation
Dr Tombe with a group of small-scaleholder farmer women in Kisii County, Kenya, during technology fact-finding on digital technology...
Oct 15, 2023


One for the girls | Mentoring in STEM
What stands out for her as a mentor is a realisation that girls, when guided and motivated, achieve better results than their male...
Oct 11, 2023


Mental health through a non-illness intervention link
We can create a more inclusive and empathetic society by shifting our perspective to preventive measures, awareness, and positive mental...
Oct 10, 2023


The gift of refrigeration: Off-grid health dispensary in Kenya
This meant that the community members could not get vaccination services timeously or had to walk far to get these services. Dr Tabitha...
Oct 9, 2023


Leadership and the economics of education
The fact that Cameroon is experiencing a high level of unemployed graduates with higher education certification threatens their...
Oct 9, 2023


Continuous professional development of teachers: A situational analysis
As a torchbearer of society, the teacher sows the seed of sustainable development in students for its roots to deeply penetrate culture...
Oct 5, 2023


Turkey | Determinants of Financial Literacy Levels among Rural Women in Uganda
ICERHS-2023 International Conference on Education, Research, Humanities, and Statistics, 5th October 2023 in Istanbul, Turkey I had the...
Oct 5, 2023


Nigeria | Selected for Nigeria Science Leadership Programme
Partnership with critical stakeholders through the fellowship is essential for wide-scope research; this fellowship will enhance my...
Oct 3, 2023


Research | Digitising Standardised Educational Assessment in Africa Using Computerised Adaptive Testing: Transdisciplinary Framework for Action
The experience of the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed a need for the educational sector in Africa to adopt innovative assessment methods...
Oct 1, 2023


NIGERIA | Beyond the Pandemic: Introducing the COMIFAVIGLANCE Communication Tool
ESAN English Scholars’ Association of Nigeria, 38th Annual Conference, September 2023 | Lasu, OJO, Lagos The COVID-19 pandemic has...
Sep 24, 2023


Women’s land rights and agricultural development in Nigeria
“We parked the canoes and continued on foot only to meet another swamp that sometimes got to our chests. I should add that I cannot swim...
Sep 21, 2023


Research | Fostering Sustainability: Climate Change Education Interventions at University of Dar es Salaam
Universities will need to strategically embed issues of climate change and sustainability in their institutional strategies and policies...
Sep 16, 2023


Germany | Responsible Technologies for Sustainability in Africa – Use Cases and Challenges
The Responsible Artificial Intelligence Forum – Munich – Researchers on the DOTbox project attended the 2023 edition of The Responsible...
Sep 15, 2023


Ghana | Advancing Agric-Food Chains: AI, Data Mining and Deep Learning within Enterprise Architecture Perspectives
Deep Learning Indaba 2023, YƐBƐTUMI (“WE CAN”), September 3rd to 9th, 2023 | University of Ghana in Accra, Ghana 1. PAPER PRESENTATION...
Sep 9, 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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