Future Africa – A unique pan-African platform
Future Africa is the University of Pretoria’s collaborative platform for research that works across the sciences and with society to address Africa’s biggest and most urgent contemporary challenges. Our fundamental purpose is to develop and unleash the transformative potential of African sciences to inform and inspire a future of thriving African societies.
Objective 1
To lead transformative research in, and for Africa.
Objective 2
To develop Africa’s transformative research leadership capabilities.
Objective 3
To build transformative global partnerships for African research.
Objective 4
To foster a culture of dialogue and action for change in African research.
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Sustainable African Food Systems
Global Equity in Africa
African Science and Technology Futures
One Health
Sustainability Transformations in Africa

New Future Africa learning lab reimagines people–nature relations in Africa
Future Africa has launched the African Political Ecologies Learning Lab, creating a space for African scholars to explore people–nature relations and strengthen locally grounded sustainability research. Interested researchers can contact