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Op-Ed by Professor Cheikh Mbow, 14 June 2021
As the first international Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress (SRI2021) takes place with the purpose of discussing and defining sustainability research and what it comprises, Africa has an opportunity to deliberate on what sustainability science means for the continent.
The next Sustainability Research & Innovation Congress in 2022 will be held in Pretoria, South Africa, hosted by the Future Africa Institute at the University of Pretoria
South Africa has long been a leader on the African continent and around the globe for sustainability science and innovation as well as participatory approaches to action research.
Sustainability Research & Innovation Congress 2021
The Sustainability Research & Innovation Congress 2021 (SRI2021) is the world’s first transdisciplinary gathering in sustainability – it will be a space of fierce advocacy for sustainability scholarship, innovation, collaboration, and action.
Partnerships in STEM Innovation and Future Africa
The Harvard Center for African Studies Africa Office will convene Partnerships in STEM Innovation and Future Africa
Future Africa | UNICEF Youth Forum
UNICEF partnered with the University of Pretoria to scale up various skill-building and capacities to respond to COVID-19 with a focus on youth.
THE JENNIFER WARD OPPENHEIMER RESEARCH GRANT COMMENCES ITS THIRD YEAR
Applications are open for the $150 000 JWO Research Grant for early career scientists on the African continent
British Council funded Climate Change Malaria Action (C2MA) workshop
Early career researchers (ECRs) from South Africa (SA) and the United Kingdom (UK) are invited to APPLY NOW for the British Council funded Climate Change Malaria Action (C2MA) workshop: “Investigating the effects of climate change on malaria for urgent action to combat climate change with reference to COP26 priorities.”
‘Africa has the capabilities and the experience to produce vaccines’ – President Ramaphosa in conversation with President Macron at UP
Africa is capable of manufacturing safe and effective vaccines – it just needs the support to do so.