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Future Africa hosts viral diagnostics workshop

UP Future Africa hosts international low-cost viral diagnostics workshop featuring open-source technologies. 

Future Africa Research Institute - Official Launch

The launch of Future Africa at the University of Pretoria is a “timely response to placing science, technology and innovation at the centre of Africa’s development”.

Future Africa Academic Strategy Group

The Future Africa Academic Strategy Group meets regularly to create and solidify the strategy through which Future Africa will transform the world through African research excellence.

Forget Revolutions – co-create Resolutions

Africa has and faces challenges that can appear overwhelmingly complex and immutable. So often calls to actions approach this with force, vigour and the banging of drums – “overturn structures”, “rebuild from scratch”, “FIX”. Revolutions are important.

ASLP successfully concludes its fifth round

The fifth round of the Africa Science Leadership Programme (ASLP) commenced on 22 March and successfully came to a close at the official Future Africa launch.

Ghana microbiologist dreams of eradicating ulcer disease

 

The year is 2038. A deadly tropical disease that causes large ulcers on the skin has just been eradicated in Ghana. Doesn’t that sound like a future scenario we all dream about for Africa? Well, ambitious scientists working together across the continent could bring us closer to this particular dream.

ASLP Welcomes 2019 Cohort

The Africa Science Leadership Programme is proud to announce their 2019 cohort of excellent researchers from across Africa. The 20 researchers from 11 African countries commence their training on 22 March 2019. 

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TYRLP enjoys their first bring-and-share lunch

The first TYRLP bring-and-share lunch was held at FABI on 27 June. The group of early career researchers gathered under the winter sun to share lunch with colleagues from different UP faculties and departments.

FA Conference Centre to have signature art piece

The Future Africa Conference Centre will have a signature art piece. The inspiration for this piece comes from visual success of having layered coloured sand in a bottle.

Future Africa to collaborate with Microsoft Africa

Mr. Christopher Akiwumi of Microsoft recently visited the new Future Africa campus, currently in construction, with Prof Bernard Slippers, the Acting Director for the Future Africa Institute.

RGE chairman visits Future Africa

Mr Sukanto Tanoto, the Chairman of the Royal Golden Eagle (RGE) Group visited the Future Africa campus on 27 May. He was accompanied by Mr. Mark Werren, the Director of operations: Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings Limited (APRIL) (a unit of RGE) and two other representatives of RGE, Mr Isaac Tan and Mr Derek Sim.