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Call for participation in the 2021 Climate Ambassador Program of the Global Youth Climate Network (GYCN)
The IRENA Youth Engagement Team is pleased to inform you that the Global Youth Climate Network (GYCN), an initiative of the Youth-to-Youth (Y2Y) Community of young professionals at the World Bank Group, has announce the call for participation in the 2021 Climate Ambassador Program!
Future Africa preps to share COVID-19 research with Galien Africa Forum and World Health Organisation
Director Prof Cheikh Mbow says he wants to convey that “the emerging risk for Africa, in general, can be addressed only if we establish transdisciplinarity”.
Future Africa-1HOPE Webinar Series
We are delighted to invite you to participate in a groundbreaking "Future Africa -1 HOPE " webinar series. The aim of the series is to build collaborative transdisciplinary research capacity of early career and doctoral students through a One Health & Well-Being lens - using the Zoom-digital platform.
Leveraging African Resources to Transform Food Security on the Continent
Africa is the continent most impacted by food insecurity. Millions suffer from inadequate quantity and quality of food every year, with children and women the most affected.
Imagine this headline in 2030: "Greenhouse gas to green cows' gas: African scientist finds way to reduce methane from cattle"
Dr. Festus A. Adejoro,an animal scientist at the University of Pretoria wants to work with a multidisciplinary team of scientists to reduce methane emissions from ruminant animals in Africa.
‘Women lose a lot when public resources are being siphoned and stolen’ – Dr Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka during UP-hosted Women’s Month Dialogue
The University of Pretoria’s (UP) Future Africa institute and campus recently hosted an online panel discussion that featured a group of prominent women who are well known throughout Africa for their achievements in fields such as medicine, chemistry, academia, and development economics.
Women's role in the transformation of Africa
In celebration of Women’s Month 2020, Future Africa is bringing together a panel of leading women from different parts of Africa in academia, governance, and political participation to discuss the topic Women's role in the transformation of Africa.
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No more injections: Egyptian researcher wants to deliver COVID-19 vaccine through skin
Researchers all over the world are hard at work developing a vaccine for COVID-19. So, what if researchers could deliver life-saving vaccines transdermally; that is, without using needles?