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Climate Change: Addressing the Cow in the Room

Climate Change: Addressing the Cow in the Room

Dr Pamela Pophiwa, postdoctoral fellow within the Future Africa Research Chair in Sustainable Food Systems writes about the collaborative forum, Qinisa, which aims to promote the coordination of agricultural GHG-related research between relevant research organisations in Southern Africa and provide a platform for knowledge sharing on appropriate GHG-mitigation technologies and practices.
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Promote The Switch

Promote The Switch

Since the television was invented, it has maintained its long-standing role as a medium of education, information, communication and entertainment. Through these, public opinions have been shaped, diversity has been promoted, and knowledge has been spread globally.
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Every Child Every Right

Every Child Every Right

November 20th marks the anniversary of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child in 1959 and the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989. Today marks 34 years since this groundbreaking milestone convention.
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Future Africa-hosted Lancet Countdown Africa explores the cost of heat on birth outcomes

The Lancet Countdown Africa Regional Centre, hosted at Future Africa at the University of Pretoria, partnered with Wits Planetary Health Research to convene a discussion on the health and economic impacts of heat exposure on birth outcomes in Africa, and how evidence can inform policy, investment and climate adaptation.

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Future Africa co-hosts the new Future Earth Africa Hub

Future Africa co-hosts the new Future Earth Africa Hub Leadership Centre

Future Africa at the University of Pretoria, Rhodes University, the NRF, and Future Earth have joined forces to establish the Future Earth Africa Hub Leadership Centre. The Centre will serve as a central hub for sustainability efforts across the continent. Hosted by Future Africa and Rhodes University from 2023 to 2026, its goal is to foster collaboration and coordination among various sustainabil...
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Politics of Security Sector Reform

RESEARCH | Politics of Security Sector Reform

RESEARCH | Politics of Security Sector Reform: Violence and the Emergence of Regional Security Outfits in Nigeria Onyekachi E. Nnabuihe | FAR-LeaF Fellow
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Frontiers of belonging and politics of identity

RESEARCH | Frontiers of belonging and politics of identity

RESEARCH ARTICLE | Frontiers of belonging and politics of identity: The materiality of funeral rituals and festivals in Nigeria’s urban space Onyekachi E. Nnabuihe | FAR-LeaF Fellow
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Celebrating Africa day of seas and oceans

Celebrating Africa day of seas and oceans

The African Union launched the Africa Day of Seas and Oceans on July 25th 2015 to raise awareness of the enormous challenges faced by the water sector and the need to harness the rich resources on the continent. The framework was developed to initiate actions on aquaculture and fishery, enhance marine tourism, mitigate human tricking and smuggling through the seas, provide an improved disaster ris...
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A Collaborative Effort to Empower Ga Mampa Farmers in Addressing Animal Health Care Challenges

The Future Africa Research Chair on Health, People and Places (One Health) partnered with the Animal Health Directorate of the Limpopo Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to address the critical issue of basic animal health care in rural farmers. Recognising the high prevalence of tick-borne diseases in livestock, which can pose risks to human health, this collaboration aimed to provid...
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Desertification and drought: Herding and farming communities

World Day to Combat Desertification and Droughts is an attempt to promote public awareness of international efforts to combat desertification. The day offers opportunity to address land degradation through cooperation at all levels. Driven by factors such as population growth, which increases demand for energy, food, and other goods and services, climate change in Africa has posed numerous environ...
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World Youth Skills Day: Empowering School Learners through STEM Education

Future Africa's Research Chair on Health, People, and Places has launched a STEM skills programme for school learners. The programme offers practical and theoretical science activities, and career exposure opportunities, aimed at investing in the next generation of African scientists.
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Prestigious Banda-Africa fellowship awarded to FAR-LeaF fellow Dr Amankwaa

The University of Ghana has awarded Dr Ebenezer Amankwaa a Postdoctoral Fellowship for the Building a New Generation of Academics in Africa project (BANGA-AFRICA). He is an urban geographer and lecturer at the university's Department of Geography and Resource Development.
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Open Science and its Relevance

Open Science and its Relevance in the African Context

In a recent interview on Business Talk, Dr Heide Hackmann, Director of Future Africa, shed light on the significance of open science and its potential to catalyse transformative innovation and collaboration in Africa.
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FAR-LeaF presents session at Sri Panama

Four representatives from the University of Pretoria’s Future Africa Research Leadership Fellowship Programme (FAR-LeaF) will present a session at the Sustainability Research & Innovation (SRI) Congress conference hosted in Panama.
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Ensuring mental well-being through transdisciplinary research

Health is more than the absence of illness or disease; it encompasses a holistic state of physical, mental, and social well-being. One must achieve complete well-being, not just a lack of sickness, to be healthy. Similarly, mental health is defined as a state of wellness in which individuals can utilise their abilities effectively, manage everyday stressors, perform well at work, contribute to soc...
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Professor Dire Tladi

Professor Dire Tladi nominated to serve as a judge at the International Court of Justice

The Future Africa Institute at the University of Pretoria is pleased to announce and extend its congratulations to Dire Tladi, Professor of International Law and Future Africa's Research Chair of Global Equity in Africa, on his nomination as South Africa's candidate to serve as a judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), commonly known as the World Court.
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