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Leveraging African Resources to Transform Food Security on the Continent

October 15, 2020

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

October 6, 2020

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

September 4, 2020

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.

No more injections Egyptian researcher wants to deliver COVID-19 vaccine through skin

August 4, 2020

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?

UP, UNICEF and the UNDP collaborate to empower young South Africans

July 21, 2020

The University of Pretoria (UP) has partnered with the United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to conceptualise and implement initiatives that will address challenges faced by young people in South Africa.

COVID-19 Research and Engagement Platform at UP (CORE-P)

July 14, 2020

Future Africa is coordinating the COVID-19 research and engagement platform (CORE-P) to harness a vibrant community of practice driven by UP and to embrace a wide range of academia in Africa. The key principle of CORE-P is transdisciplinary research that brings various teams together to co-design targeted research outcomes and results for higher impact.

UP webinar on Future Africa Post-COVID-19 suggests researchers must play leading role in reshaping African society

June 3, 2020

Participants from around the world joined a University of Pretoria (UP)-hosted webinar titled “Future Africa Post-COVID-19” on Friday.

INVITATION Webinar Future Africa Post-COVID-19, Friday 29 May 2020 at 1:00PM

May 29, 2020

May is Africa Month and 25 May is Africa Day. As a university that aspires to be a leading institution in our country and our continent, internationally recognised and connected, we celebrate our Africanness.

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Environmental thought in Africa cannot be separated from power and lived realities, Future Africa webinar hears

April 13, 2026

Future Africa recently hosted a webinar that explored how environmental thought in Africa is shaped by power, colonial legacies and lived realities.

Africa Week 2025 panel discussion: ‘Africa’s food insecurity is a global security issue’

May 29, 2025

Africa’s food insecurity is not just a development challenge — it’s a global security issue. That was the message from panellists at Africa Week 2025, who highlighted the links between hunger, conflict, climate change and governance failures, and called for integrated, long-term responses.

Africa Week 2025, Day 2: ‘Africa must fund its own future, or risk falling behind’

May 28, 2025

Africa needs to fund its own research and development or risk being left behind by a rapidly shifting global order. That was the hard-hitting message on the second day of Africa Week 2025, currently underway at Future Africa, the University of Pretoria’s (UP) pan-African platform for collaborative research.

Africa Week 2025 ignites dialogue for future sustainability

May 27, 2025

Africa Week 2025 at UP’s Future Africa officially launched a dialogue on future sustainability through its science leadership summit, held under the theme 'Global Security – Global Africa'.

Africa Week 2025 at UP opens with call for justice, innovation and unity

May 26, 2025

Africa Week 2025 opened at the University of Pretoria (UP) on Africa Day, 25 May, with a call for bold, cross-sectoral collaboration to reimagine the continent’s future. The biennial summit, hosted at Future Africa, UP’s pan-African platform for collaborative research, brings together African and global...

Call for Abstracts: TFCA’s Symposium

May 15, 2025

The Future Africa Research Chair in Sustainability Transformations, a joint initiative of the University of Pretoria and the University of Cape Town, in partnership with the SARChI Chair in the Political Economy of Migration in the SADC Region,

Future Africa hosts new Lancet Countdown Africa Centre for Climate-Health research

April 24, 2025

Future Africa is now home to the Lancet Countdown Africa Centre, a new regional hub advancing climate-health research and African-led science for global impact...

‘There cannot be a global one-size-fits-all approach to sustainability,’ Future Africa public lecture hears

April 22, 2025

Prof Maano Ramutsindela during a Future Africa public lecture calls for context-specific “sustainabilities” shaped by history, ideology, and lived experience...

Future Africa dialogue explores what it takes to build supportive environments for Transdisciplinary Research

April 16, 2025

Future Africa at UP recently hosted a TD dialogue exploring what it takes to build supportive environments for Transdisciplinary research

Future Africa to lead science mission for Mapungubwe revival

April 4, 2025

Drawing on lessons from the rise and fall of the ancient Mapungubwe Kingdom, a proposal led by Professor Maano Ramutsindela, the UP–UCT Future Africa Research Chair in Sustainability Transformations, has been selected as one of 12 global pilot science missions by the International Science Council (ISC) to accelerate real-world sustainability solutions.

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Leveraging African Resources to Transform Food Security on the Continent

Imagine this headline in 2030 Greenhouse gas to green cows gas African scientist finds way to reduce methane from cattle

Women lose a lot when public resources are being siphoned and stolen – Dr Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka during UP-hosted Women’s Month Dialogue

No more injections Egyptian researcher wants to deliver COVID-19 vaccine through skin

UP, UNICEF and the UNDP collaborate to empower young South Africans

COVID-19 Research and Engagement Platform at UP (CORE-P)

UP webinar on Future Africa Post-COVID-19 suggests researchers must play leading role in reshaping African society

INVITATION Webinar Future Africa Post-COVID-19, Friday 29 May 2020 at 1:00PM

Environmental thought in Africa cannot be separated from power and lived realities, Future Africa webinar hears

Africa Week 2025 panel discussion: ‘Africa’s food insecurity is a global security issue’

Africa Week 2025, Day 2: ‘Africa must fund its own future, or risk falling behind’

Africa Week 2025 ignites dialogue for future sustainability

Africa Week 2025 at UP opens with call for justice, innovation and unity

Call for Abstracts: TFCA’s Symposium

Future Africa hosts new Lancet Countdown Africa Centre for Climate-Health research

‘There cannot be a global one-size-fits-all approach to sustainability,’ Future Africa public lecture hears

Future Africa dialogue explores what it takes to build supportive environments for Transdisciplinary Research

Future Africa to lead science mission for Mapungubwe revival

Future Africa and CREST launch STI leaders forum to strengthen Africa’s voice in global science

Future Africa Convenes Final Workshop to Develop Strategic Frameworks for Future Earth Africa Hub

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