The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the African Union are pleased to welcome you to Science with Africa. There have been numerous initiatives and events undertaken to support African countries in their quest for growth and development. While all these initiatives are positive and aim to eradicate poverty in Africa, it is also important to ensure that growth in the continent is sustained through an indispensable link to innovation, research and development. [more] |
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Issue of Science With Africa Conference e-Newletter now available 4th December 2009  This
quarter's e-newsletter focuses on the African Science, Technology and Innovation Endowment Fund (ASTIEF) which is going to be launched soon. Furthermore, it provides updates
on African Union STI activities including the Africa ICT Ministers conference and the
African Union Scientific Awards 2009. The eNewsletter also features the African Malaria Network Trust as well as
African Science News, upcoming Science-related events in Africa, and introduces new faces @ ECA. SWA e-Newsletter - Issue 4 - December 2009 [Lang: English] |
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Issue of Science With Africa Conference e-Newletter now available 5th August 2009  This
quarter's e-newsletter focuses on the recently held African Innovation Framework Workshop held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and other Science With Africa related activities and its follow-up. Furthermore, the main outcome of the first Committee on Development Information, Science & Technology (CODIST-1) were highlighted including the 2009 Technology in Governments in Africa (TIGA) Awards and calls on African scientists to use ICT to shield continent from global crisis, initiate growth. The eNewsletter also features latest Findings in Biological Sciences (Global) as well as
African Science News, upcoming Science-related events in Africa, and an opinion piece.
SWA e-Newsletter - Issue 3 - July 2009 [Lang: English] |
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| Addis Ababa hosts African Innovation Framework Workshop 29th June 2009  A two-day consultative workshop on developing an African Innovation Framework opened in Addis Ababa, today to chart the way towards developing a concrete and “implementable” framework to guide Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) development in the continent. The second objective of the workshop is to focus on the opportunities and challenges for the development of African innovation strategy to complement national, sub-regional and sectoral ICT, Science and Technology policies and strategies. [more] |
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| Science With Africa updates now available via Twitter 21st April 2009  Science With Africa updates are now avaiable via the micro-blogging platform Twitter. Log-on to Twitter and follow the feed @scienceafrica.website |
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Issue of Science With Africa Conference e-Newletter now available 13th April 2009  This
quarter's e-newsletter focuses on the recently held Technology Planning workshop in Nairobi, as well as other Science With Africa related activities such as the African Science Philantrophy Initiative, Tools for promoting STI in Africa and e-m-government development in Africa. Readers are also given the opportunity to apply to the first African Science to Business Challenge. Upcoming events such as the Committee on Development Information, Science & Technology (CODIST) are highlighted and interesting news from the world of science are featured. SWA e-Newsletter - Issue 2 - April 2009 [Lang: English] |
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| Technology Planning and Technology Governance Meeting Nairobi, 24 - 27 February 2009 From recorded history, we have come to know that human beings, all over the world, naturally create technologies (through making, adapting, and improving all kinds of tools) and use those for their own purposes. History also informs us that human beings have been creating technologies, initially by instinctive adaptation to their living surroundings and subsequently through scientific efforts of trials and errors, but occasionally by chance and sometimes even by accident. In a way, technological innovation and application seems to be human nature... Framework document | Recommendations | Agenda | Roadmap | Lessons from Asia |
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Issue of Science With Africa Conference e-Newletter launched1st December 2008 This e-newsletter, produced on a quarterly basis provides information and news on the follow-up to the Science with Africa conference, as well as other news items closely related to the themes and objectives of the event. SWA e-Newsletter - Issue 1 - December 2008 [Lang: English] |
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With Africa Conference Final Report now available1st December 2008 "...The Constitutive Act establishing the African Union identified the promotion of research and development (R&D) in all fields of science and technology (S&T) as one of the means to promote development in Africa. In November 2003, the first conference of African Ministers for S&T recommended that the S&T programmes of the African Union Commission (AUC) and the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) should be integrated, in order to create a well-coordinated policy and programme framework to accelerate Africa’s socio-economic development through science, technology and innovation (STI)..." The Final Report of the Science with Africa Conference Report is now available by clicking here. Conference Report [Lang: English |  pdf] |
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Science to Business Challenge The African Science to Business Challenge is a pioneering
initiative launched by the United Nations Economic Commission for
Africa (ECA) and RTI International (RTI) aimed at strengthening links
between scientific research and business development. [more]Application Form |
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Challenges Explorations In October, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced 104 grants to explore bold and largely unproven ways to improve global health. The grants of US$100,000 each will go to scientists from 22 countries and five continents. This marks the first round of funding from Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative to help lower the barriers for testing innovative ideas in global health. The initiative fosters creative projects that show great promised to improve the health of people in the developing world. The Science with Africa e-newsletter is proud to announce that 5 winners were from Africa, representing Cameroon (1), Kenya (1), South Africa (2) and Uganda (1). [more] |
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brings a group of experts together to further drive the development
of guidelines for health research in AfricaThe United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in collaboration with the African Union Commission (AUC) and the Good Clinical Practice Alliance – Europe, brought together about 25 health researchers, professors, experts from Africa and Europe to launch the process of developing guidelines for health research in Africa - AFROguide. [more] |
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2 Peer ShowCase The
Peer 2 Peer ShowCase contains new material that seeks to continue
peer-review, share information and explore collaboration opportunities
for science with Africa. [more] |
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 Beginning March 31, 2008, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will accept grant proposals for the first funding round of Grand Challenges Explorations, a new US$100 million initiative to help scientists across the globe pursue ideas that have never before been tested for solving major health problems. Full descriptions of the initial topic areas and application instructions are available at: www.gcgh.org/explorations. website | about |
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