Photographer Joan Bardeletti has set up a website, Middle Classes in Africa, which includes some great galleries of photos from Kenya and Ivory Coast. (Via Africa Is A Country)
MIDDLE CLASSES IN AFRICA
Association of African Women for Research and Development
The Association of African Women for Research and Development (AAWORD -Senegal) highlights the importance of women’s participation in politics and development.
BRINGING AFRICAN SPACE SCIENCE DOWN TO EARTH?
by Adrian Ely, STEPS Centre The past years have seen several African countries beginning to invest in satellites for defence, communications, and other objectives. Nigeria is one example (see an…
DISCUSSING “INTERSECTING KNOWLEDGES” IN NAIROBI
by Adrian Ely, STEPS Centre The African Academy of Sciences‘ vision is to be the engine driving scientific and technological development in Africa. It was established by prominent scientists, and…
YOUNG AFRICAN SCIENTISTS IN NAIROBI
By Adrian Ely The first day of the 4th TWAS-ROSSA Young Scientists’ Conference in Africa on “Science and Technology (S&T) Enterprises in Africa” provided a platform for some great examples…
ATPS PROMOTES FULL STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION IN THE RESEARCH FUNDING PROCESS
By Urama Kevin Chika, Executive Director, ATPS In response to the post titled “Opening up Research Funding at ATPS” by Adrian Ely, I would like to expound on the Network’s…
OPENING UP RESEARCH FUNDING AT ATPS
By Adrian Ely The African Technology Policy Studies (ATPS) network is made up of academics, policy-makers private sector and civil society. On the third day of their annual conference on…
Kenya round tables
Two round table events were held in December 2009 in Nairobi, Kenya.
REBOOTING DEVELOPMENT: PROF CALESTOUS JUMA
“Rebooting development: Innovation policy in the age of technological abundance” was the title of the 13th Marie Jahoda Annual Lecture. It was hosted by SPRU on 7 October 2009. Calestous’…
Background paper / Reforming the Global Food and Agriculture System: Towards a Questioning Agenda for the New Manifesto
By Erik Millstone, John Thompson, Sally Brooks In the face of the pressing challenges posed by hunger, malnutrition and the vulnerability of our food system, it is imperative that radical…