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Terms of Reference for a Short-term Consultancy Assignment As countries accelerate their actions in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, a number of developments affecting the sustainability of food systems are emerging, including the impacts of climate change that are expected to have a disproportionately negative impact on production in those countries where food demand […]

Message from the Executive Secretary of RUFORUM Volume 4 of our newsletter is the first edition in 2024, and continues to highlight the work that African universities and their partners are doing. RUFORUM’s work is underpinned by African Governments who through their support to the RUFORUM Secretariat and member universities enables this network to deliver […]

The Directorate of Research Development and Innovation, within the Division of Research and Internationalization, is pleased to announce the availability of a limited number of Postdoctoral Research Fellowship opportunities for 2024. These fellowships will be hosted across seven faculties of the University. The Directorate hereby invite applications from eligible individuals who have obtained a doctoral […]

Makerere listed among top 10 universities in Africa (Uganda). Makerere has emerged among the top 10 universities in Africa, according to a metric-based ranking of 14,131 universities from 183 countries. According to EduRank, which says it utilises the world’s largest scholarly papers database with 98,302,198 scientific publications and 2,149,512,106 citations to rank universities across 246 […]

According to the minister, farmers are facing a lot of challenges including changing weather patterns that affect farm yields, but most of the research projects do not offer immediate solutions. Source: New Vision The state minister for animal industry, Bright Rwamirama, has appealed to researchers in universities and other institutions in Africa to focus on […]

The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), a network of 170 Universities in 40 African Countries, will hold its second Triennial Conference from 12th to 16th August 2024 at Mercure Hotel, Windhoek, Namibia. The theme for the second Triennial Conference is “Operationalising Higher Agricultural Education and Research Ecosystems for Innovation, Industrialisation and […]

‘We need a skills revolution in Africa,’ says AAS president (Africa). Africa still needs enhanced and sustained initiatives to build a pool of diverse skills that are necessary to harness the power of science, technology and innovation (STI), which, in turn, can drive the continent’s development agenda, experts say. Speaking during a round-table discussion that […]

BackgroundThe Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) received funding from the Government of Uganda through the Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretariat at the Office of the President (STI-OP) to implement the project “Commercialisation of Academic Research Initiative (CARI)”. CARI is funded under Grant Agreement Number STI-OP/2023/INDUSTRY4.0+/05 and implemented in partnership with Busitema […]

The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) and the The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) alongside the Agroecology Consortium, EC-Joint Research Centre (EC-JRC) and the EC Directorate General’s Department for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) have launched the Regional Multi-actor Research Network  #RMRN_agroecology Project to support the Regional Centres of Excellence (RCoEs) related to Green Transition, as part of the FARA […]

Background The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), a network of 170 Universities in 40 African Countries, will hold its second Triennial Conference from 12th – 16th August 2024 at Mercure Hotel, Windhoek, Namibia. The theme for the second Triennial Conference is “Operationalising Higher Agricultural Education and Research Ecosystems for Innovation, Industrialisation […]

Introduction The traditional missions of universities in the CEMAC region are teaching, research and support for development. In some CEMAC countries, the development of multilingualism is implicitly added, particularly where necessary (Cameroon for its bilingualism, Equatorial Guinea for its linguistic insularity). In CEMAC, the organisation of higher education is subject to both a national and […]

Part 2: Technical evaluationThe evaluation committee appointed by the Client shall evaluate the proposals on the basis of their responsiveness to the Terms of Reference, applying the evaluation criteria as follows; Each responsive proposal will be given a technical score. A proposal shall be rejected at this stage if it does not respond to important […]

Entity: Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM)Deadline for applications: 27th March 2024, 3:00 PM, (EAT).Type of Contract: Short-Term Consultancy Duration of Consultancy: 2 months Expected Start Date: 15th April 2024Procurement Reference Number: RUF/SRVS/2024/002 1.0 IntroductionThe Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), a consortium of 170 universities in 40 African […]

Entity/ Contractor: Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture – RUFORUM Deadline for applications: 25th March 2024, 3:00 PM (EAT)Type of Contract: Short-Term Consultancy Duration of Consultancy: 2-3 months Expected Start Date: 8th April 2024Procurement Reference Number: RUF/SRVS/2024/001 1.0 Introduction:RUFORUM, a consortium of 170 universities in 40 countries across Africa, is inviting qualified suppliers […]

1.0 BackgroundThe Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), a consortium of 170 Universities in Africa, works with relevant stakeholders of agricultural tertiary education in Africa to build the innovative capacities of universities to engage with development processes through effective training, research and outreach.RUFORUM prides itself as a knowledge-based, international Non-Governmental Organization with […]

Terms of Reference for 4 experts (2 African and 2 European) to Review the implementation of the Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture (FNSSA) Research and Innovation 2016-2026 Roadmap and make Recommendations for updating the 2027 – 2037 Roadmap. Context and Background Agriculture transformation is high in the agenda of the agricultural knowledge and […]

The African academia is a repository of knowledge, a ‘think tank’ for governments, and a space from where the African society at large, derives its resources. African academic institutions are key in the process of increasing human capacity to promote comprehensive and sustainable economic development. Increased knowledge derived from African academic institutions empowers young people […]