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At its first Webinar Series held on 28th April 2023, on “Framing Transformation of Higher Education for Africa’s Competitiveness”, the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) acknowledged the need for African Universities to reframe higher education and embrace approaches that introduce new ideologies and innovations to guide societal development trajectories. The meeting […]

The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) on 28th April 2023, unveiled a series of webinars as a way of building momentum for its 19th Annual General Meeting, slated to take place in Yaoundé from October 28th to November 2nd, 2023. Officially launched by H.E. Jacques Fame NDONGO, the Minister of State, […]

In a significant step towards strengthening education and research in Benin and the broader West Africa region, the Executive Assistant to the Executive Secretary (EAES), Dr. Sokona Dagnako, held a crucial meeting with the esteemed Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research (HESR), Prof Eléonore YAYI LADEKAN. The meeting served as a platform to discuss […]

Despite global Science, Technology and Innovation (ST&I) initiatives to ensure achievement of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) number 5 on gender equality, and those geared towards supporting greater engagement of women especially in research for development, fewer women are still employed in the Science, Technology and Innovations (ST&I) sector. The Forum for African Women Vice Chancellors […]

The International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) in collaboration with the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) organized a four-day regional training workshop on “Improved land and water management practices and use of simulation models for increasing agricultural production in Sub-Sahara Africa” in Kampala, Uganda, from 22 to 25 May 2023. Funded […]

CALL FOR SHORT COURSES The Regional Centre of Excellence in Agri-Food Systems and Nutrition (CE-AFSN) at Eduardo Mondlane University is implementing the African Centers of Excellence project, phase II, Additional financing (ACE II AF) for the East and Southern Africa funded by the World Bank. The aim of the project is to contribute to agri-food […]

“We must transform how we train the next generation given that 80% must be their job and wealth creators.“ Annually, 10 million young people are ready to enter Africa’s labour market and yet the continent can only create 3 million jobs. Africa, with the world’s youngest population is currently having an underperforming labour market. As […]

Kampala 20th, June 2020 – The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), a consortium of 163 Universities in 40 African Countries, is pleased to announce the recipients of the two-year Graduate Research Grants  (GRGs) funded by the Government of New Zealand, in support of the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases […]

Welcome to the first edition of the ATHENA Advanced Databases Super Summer School! Objective and backgroundThis Super Summer School organised by the ATHENA European University offers you the core knowledge and practice to start exploring advanced data technologies topics in cooperation with professors and colleagues from all over Europe in a hybrid learning environment. You […]

About TAFSA Program Intra-Africa Mobility to Train Agribusiness and Food System Scientists for African Agriculture (TAFSA) is an Intra-Africa Academic mobility project funded by the European Union (EU). The program is run by 5 African Universities namely, Eduardo Mondlane University (Mozambique); Gulu University (Uganda); Makerere University (Uganda); University of Abomey Calavi (Benin), and University of […]

Africa is the world’s youngest continent with 70% of its population under 30 years of age. Sixty percent of the young people are under 25yrs old and therefore are with the higher and tertiary education and demographic. Many African countries have responded by increasing the number of higher education institutions. According to the African Development […]

The AU-EU Innovation Agenda is an initiative supported by Horizon Europe as an integral part of the Global Gateway Investment Package aimed at fostering innovation and research in the overall cooperation between the two regions. The Agenda seeks to address common challenges, promote sustainable development, and strengthen partnerships in key sectors such as agriculture, health, […]

The College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) – REC (Research and Ethics Committee)/ Institutional Review Board (IRB) base in the Makerere University College of Agricultural and Agricultural Sciences is accredited and certified by the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (UNCST) to conduct initial and continuing review of research projects with the primary […]

Date: Wednesday, 21 JUNE 2023 Time: 9am East African Time Registration Link : https://bit.ly/3qAhqJL

Universities in Africa have been challenged to consider integral and multi-disciplinary approaches when innovating solutions geared towards solving community challenges. This was during a webinar on Transforming university processes, systems and learning experience organized by Regional Universities Forum Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) on 31st May 2023.In a keynote address he made, Prof. Francis Petersen, […]

Gulu University in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, is offering three fully funded 4-year PhD scholarships, financed by the project “VUCCA: Vulnerability and Climate Change Adaptation in Conflict-Affected Regions: The Case of Northern Uganda”. The scholarships are expected to start by October 2023. The PhD Projects Each PhD will work on a specific […]

Mohammed VI Polytechnic University is an institution oriented towards applied research and innovation with a focus on Africa.The University is engaged in economic and human development and puts research and innovation at the forefront of African development.A mechanism that enables it to consolidate Morocco’s frontline position in these fields, in a unique partnership-based approach and […]

HAMK is involved in educational capacity building in east and southern Africa through its Africa Projects. In this blog, we present the results of the PBL-BioAfrica project from an individual point of view. A committed participant and beneficiary of the project, Miriam Kyule, unravels her learning path, and the tangible outcomes and changes that occurred, while a staff […]

Touching lives and creating opportunities is a documentation of the voices of impact that the TAGDev program has made in the lives of students that have been participants in the program through scholarships, research, entrepreneurship, and other wrap-up services. The TAGDev program invests in individuals who become change agents in society. In this series of […]

Date: 31st May 2023 Time: 15.00-17.30 EAT Registration link: https://bit.ly/3HANGSC