The governments of Uganda and Ghana are investing heavily in public universities to train human resources with the 21st-century competencies and skills for their respective countries through the implementation of CBE. The TRUCE project seeks to accelerate the adoption of CBE in universities across SSA countries as a vehicle for creating jobs for young women and men on the continent.

Potentials of Agro-ecological practices in East Africa with a focus on Circular water-energy-nutrient systems (PrAEctiCe)

Regional Multi-Actor Research Network (RMRN)

FAO South Sudan is implementing a six-year (2024-2030) Climate Resilient Agri-Food Systems Transformation Program Phase 1 (CRAFT-1). The Grant is funded by the African Development Bank under a tripartite agreement between the FAO South Sudan, Government of the Republic of South Sudan / Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MAPS) and the African Development Bank.

The CEA-FIRST is a bicontinental effort put together to operationalise the International Research Consortium (IRC) as a long-term platform on Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture (FNSSA) in line with the FNSSA Roadmap of the AU-EU High-Level Policy Dialogue (HLPD). This IRC is a member-based, multi-actor platform and will work towards increasing synergies and coherence while reducing fragmentation and duplication of research efforts.

The Strengthening Evidence-Based Policy Practice for Sustainable Food Systems (StEPPFoS) project is an initiative designed to align PANAP’s efforts with those of the Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture (FNSSA) sector. By doing so, it aims to bridge the gap between policy and practice in a way that addresses Africa’s unique agricultural and nutritional challenges.

The RUFORUM Secretariat, six member universities, the Polytechnic Institute of Porto (IPP), and three other European universities received funding from the European Union funded Erasmus+ programme to implement a project “African BlendEd Course: novel pedagogies boosting employability and socio-economic prosperity (ABC)”

The project will cross-cut several general and regional priorities. Sustainable growth and jobs, especially enhancing employment opportunities by narrowing the competence miss-match between what is taught at HEIs and what is required in the world of work and enhancing entrepreneurial education, are in the core of the project.

The "Advancing Sustainable Agricultural Value Chains through Strengthening Transdisciplinary Skills and Cooperation in East African Doctoral Education" (ADVALUE) project is a collaborative initiative launched in January 2024, running until December 2026. Funded by the EU Erasmus+ program, the project aims to enhance doctoral education in agricultural sciences within East Africa, particularly in Kenya and Uganda.

TAGDev 2.0 is a collaborative between RUFORUM, Mastercard Foundation, 12 African universities and the Global Confederation of Higher Education Associations for Agricultural and Life Sciences (GCHERA). The main objective is to strengthen universities and TVET institutions to better serve communities by skilling and empowering Africa's young people and their institutions to drive inclusive, equitable and climate resilient transformation of agriculture and agrifood systems.