A presentation at the Taylor & Francis Editors Indaba in Midrand on 20 March 2015 by Prof Berhanu Abegaz, the Executive Director of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS).
The document discusses employability and the significance of knowledge alliances. It provides context on global and regional youth unemployment challenges. Specifically:
1) Globally, youth unemployment is disproportionately high at 13.1% and is exacerbated in regions like the Middle East and North Africa.
2) In Oman, unemployment is an issue with the rate at 14.4% in 2013, and youth unemployment is a particular challenge given 66% of the population is under 24.
3) The document advocates for knowledge alliances between higher education institutions and employers to better develop students' employability skills and address the skills gaps seen in many graduates.
The Gender -Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index (GEDI) is the first ever index that ranks countries for 'high potential' female entrepreneurship development. It is catalyst for improving conditions for and changing mindsets towards high potential female entrepreneurs worldwide.
This presentation provides an overview of the theoretical foundations and framework of the Gender-GEDI and presents the results of the Gender-GEDI 2013 index. It also introduces the Gender-GEDI 2014 Index which will cover 30 additional countries.
NPCA Education And Skills Improvement Agenda (Strategic Thrust) FARAInfo
The document discusses strategies to improve education and skills development in agriculture in Africa. It outlines several key challenges facing African agriculture, including climate change, rising food demand, and high poverty rates. To address these, it proposes strengthening capacity in areas like policy design, institutions, financing, knowledge and learning. Specific initiatives proposed include:
- Developing a CAADP Capacity Building Framework with components like knowledge information systems, an agriculture science agenda, and agriculture education and training.
- Creating an Agricultural Education and Skills Improvement Framework to guide partnerships and set targets for improving education systems.
- Establishing initiatives like TEAM-Africa to reform tertiary agriculture education and ATVET to expand technical and vocational training.
What is PASET's contribution to increasing the numbers and experience of women in science? An in-depth look into PASET's approaches and implementations. Presented by Dr. Moses Osiru at the Global Forum on Women in Scientific Research (GoFoWiSeR), Dakar, Senegal 2019
Shaw PRAM Hangzhou November 2008 for copyJonathan Shaw
The document discusses a regional professional bachelors degree program called PRAM in Poverty Reduction and Agricultural Management between AIT and universities in Thailand and Laos. The program aims to build the capacity of local government officers in Laos to reduce poverty through sustainable agricultural practices. AIT will support curriculum development, quality assurance, and issue degrees while the partner universities will deliver coursework. An oversight board will regularly review the program's "fitness for purpose" in meeting its poverty reduction goals.
Tracking Investments in CAADP’s Pillar IV Public agricultural R&D spending tr...IFPRI Africa
Tracking Investments in CAADP’s Pillar IV
Public agricultural R&D spending trends inAfrica South of the Sahara
Nienke Beintema and Gert-Jan Stads
International Food Policy Research Institute
This document discusses WNS's selection of a country for expanding its business process outsourcing operations. It begins with an overview of the selection process, which involved analyzing 17 countries across metrics like workforce size, costs, and infrastructure. Mexico scored highest overall after a detailed analysis and received recommendations over other top scoring countries like Brazil and Argentina. The document outlines an implementation plan for WNS to initially acquire a Mexican BPO company, and then potentially use a build-operate-transfer model to expand operations in Mexico over 1-2 years before considering expanding to other countries.
Paisley Working towards a new generation of young professionals in Agricultur...futureagricultures
YPARD is a global platform for young agricultural professionals under 40 to exchange information and contribute to agricultural development. It was created due to concerns about an aging population of agricultural researchers and limited opportunities for youth. YPARD aims to facilitate knowledge sharing, provide access to resources and opportunities, and ensure youth have a voice in shaping the future of agriculture. It has over 2000 members from 117 countries and works with universities, research institutions, donors, NGOs, governments, farmers groups and the private sector.
The document discusses employability and the significance of knowledge alliances. It provides context on global and regional youth unemployment challenges. Specifically:
1) Globally, youth unemployment is disproportionately high at 13.1% and is exacerbated in regions like the Middle East and North Africa.
2) In Oman, unemployment is an issue with the rate at 14.4% in 2013, and youth unemployment is a particular challenge given 66% of the population is under 24.
3) The document advocates for knowledge alliances between higher education institutions and employers to better develop students' employability skills and address the skills gaps seen in many graduates.
The Gender -Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index (GEDI) is the first ever index that ranks countries for 'high potential' female entrepreneurship development. It is catalyst for improving conditions for and changing mindsets towards high potential female entrepreneurs worldwide.
This presentation provides an overview of the theoretical foundations and framework of the Gender-GEDI and presents the results of the Gender-GEDI 2013 index. It also introduces the Gender-GEDI 2014 Index which will cover 30 additional countries.
NPCA Education And Skills Improvement Agenda (Strategic Thrust) FARAInfo
The document discusses strategies to improve education and skills development in agriculture in Africa. It outlines several key challenges facing African agriculture, including climate change, rising food demand, and high poverty rates. To address these, it proposes strengthening capacity in areas like policy design, institutions, financing, knowledge and learning. Specific initiatives proposed include:
- Developing a CAADP Capacity Building Framework with components like knowledge information systems, an agriculture science agenda, and agriculture education and training.
- Creating an Agricultural Education and Skills Improvement Framework to guide partnerships and set targets for improving education systems.
- Establishing initiatives like TEAM-Africa to reform tertiary agriculture education and ATVET to expand technical and vocational training.
What is PASET's contribution to increasing the numbers and experience of women in science? An in-depth look into PASET's approaches and implementations. Presented by Dr. Moses Osiru at the Global Forum on Women in Scientific Research (GoFoWiSeR), Dakar, Senegal 2019
Shaw PRAM Hangzhou November 2008 for copyJonathan Shaw
The document discusses a regional professional bachelors degree program called PRAM in Poverty Reduction and Agricultural Management between AIT and universities in Thailand and Laos. The program aims to build the capacity of local government officers in Laos to reduce poverty through sustainable agricultural practices. AIT will support curriculum development, quality assurance, and issue degrees while the partner universities will deliver coursework. An oversight board will regularly review the program's "fitness for purpose" in meeting its poverty reduction goals.
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Public agricultural R&D spending trends inAfrica South of the Sahara
Nienke Beintema and Gert-Jan Stads
International Food Policy Research Institute
This document discusses WNS's selection of a country for expanding its business process outsourcing operations. It begins with an overview of the selection process, which involved analyzing 17 countries across metrics like workforce size, costs, and infrastructure. Mexico scored highest overall after a detailed analysis and received recommendations over other top scoring countries like Brazil and Argentina. The document outlines an implementation plan for WNS to initially acquire a Mexican BPO company, and then potentially use a build-operate-transfer model to expand operations in Mexico over 1-2 years before considering expanding to other countries.
Paisley Working towards a new generation of young professionals in Agricultur...futureagricultures
YPARD is a global platform for young agricultural professionals under 40 to exchange information and contribute to agricultural development. It was created due to concerns about an aging population of agricultural researchers and limited opportunities for youth. YPARD aims to facilitate knowledge sharing, provide access to resources and opportunities, and ensure youth have a voice in shaping the future of agriculture. It has over 2000 members from 117 countries and works with universities, research institutions, donors, NGOs, governments, farmers groups and the private sector.
1) The document summarizes a gender implementation workshop for the West African Sahel & Dryland Savanna Flagship. It discusses strategies for mainstreaming gender considerations into the flagship's research activities.
2) Key strategies include collecting sex-disaggregated data, developing gender-focused intensification options, and testing gender-smart harvest and post-harvest technologies. At least 30% of research should address direct gender questions, and 100% should measure gender impacts.
3) Capacity building activities aim to increase women's participation in leadership and knowledge sharing, including in innovation platforms and rural resource centers. A baseline household survey in four countries gathered data on gender roles in agricultural decision making.
Harnessing OER to Develop Health Education Systems in Africa, May 2010Kathleen Ludewig Omollo
Presentation by Ted Hanss, Catherine Ngugi, Neil Butcher, and Mary Lee at the Open CourseWare Consortium in May 2010. Video of talk is also available on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM6tFDMngNE
A snapshot based on eLearning Africa Reports’s comprehensive facts, experiences and opinions of progress and perspectives in the field of technology-enabled learning across the continent. The presentation provoke thinking on revolutionalising today’s African management programmes development and delivery.
Health OER: Harnessing OER to Develop Health Education Systems in Africastopol
These slides were presented by Ted Hanss, University of Michigan; Mary Lee, Tufts University; Catherine Ngugi, OER Africa; Neil Butcher, OER Africa at the OCWC Global 2010 conference in Hanoi, Vietnam (May 5-7, 2010).
Time for a step-change: The agricultural innovation and enterprise facility GCARD Conferences
This document discusses the need for increased investment in agricultural research and innovation systems. It makes the following key points:
1. Investment in agricultural R&D can increase productivity, sustainability, food security, ecosystem services, and economic growth. However, current investment levels are inadequate and need to triple.
2. A collective, coordinated approach is needed that strengthens national agricultural innovation systems, breaks down silos, attracts long-term sustainable investment, and ensures opportunities for women and youth.
3. An integrated agricultural innovation and enterprise facility is proposed to increase investments, catalyze collective actions to address national needs, and build capacity to transform research into development impact at scale.
Developing capacity for change to enhance the potential of investment into ag...GCARD Conferences
The document discusses developing capacity for agricultural innovation systems. It notes that investments in agricultural R&D are low and concentrated in high-income countries. The Tropical Agriculture Platform was launched by the G20 to address capacity gaps in low and middle-income tropical countries. The TAP framework proposes a dual pathway approach and 5-stage cycle for capacity development, focusing on strengthening individual, organizational and enabling environment capacities for planning, implementing, adapting and responding to innovation needs. The framework is meant to increase coordination and impact of capacity development initiatives for more effective agricultural innovation systems.
This document discusses challenges with the current peer review system and emerging alternatives. It notes increasing pressure to publish has led to more cases of scientific misconduct. It also discusses demands for recognizing reviewers and considering new peer review forms. Several new models are described, including open peer review, pre-registration, post-publication commenting, and cross-publisher review consortiums. The document advocates exploring new services and models while acknowledging traditional peer review still has value.
A presentation on 'Publishing in Academic Journals – Tips to help you succeed' presented at the 2015 University of South Africa (Unisa) Authors Workshop organised by Unisa’s College of Graduate Studies and the Unisa Library
Este documento contiene varios artículos y noticias sobre el pueblo de Carreño en Asturias, España. Un artículo habla sobre la represión en Carreño durante la guerra civil española. Otro artículo presenta la historia verdadera de las familias Álvarez y Rodríguez de Prendes en Carreño. Finalmente, las noticias incluyen detalles sobre una exposición de arte, un concurso de marcapáginas y una despedida de un escritor local.
Este documento presenta un resumen de la revista número 25 de la Asociación Cultural Candás Marinero de mayo de 2016. Incluye artículos sobre el crecimiento espacial de Candás a lo largo de la historia, el maquetismo en Carreño, la mar de Carreño, eventos y noticias de Carreño, deportes en Carreño, canciones populares y más. La revista contiene 31 páginas y fue coordinada por José Antonio González Cuervo.
El documento describe la estructura familiar en el municipio asturiano de Carreño en 1753. Señala que la mayoría de las familias (77.4%) eran nucleares, compuestas por padres e hijos. Otras familias eran extensas (9.95%), que incluían parientes colaterales viviendo juntos, o solitarias (10.2%), encabezadas principalmente por mujeres. La estructura familiar en Carreño reflejaba la transición a familias nucleares más que las familias troncales asociadas con las áreas rurales.
Presentation on Peer Review integrity at the Taylor & Francis Editorial Indabas in Midrand and Cape Town on 20 and 24 March 2015 by Janet Remmington, the Taylor & Francis Arts and Humanities journals and Africa office Editorial Director.
Este documento es un sumario de una revista cultural de Candás que incluye varios artículos y secciones. Se resumen las siguientes páginas: una colaboración de Alfredo Pérez sobre su liberación de un abuso; dos epitafios por la muerte de José Ramón González, importante figura cultural de Candás; y un artículo sobre la procesión de la Dolorosa en Semana Santa en Candás.
Este documento presenta un resumen de la revista número 27 de la Asociación Cultural Candás Marinero de julio de 2016. Incluye artículos sobre el crecimiento espacial de Candás, la feria de las conservas, el festival de gaitas, noticias de la asociación y Carreño, y breves historias. El documento analiza la historia y desarrollo económico y urbano de Candás y cómo ha sido influenciado por las ciudades cercanas de Avilés y Gijón.
Este documento resume el crecimiento espacial de la villa de Candás desde finales del siglo XIX hasta la década de 1960. Explica que entre 1887 y 1930, la población se duplicó a 3.656 habitantes, mientras que el número de edificios solo aumentó moderadamente a 470. Esto dio lugar a una mayor acumulación de habitantes por edificio, ya sea a través de la redistribución del espacio construido o el aumento de altura de los edificios. También describe los principales barrios y el desarrollo de la
Este documento describe el crecimiento espacial de Candás en la década de 1950. Señala que en esa época comenzó la expansión urbana hacia las zonas altas, con la construcción de nuevos edificios en áreas como Zapardel, Avenida Reina María Cristina y Calle Barceloneta. También destaca algunos proyectos importantes como el Cine Prendes de 1953 y el antiguo edificio del Ayuntamiento de 1956. Explica que en la década de 1960 hubo un rápido crecimiento con la construcción de bloques
Presentation at the Taylor & Francis Editors Indaba on 24 March 2015 in Cape Town by Dr Abiye Daniel of The Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA)
1) The document summarizes a gender implementation workshop for the West African Sahel & Dryland Savanna Flagship. It discusses strategies for mainstreaming gender considerations into the flagship's research activities.
2) Key strategies include collecting sex-disaggregated data, developing gender-focused intensification options, and testing gender-smart harvest and post-harvest technologies. At least 30% of research should address direct gender questions, and 100% should measure gender impacts.
3) Capacity building activities aim to increase women's participation in leadership and knowledge sharing, including in innovation platforms and rural resource centers. A baseline household survey in four countries gathered data on gender roles in agricultural decision making.
Harnessing OER to Develop Health Education Systems in Africa, May 2010Kathleen Ludewig Omollo
Presentation by Ted Hanss, Catherine Ngugi, Neil Butcher, and Mary Lee at the Open CourseWare Consortium in May 2010. Video of talk is also available on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM6tFDMngNE
A snapshot based on eLearning Africa Reports’s comprehensive facts, experiences and opinions of progress and perspectives in the field of technology-enabled learning across the continent. The presentation provoke thinking on revolutionalising today’s African management programmes development and delivery.
Health OER: Harnessing OER to Develop Health Education Systems in Africastopol
These slides were presented by Ted Hanss, University of Michigan; Mary Lee, Tufts University; Catherine Ngugi, OER Africa; Neil Butcher, OER Africa at the OCWC Global 2010 conference in Hanoi, Vietnam (May 5-7, 2010).
Time for a step-change: The agricultural innovation and enterprise facility GCARD Conferences
This document discusses the need for increased investment in agricultural research and innovation systems. It makes the following key points:
1. Investment in agricultural R&D can increase productivity, sustainability, food security, ecosystem services, and economic growth. However, current investment levels are inadequate and need to triple.
2. A collective, coordinated approach is needed that strengthens national agricultural innovation systems, breaks down silos, attracts long-term sustainable investment, and ensures opportunities for women and youth.
3. An integrated agricultural innovation and enterprise facility is proposed to increase investments, catalyze collective actions to address national needs, and build capacity to transform research into development impact at scale.
Developing capacity for change to enhance the potential of investment into ag...GCARD Conferences
The document discusses developing capacity for agricultural innovation systems. It notes that investments in agricultural R&D are low and concentrated in high-income countries. The Tropical Agriculture Platform was launched by the G20 to address capacity gaps in low and middle-income tropical countries. The TAP framework proposes a dual pathway approach and 5-stage cycle for capacity development, focusing on strengthening individual, organizational and enabling environment capacities for planning, implementing, adapting and responding to innovation needs. The framework is meant to increase coordination and impact of capacity development initiatives for more effective agricultural innovation systems.
This document discusses challenges with the current peer review system and emerging alternatives. It notes increasing pressure to publish has led to more cases of scientific misconduct. It also discusses demands for recognizing reviewers and considering new peer review forms. Several new models are described, including open peer review, pre-registration, post-publication commenting, and cross-publisher review consortiums. The document advocates exploring new services and models while acknowledging traditional peer review still has value.
A presentation on 'Publishing in Academic Journals – Tips to help you succeed' presented at the 2015 University of South Africa (Unisa) Authors Workshop organised by Unisa’s College of Graduate Studies and the Unisa Library
Este documento contiene varios artículos y noticias sobre el pueblo de Carreño en Asturias, España. Un artículo habla sobre la represión en Carreño durante la guerra civil española. Otro artículo presenta la historia verdadera de las familias Álvarez y Rodríguez de Prendes en Carreño. Finalmente, las noticias incluyen detalles sobre una exposición de arte, un concurso de marcapáginas y una despedida de un escritor local.
Este documento presenta un resumen de la revista número 25 de la Asociación Cultural Candás Marinero de mayo de 2016. Incluye artículos sobre el crecimiento espacial de Candás a lo largo de la historia, el maquetismo en Carreño, la mar de Carreño, eventos y noticias de Carreño, deportes en Carreño, canciones populares y más. La revista contiene 31 páginas y fue coordinada por José Antonio González Cuervo.
El documento describe la estructura familiar en el municipio asturiano de Carreño en 1753. Señala que la mayoría de las familias (77.4%) eran nucleares, compuestas por padres e hijos. Otras familias eran extensas (9.95%), que incluían parientes colaterales viviendo juntos, o solitarias (10.2%), encabezadas principalmente por mujeres. La estructura familiar en Carreño reflejaba la transición a familias nucleares más que las familias troncales asociadas con las áreas rurales.
Presentation on Peer Review integrity at the Taylor & Francis Editorial Indabas in Midrand and Cape Town on 20 and 24 March 2015 by Janet Remmington, the Taylor & Francis Arts and Humanities journals and Africa office Editorial Director.
Este documento es un sumario de una revista cultural de Candás que incluye varios artículos y secciones. Se resumen las siguientes páginas: una colaboración de Alfredo Pérez sobre su liberación de un abuso; dos epitafios por la muerte de José Ramón González, importante figura cultural de Candás; y un artículo sobre la procesión de la Dolorosa en Semana Santa en Candás.
Este documento presenta un resumen de la revista número 27 de la Asociación Cultural Candás Marinero de julio de 2016. Incluye artículos sobre el crecimiento espacial de Candás, la feria de las conservas, el festival de gaitas, noticias de la asociación y Carreño, y breves historias. El documento analiza la historia y desarrollo económico y urbano de Candás y cómo ha sido influenciado por las ciudades cercanas de Avilés y Gijón.
Este documento resume el crecimiento espacial de la villa de Candás desde finales del siglo XIX hasta la década de 1960. Explica que entre 1887 y 1930, la población se duplicó a 3.656 habitantes, mientras que el número de edificios solo aumentó moderadamente a 470. Esto dio lugar a una mayor acumulación de habitantes por edificio, ya sea a través de la redistribución del espacio construido o el aumento de altura de los edificios. También describe los principales barrios y el desarrollo de la
Este documento describe el crecimiento espacial de Candás en la década de 1950. Señala que en esa época comenzó la expansión urbana hacia las zonas altas, con la construcción de nuevos edificios en áreas como Zapardel, Avenida Reina María Cristina y Calle Barceloneta. También destaca algunos proyectos importantes como el Cine Prendes de 1953 y el antiguo edificio del Ayuntamiento de 1956. Explica que en la década de 1960 hubo un rápido crecimiento con la construcción de bloques
Presentation at the Taylor & Francis Editors Indaba on 24 March 2015 in Cape Town by Dr Abiye Daniel of The Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA)
El documento trata sobre tres temas principales:
1) Un estudio sobre la estructura familiar y profesional del municipio asturiano de Carreño en 1753, mostrando que la familia nuclear era la más común y que la mayoría se dedicaban a la agricultura o pesca.
2) Una breve biografía y entrevista con el cantante Manolo Santarrúa.
3) Información sobre deportes, lugares del concejo y la mar de Carreño.
El documento resume las celebraciones del Corpus Christi en Candás, Asturias. Decenas de alfombras adornaron las calles por donde pasó la procesión, que partió de la iglesia de San Félix hacia la plaza de La Baragaña. Los asistentes mostraron admiración por el trabajo y esfuerzo voluntario invertido en decorar las calles. Candás impresionó a los vecinos y visitantes con la gran cantidad y calidad de las alfombras colocadas.
APP webinar: Contributing to Progress in Africa Nana Diarra
This is a presentation by Dr. Wilfred Elegba. He is a Research scientist at the Biotechnology and Nuclear Agriculture Research Institute (BNARI) in Ghana. He is also the Lead Consultant at the Partnerships for Collaboration in Education consultation firm and an alumni ambassador of the Clinton Global Initiative University.
In this webinar, he:
- Highlights some major challenges Africa faces as a continent.
- Describes role(s) professionals from Africa and the African Diaspora can play in stimulating progress.
- Highlights competencies that professionals possess and can contribute for development.
- Outlines how one can initiate or participate in capacity-building projects.
- List possible ways we can bring about change in mindsets.
- List some funding sources available for executing progress-oriented projects in Africa.
Austin presentation to fara workshop 10 February 2012ACIAR
This document provides information about ACIAR (Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research) and its engagement with agriculture in Africa. It discusses how ACIAR funds agricultural research projects in developing countries to improve productivity. In Africa, ACIAR has focused on projects in Eastern, Southern, and Western Africa related to crops, livestock, and markets. It established the Australian International Food Security Centre to further support agriculture and food security goals in Africa through research partnerships. The Centre aims to tackle food challenges in Africa by linking Australian expertise with in-country partners.
Presentation of "Benchmarking Agricultural R&D Capabilities Across Countries", specially in Sub-Sahara Africa countries to the Meeting in Support of Scientific & Technical Partnerships in Africa at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Washington, DC on September 29-30, 2014. Presented by Nienke Beintema, Program Head of the Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) initiative, which is led by IFPRI.
The document discusses CORAF's experience in closing the gender gap in agriculture. Some key points:
- CORAF has a gender policy and strategy to facilitate equitable access to agricultural resources and opportunities for men and women.
- Projects supported by CORAF aim for at least 40% of beneficiaries to be women. Gender screening and action plans are used.
- Outcomes include 49% of beneficiaries in the WAAPP program being women, and 43% of MDTF project beneficiaries being women.
- Capacity building efforts have supported over 30% of trainees and over 45% of post-Ebola initiative beneficiaries being women.
Push for greater R&D and innovation in AfricaPharmaAfrica
Presentation by the African Network for Drugs & Diagnostics Innovation made at the Euro-Africa Health Investment Conference, March 26 - 27, 2013, London, United Kingdom.
1) AFAAS was established to support knowledge sharing and capacity building for agricultural extension and advisory services across Africa.
2) It has helped establish national country forums in over 40 African countries to facilitate coordination and planning of advisory services.
3) AFAAS also leads knowledge management initiatives like organizing symposia, studies on topics like gender and climate change, and maintaining an online platform for sharing information.
The document discusses the African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services and its goals of strengthening knowledge management, country forums, partnerships, capacity building, policy advocacy, and conducting studies related to Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services (AEAS) in Africa. It explains that country forums are important as they bring together AEAS actors to innovate, learn from each other, support AEAS development nationally, strengthen linkages to agriculture development plans, exchange information and lessons learned, and conduct joint studies. The document also provides an overview of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, its mission to help smallholder farmers lift themselves out of poverty through sustainable productivity increases and access to finance, and its three-part strategy for 2015-2020 to catalyze agricultural
Document I Conference Report Science With Africa, March 2008Musoma Blog
This document provides a summary of the Science with Africa conference held from March 3-7, 2008 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Around 800 participants from over 40 African countries as well as some non-African nations attended the conference. The conference focused on exploring how science, technology, and innovation can benefit Africa's development, and addressed themes such as STI policies, energy/infrastructure, agriculture/health, climate change, ICT, and capacity building. High-level speakers emphasized the importance of increasing investment in STI for achieving economic growth and poverty reduction in Africa. The conference generated ideas for new R&D projects and highlighted the need for stronger partnerships and coordination to realize Africa's development potential through the effective use
Document I Conference Report Science With Africa, March 2008Musoma Blog
This document provides a summary of the Science with Africa conference held from 3-7 March 2008 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Over 800 participants from 43 African countries as well as 23 other countries attended the conference. The conference focused on seven themes related to using science, technology and innovation to drive development in Africa, including policies, energy/infrastructure, agriculture/health, climate change, intellectual property, ICT, and capacity building. The conference highlighted the importance of investment in science and technology for Africa's economic growth and generated ideas for new research and development projects.
The document summarizes the African Open Science Platform (AOSP), which aims to promote open science and open data on the African continent. It is managed by the Academy of Science of South Africa and funded by the National Research Foundation of South Africa. AOSP works to build capacity for open science through developing policy frameworks, infrastructure, skills, and incentives. It focuses on collecting and sharing African research openly to increase collaboration, reuse of data, and return on investment in research.
Placing agricultural tertiary education in the policy agendaLelihle Simelane
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the role of agricultural tertiary education institutions in view of the increasing demand for quality tertiary education, escalated numbers of applicants, dwindling resources, and escalating cost of educational materials. This paper is theoretical based and draws lessons from a four-sector of the provision of education at secondary/high school, teacher training education, technical and vocational training (TVET), and tertiary education in Swaziland. Desk research and interviews of selected university administrators in Swaziland were employed to gather more data. Ten aspects were identified and formed the basis for discussions. Findings from the desk research along with the interviews of selected administrators, revealed that universities as centres of higher learning should be given highest support by placing them on the policy agenda, given enough resources to engage in full operation, conduct outreach programmes, constantly review their curricula in order to be more responsive to national needs, and prepare strategic plans to guide the operation of the University. It is recommended that all universities as centres of higher learning should conduct the three traditional functions: teaching, research and outreach and work closely with private sector/industry in order to nurture a healthy relationship.
AU Policies and Decisions for the Use of STI in the Implementation of a Susta...Francois Stepman
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The document discusses the history and current state of Addis Ababa University (AAU) in Ethiopia. It provides background on AAU's establishment and evolution over time. Key details include that AAU currently has over 34,000 students across 15 campuses and 10 colleges. While AAU strives to be among the top universities in Africa, it faces challenges due to limited autonomy. The document argues that increased autonomy would allow AAU to better achieve its mission of providing quality education and conducting impactful research.
WEBINAR: Bridging the science-policy gap through an online knowledge sharing ...CANAAFRICA
This is a combination of presentations that were shared during a webinar on bridging the science-policy gap through an online knowledge sharing platform by the Climate and Agriculture Network for Africa (CANA)
This document outlines plans for the Centre of Excellence for Seed Industry (CoESI) in West Africa to be implemented by the National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC) in Nigeria. It discusses the need for CoESI due to yield losses in crops like cassava and opportunities in the seed value chain. The implementation strategy involves building strategic partnerships between NASC, farmers, industry, research institutions, and donors to strengthen Nigeria's seed system through activities at CoESI like training, quality control facilities, and market-responsive policies. The overall goals are to increase domestic seed production, exports, and entrepreneurship while ensuring national food security.
In 2003 IFPRI released the results of Next Harvest, a study that compiled and analyzed the first comprehensive database of publically-developed genetically modified crops under development in non-industrialized countries. Since then, several regional and national efforts have been made to update this database and expand Next Harvest findings. Nevertheless, to this day there are no comprehensive data about the state of biotechnology in developing countries, that takes into account both traditional and modern biotechnologies under development by the public and private sector. In particular, in Africa the lack of standardized and uniformly collected data is limiting the ability to assess the overall state of Africa’s agricultural biotechnology capacity and draw policy recommendations regarding countries’ strengths and needs. To begin to fill this gap, IFPRI has started gathering information using standard data collection protocols in four countries in Africa. This study presents the results for Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and Uganda and shows the differences and similarities among their state of biotech development. South Africa, clearly the leader in biotech adoption in the continent, is a country where agricultural biotechnology has been mainstreamed in a significant number of agricultural research institutes. Nigeria, on the other hand, has had more difficulties developing and implementing biotechnologies. Kenya and Uganda maintain a solid portfolio of agricultural biotechnology research but still face institutional and human and financial resource limitations. Drawing from the rich data collected, the study identifies the opportunities and challenges and makes policy recommendations to address current limitations.
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1. The Growth and Development of African Scholarship- Challenges and Opportunities
African Academy of Sciences perspective
Berhanu M. Abegaz
20 March 2015, Johannesburg, South Africa
Driving Scientific and Technological Innovation in Africa
3. The African Academy of Sciences
Vision
To be a MAJOR player in driving sustainable
development in Africa through
Science, Technology and Innovation (ST&I)
INTRODUCTION
• Academy of all sciences. Est. 1985; honored ca 300 fellows;
• Strategic partnership with AU, PAU and NEPAD;
• Assets worth $8.5 million - financially stable (Endowment Fund,
Secretariat building and estate);
• Lean and efficient organization, with strong leadership and
compliance with best international corporate management practices.
Mission
To mobilize the entire African science and
technology community for sustainable
development
4. AAS is inspired by African thinkers
“We shall accumulate machinery and
establish steel works, iron foundries and
factories; we shall link the various states of
our Continent with communications; we shall
astound the world with our hydroelectric
power; we shall drain marshes and swamps,
clear infested areas, feed the undernourished,
and rid our people of parasites and disease. It
is within the possibility of science and
technology to make even the Sahara bloom
into a vast field with verdant vegetation for
agricultural and industrial developments”.
President Kwame Nkrumah, first speech at the
foundation summit of the Organization of African
Union, Addis Ababa, 24 May 1963
Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences – GAAS – est. 1959
5. AAS pan-African roles
RECOGNISING AND
SUPPORTING EXCELLENCE
Promote and foster the
growth of community of
scholars by recognizing,
supporting and enhancing
excellence in scholarly
research undertaken by
African scientists:
• AAS Fellowship
• Prizes and awards: Youth
excellence
Alliance for Accelerating
Research Excellence in Africa
AESA
THINK TANK
FUNCTIONS
• Providing evidence
based advise to policy
makers
• Advocate greater
support for
development oriented
research and
development
• Undertaking review
and foresight studies
• Engaging in debates
and supporting African
teams in global
negotiations
DEVELOPMENTAL
PROGRAMMATIC
ACTIVITIES
Enhancing Region- and Issue-
specific Competencies and
Guidance
• Water and Sanitation;
• Sustainable Energy;
• Food Security and
Nutritional Wellbeing;
• Health care and
Wellbeing;
• Science, Technology,
Engineering and
Mathematics education;
• Climate change.
6. AESA – a joint initiative of AAS and NEPAD
• A sustainable platform for supporting African scientists and their
institutions in research leadership, scientific excellence and
innovation;
• Partners: NEPAD, Wellcome Trust, DFID and the Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation (BMGF);
• Obtained endorsement from AU Summit 2015;
• Initially focus on health research, and later expand to other areas
such as food and nutrition, energy, and environment;
• AAS’s vision is that the platform will evolve beyond just being an
implementing partner to become a strategic thought partner,
setting and aligning a programmatic agenda for the continent
7. Alliance for Accelerating Excellence
in Science in Africa
AESA (est. 2015)
A new initiative at AAS and NEPAD
10. …REQUESTS the NPCA in partnership with the African Academy of
Sciences to establish and operationalize the Alliance for Accelerating
Excellence in Science in Africa (AESA) as a platform to stimulate
breakthrough innovations in health to improve the livelihoods of marginalized
and stigmatized communities. CALLS UPON Member States, regional and
global partners as well as private foundations to support the Alliance in order
to strengthen health research and innovation in Africa.
AU Heads of State Decision – 30 January 2015, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
9. South Africa 35 , Egypt (42)
Ranking by volume of Science production (Scopus)
13 AFRICAN COUNTRIES
Nigeria (51), Tunisia (52), Morocco (55), Algeria (57), Kenya (66), Ethiopia (80), Tanzania (81), Cameroon (83),
Uganda (86), Ghana (87), Zimbabwe (95), Senegal (96), Sudan (100)
18 AFRICAN COUNTRIES
Cote d’Ivoire (103), Botswana (106), Burkina Faso (107), Malawi (108), Libya (111), Zambia (112), Benin (114),
Madagascar (117), Congo (120), Mali (121), Gambia (129), Mozambique (130), Gabon (131), Namibia (132),
Mauritius (133), Niger (137), Togo (142), Rwanda (147)
18 AFRICAN COUNTRIES
Swaziland (153), Angola (161), CAR (165), Guinea (167), Eritrea (168, DRC (169), Mauritania (170), Sierra Leone
(171), Seychelles (173), Guinea Bissau (174), Lesotho (175), Burundi (178), Chad (179), Maldives (191), Djibouti
(192), Liberia (194), Equatorial Guinea (197), Cape Verde (200)
Ranking: 1 - 50
Ranking: 51 - 100
Ranking: 101 - 150
Ranking: 151 - 200
Science Production in the World; - Where is Africa?
2+13+18+18 = 51 African countries
10. Growth of African scientific output, 2005-
2010
Source: Computed by Science-Metrix using the Scopus database (Elsevier)
Country / Group 2005-2010 2005-2007 2008-2010 % Increase
2008-2010 / 2005-2007
Growth Index
World 10,055,974 4,619,523 5,436,451 18% 1.00
African Union 181,454 74,629 106,825 43% 1.22
Community of Sahelo-Saharan States 108,575 43,507 65,068 50% 1.27
South African Development Community 61,778 27,006 34,772 29% 1.09
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa 60,239 24,357 35,882 47% 1.25
Arab Maghreb Union 42,836 16,461 26,375 60% 1.36
Economic Community of West African States 32,456 13,117 19,339 47% 1.25
Intergovernmental Authority on Development 15,237 6,248 8,989 44% 1.22
East African Community 13,688 5,759 7,929 38% 1.17
Economic Community of Central African States 5,239 2,343 2,896 24% 1.05
11. Growth of African scientific output, 2005-
2010
Cumulative growth is similar to that of fastest growing countries
Source: Computed by Science-Metrix using the Scopus database (Elsevier)
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Cumulativegrowth
Year
India
China
Brazil
African Union
Rep. of Korea
Australia
Spain
Netherlands
Switzerland
Italy
12. • Relatively small, but growing rapidly,
with a growth rate similar to that of
India, China and Brazil between 2005
and 2010.
• Only 4.3% of the papers in 2008-2010
included inter-African country
collaboration, contrasting with a score of
40% for extra-African collaboration
between at least one African and one
non-African country.
• Overall, the trend of science and
technology improvement in the African
Union is quite promising
Scientific Output in the Africa Union
Intra-African collaboration is very weak
13. PLoS Medicine | www.plosmedicine.org
Developing ANDI: A Novel Approach to Health Product R&D in
Africa 7(6) June 2010
• 31,279 articles 2004-8
• min 30 articles to be shown on the map
•2700 lead institutions in 47/53 countries
•Top 20 most productive are in SA, Egypt and Nigeria
•77 % collaboration outside Africa
•5.4% more than one African country
14.
15. CAPRISA publications by
journal impact factor: 2010-2014
5 5 5
12
7
15
14
3
4
3
8
5
11
10
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
New England
Journal of
Medicine
Nature Science Lancet Journal of
Infectious
Diseases
AIDS Journal of
Virology
Numberofpublications
2010-2014 CAPRISA 1st author
66%
50%
84
57
169
87
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
Journals IF <5Journals IF>5
16. How Jury evaluated for the AU-KNSP:
Training and employment history (20%)
Training in the top 500 world Universities
Work Experience in own country, in other African Country, in International
organizations
Publications (70%)
In journals (SCI journals, G8-country journals, African journals, other journals),
corresponding author, co-author, multi-author papers
Conference proceedings
Publication of Books
Inventions, patents
Impact (10%)
Supervision of PhD and MSc students
Prizes, awards (institutional/national. Regional, international)
Recommendation letters
Jury assessment
17.
18. How do we measure the productivity and
impact of publications?
20. H-Indices of selected African Countries
based on Global comparisons
Japan 635
China 385
S. Korea 333
Iran 135
Malaysia 125
Vietnam 107
USA 1380
Canada 658
UK 851
Germany 740
France 681
Turkey 210
Brazil 305
52
78
25
57
62
72
32
27
49
68
28
73
131
35
56
80
5525
99
53
55
47
89
75
231
93
85
99
68
72
132
73
21. Developing intra-African cooperation
– collaboration between African and North scientists resulting in
papers published in high impact factor journals is important
– There is a need to assess the role and contribution of the African
collaborators – Improvement of African scholarship by
increasing growth of Africans as leaders and not followers
– Africa based researchers who are global leaders must be
supported to promote trans-national collaboration in Africa
22. Challenges due to Paucity of data
• Lack of data hampers effective policymaking
• Missing link between producers and users of data;
• Data not presented in user-friendly formats
• Absence of data-sharing culture among funders and producers of
data,
• Culture of policies being driven by political views rather than by
empirical analysis.
• data are available, but users are unaware of their existence
• An interface between the data producers, analysts, and
policymakers can be created in different ways
23. Inspiring and stimulating African youth
– Africa is the most youthful continent with more than 50% of its
population under 25 years of Age.
– It is estimated that by 2040 Africa will have the largest and the
youngest global workforce.
– More initiatives needed that are targeted to inspire and
stimulate the youth to be involved in quality and relevant
research that breeds .innovation
24. Distribution of CVFs for cohort 1
CIRCLE Program of AAS – Mentorship for 100 Young Africans
25. AAS’s Young Affiliates’ program
Early-mid Career professionals – PHD, 1st, 2nd Postdoc
Member states, HE and Research Organizations – need to develop them into
RESEARCH LEADERS
AAS – Catalytic role to help in the process of this development
Identify Five Affiliates from each region – total 25 per Year
Provide inspirational – tangible support for five years
Link them with Mentors
Participation in unique
conferences and workshops
Arrange for 6 month – 1
year stay at Center for
Advanced studies
65th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
Interdisciplinary Meeting with Nobel
Laureates from the fields of physics,
physiology or medicine and
chemistry 28 June - 3 July 2015
27. One objective!!! long term measure of success- 50 senior fellows
leading world class research groups
50 senior fellows leading ‘world class’ research groups