Inspiring networking session as faculty welcomed Ernest Aryeetey, 1st emeritus professor at Inst. of Statistical, Social & Economic Research. Great nuggets from him & Prof. Mrs. E. Bortei-Doku Aryeetey on the importance of teamwork & partnership to individual & institutional growth. Thanks to all who made it a success

Casting forward: Configuring development and development studies for troubled times ids.ac.uk/?p=97909 via Institute of Development Studies

🚨REMINDER🚨: CoRE- #GenomicsForHealthInAfrica #webinar on 8th April! Don't miss talks on #genomics for #rarediseases by Olaf Riess (Universität Tübingen, Uniklinikum Tübingen) and #TB host #genetics by Yolandi Swart (@StellenboschUni, SU TB Host Genetics Research Group). ⚠️Register here: tinyurl.com/bdz97b52

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The ARUA DVCs held their first meeting of the year today. Amongst the many things discussed include strategies for instituting a collaborative PhD program to produce 1,000 PhDs annually for the next ten years.

ARUA plans to revolutionise doctoral training in Africa universityworldnews.com/post.php?story…

Representatives from York University visited the ARUA office and had a fruitful discussion with the ARUA SG Ernest Aryeetey. They discussed potential ways to collaborate with the network and member universities through Student and Faculty Exchanges.

Over the next two days, the launch event of the #AfricaEuropeCoRE for Advanced Infectious Diseases Research and Training is taking place in Cape Town.

ℹ️ Find more information about the CoRE here: the-guild.eu/africa-europe-…

ARUA WACCBIP University of Glasgow Gordon Awandare

UM6P has today become the 20th full member of ARUA. This young university has shown its strong commitment to excellent research, innovation and in African development. ARUA is happy to welcome UM6P into its fold.

I have thanked the International Advisory Board and Prof. Sarah Ssali the Coordinator of the ARUA Centre of Excellence on Notions of Identity for a job well done. The Centre is training the next generation of researchers for Africa.

Opening plenary at the #ARUANISANSAconference2024 from Simone Strambach highlighting the role of collaboration in science and transformative innovation in climate change research and pathways of change!

#ClimateAction

The Steering Committee for the Africa Charter for Equitable Research Partnerships is meeting at University of Cape Town. This has been a great meeting so far making progress on developing governance arrangements.

Today, members of our Africa Charter steering group will be gathering together in Cape Town to commence four days of driving the Charter forward! 🌍 HUMA - Institute for Humanities in Africa. #AfricaCharter #PerivoliFoundation UCT Unisa Association of African Universities parc.bristol.ac.uk/event/cape-tow…

Prof Ernest Aryeetey from ARUA explains that the CoREs are inclusive entities and both CoREs launching today have embraced non-ARUA and non-The Guild member universities to assist with #creativeeconomies and #waterresourcesmanagement for a #sustainablefuture .

Africa-Europe CoRE Creative Economies

Next Monday our #AfricaEuropeCoRE on genomics for health in Africa is launching its new webinar series.

Register here: genomicsforhealthinafrica.org/webinar/blog/g…

#GenomicsForHealthInAfrica , co-leading institutions: Stellenbosch University, Centre for Epidemic Response & Innovation (CERI), MCID Bern, Universität Bern, University of Bern International Relations, Universität Tübingen

Transforming futures: 🌍 #Europe 🇪🇺 & #Africa unite to cultivate knowledge-based communities.
CoRE in #WRM leads the charge, with partners like ARUA & The Guild, set to empower 700 PhD scholars starting 2026!
#ResearchExcellence #GlobalPartnerships #Collaboration #RU120

Partnering with Rhodes University, Dr Jane Tanner of Institute For Water Research, RU & ARUA and Prof. Jen Snowball of The Guild launch their 20 Clusters of Research Excellence.
Africa-Europe CoRE Creative Economies
#waterresourcemanagement
#creativeeconomics
#SustainableFuture
#InternationalWomensDay2024

So proud to be part of #AfricaEuropeCoRE celebrations Rhodes University today. It is always important to celebrate the commitment The Guild and ARUA universities have made to support equitable research collaborations. It is unique and can be a force for change!

At launch of #AfricaEuropeCoRE on #Water #Resources #Management +Africa-Europe CoRE Creative Economies, Ernest Aryeetey emphasises that the Clusters
👉are truly inclusive, with colleagues from many non-ARUA + non-The Guild universities working with us
👉commit to research for societal transformation

The launch of two ARUA-The Guild CoREs at Rhodes University has just ended. Professor Kwezi Mzilikazi, DVC (Research) closed the event with an address emphasizing commitment to support the two Clusters.