Here at COREVIP, PARC Director Professor Isabella Aboderin will be speaking at a special dinner tonight, highlighting the Africa Charter in preparation for its launch tomorrow! #AfricaCharter HUMA - Institute for Humanities in Africa Unisa Chief Albert Luthuli Research Chair #COREVIP2023 ➡️tinyurl.com/Afr1caCharter

TODAY: The #AfricaCharter launch is here! 😀 Join us Association of African Universities COREVIP, in-person and online registration here: tinyurl.com/Afr1caCharter Wed 5 July, Windhoek, Namibia 09h30-13h30 (CAT) #PerivoliFoundation HUMA - Institute for Humanities in Africa UCT Unisa Chief Albert Luthuli Research Chair Unisa ARUA BristolUni International Research Development

Wonderful to see #AfricaCharter signatories coming together for its further development - exciting! 🥳

Important opening remarks from Association of African Universities and ARUA Secretary Generals, Olusola Oyewole Ernest Aryeetey on the history of the #AfricaCharter and pledging their support University of Bristol Unisa UCT

Vice-Chancellors of Unisa, UCT, University of Bristol and Mr James Alexandroff providing their thoughts on the meaning, vision and potential of #AfricaCharter Sue Harrison LenkaBula Evelyn Welch #PerivoliFoundation COREVIP #COREVIP2023

Today marks a huge step forward in a mission to level up global research and restore Africa’s rightful place. Leaders meet to progress the #AfricaCharter 👇 fal.cn/3zDhJ UCT Unisa Association of African Universities @ARUA Taah Abongnelaa Divine Fuh Puleng Segalo ኢዮብ አሰለፈች ባልቻ (Eyob Aselefech Balcha) Evelyn Welch @agnesnairn

“The global knowledge production ecosystem is infected by a virus. We need a vaccine - #AfricaCharter - to rebalance” Taah Abongnelaa Divine Fuh HUMA - Institute for Humanities in Africa UCT #COREVIP2023

Read the #AfricaCharter here: tinyurl.com/3mwh3yvb Association of African Universities COREVIP HUMA - Institute for Humanities in Africa UCT Unisa Chief Albert Luthuli Research Chair Unisa ARUA CODESRIA African Academy of Sciences UKCDR UK Research and Innovation Universities UK International Africa Higher Ed The British Academy IUCEA

Lord Paul Boateng here giving an endorsement of #AfricaCharter "Vukuzenzele" or, onwards and upwards!

Let the signing begin! #AfricaCharter

What a momentous day! 86 signatories to the #AfricaCharter! 😊 Our thanks to Ambreena Manji Olusola Oyewole Association of African Universities To submit your signature online pls see the Charter & register your interest at: tinyurl.com/Afr1caCharter #COREVIP2023 #PerivoliFoundation

The #ZeroHungerInitiative promotes agro-ecological farming that is friendly to the food system and to the people, eventually leading to positive impacts on climate change and food security Dr Elizabeth Kimani-Murage - #JusticeFirst! during the #FoodFestival2023 at APHRC commemorating #WorldFoodDay2023

Definitely, collaborative research that delivers technological innovation with an emphasis on value addition and post-harvest management is needed to address the complex food systems problems we face #WorldFoodDay2023 #FoodFestival2023 #ZeroHungerInitiative Dr Elizabeth Kimani-Murage - #JusticeFirst! David Osogo

Interesting individual commitments wrapping up the #FoodFestival2023 engagement on #WorldFoodDay2023. Among them, “seeing to the actualization of #ZeroHungerInitiative dream to promote food systems transformation by making it equitable, human centered and healthy” Dr Elizabeth Kimani-Murage - #JusticeFirst!

ICYMI - Watch Dr Lawrence Hoo D.Litt perform A Journey of Discovery, the #AfricaCharter in verse, at the M Shed last month. #TransformativePartnerships #Poetry #PerivoliFoundation University of Bristol Inclusive Research Collective 📽️youtu.be/LalilTlePy4

#FoodSystems need to be transformed to nourish people and flourish the environment. #FoodSystemsTransformation #Right2FoodKe #Article43 #Agroecology #UrbanFarming

A very exciting project - please do contribute! #TransformativePartnerships

"This needs to go beyond equitable arrangements to be explicitly Africa-led and centred" - Professor Judith Squires, deputy Vice-Chancellor University of Bristol gives the first keynote address at our Brussels event with Universitetet i Bergen & Coimbra Group #AfricaCharter #TransformativePartnerships

Embedded research centres, joint courses & co-teaching, longer term funding, clusters of research excellence... 🌍 John Gyapong of ARUA outlines what is needed for truly transformative collaborations in his keynote address. #AfricaCharter Coimbra Group University of Bristol Universitetet i Bergen

🇪🇺Huge thanks to Jean-Michel Sers, Dora Czifra and Jens Hoegel from the European Commission for joining our #AfricaCharter Workshop today, and contributing with a comprehensive overview of the Africa-Europe R&I #policy & #funding landscape + what is in the pipeline for the next years