CAS Director Gives Keynote Address at 21st Corporate Responsibility Annual Conference 2023

Posted on November 01, 2023

Professor James Ogude, the director of the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, delivered a keynote address at the 21st Corporate Responsibility Annual Conference on 24 October 2023.

UP EXPERT OPNION: The Crisis of African Peacekeeping

Posted on October 30, 2023

Professor Adekeye Adebajo, senior research fellow at the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, reflects on the paradox on peacekeeping efforts in Africa.

UP-led project, FSNet-Africa, hosts a stakeholder engagement dialogue under the theme ‘Leave no one behind. Working together to end hunger in Africa’

Posted on October 26, 2023

The UP-led FSNet-Africa project’s recent stakeholder engagement dialogue, whose first day coincided with the internationally celebrated World Food Day, was themed ‘Leave no one behind. Working together to end hunger in Africa’.

UP celebrates the conclusion of one successful international project and announces the launch of a new one: Conclusion of FSNet-Africa and launch of PERKA II

Posted on October 24, 2023

The seminar, 'Developing Africa’s Next Generation of Researchers', focused on the work being done by both the FSNet-Africa and PERKA projects.

UP EXPERT OPINION: Three years after #EndSARS protests: Progress and prospects

Posted on October 18, 2023

Dr Samuel Igba, a postdoctoral fellow in the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, reflects on the aftermath of the #EndSARS protests in 2020.

UP EXPERT OPINION: The World Bank and the IMF need to keep reforming to become fit for purpose

Posted on October 16, 2023

Writing for The Conversation Africa, Professor Daniel Bradlow reflects on the necessity for reform in the World Bank and International Monetary Fund to adapt to the challenges of the 21st century.

FSNet Africa celebrates International Day of Rural Women

Posted on October 15, 2023

FSNet-Africa celebrates International Day of Rural Women by sharing a day in the life of Thoko, a rural Malawian woman, in recognition of the invaluable contributions made by rural women to sustainable agriculture and food security.

UP EXPERT OPINION: The eagle and the springbok: Nigeria and SA

Posted on October 13, 2023

“The Nigerian eagle must soar while the SA springbok gallops in sync if Africa is to be reborn,” writes UP’s Prof Adekeye Adebajo as the two African giants gear up for a presidential binational commission meeting expected to take place in SA next month.