UP EXPERT OPINION: The World Bank used to cause untold harm - but 30 years ago it started reforming. What went right

Posted on March 24, 2023

The Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship Senior Research Fellow, Professor Daniel Bradlow, reflects on the World Bank Inspection Panel on the 30th anniversary of its inception.

World Water Day: ‘The voices of farmers are integral to the advancement of climate-smart agriculture’ – UP-led study

Posted on March 22, 2023

UP associate & FSNet-Africa fellow Dr Nana Kwapong highlights the importance of fresh water in a research study where she looks at climate-smart agricultural practices in Ghana.

NEW PUBLICATION: Effects of COVID-19 on Kenya’s Healthcare System: Healthcare Providers’ Experiences with Maternal Health Services Utilization in Coastal Kenya

Posted on March 13, 2023

CAS postdoctoral fellows Dr Stephen Ombere (Reimagining Reproduction Project) and Dr Agnetta Nyabundi (Urbanities Project) have published a journal article on "Effects of COVID-19 on Kenya’s Healthcare System: Healthcare Providers’ Experiences with Maternal Health Services Utilization...

BLOG: The use of Moringa as an alternative natural additive for poultry growth

Posted on February 06, 2023

FSNet-Africa fellow and animal nutrition researcher, Dr Nobuhle Sharon Lungu, shared her thoughts on the use of Moringa as an alternative, safe additive for poultry growth.

POLICY BRIEF: Fifteen Diplomats on a Powder Keg: Africa and the United Nations (UN) Security Council

Posted on January 25, 2023

On 24 October 2022, the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship and the Nordic Africa Institute co-hosted a day long high-level policy dialogue on "Fifteen Diplomats on a Powder Keg: Africa and the United Nations (UN) Security Council". In early 2023, a policy brief on this dialogue was...

UP EXPERT OPINION: The South African government has been buying farmland for black farmers. It’s not gone well.

Posted on January 16, 2023

Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr Colleta Gandidzanwa, in collaboration with Professor Johann Kirsten and Dr Aart-Jan Verschoor, addresses the constraints in South Africa's current land policy.

REPORT: Urbanities Summer Institute 2022 at Makerere University

Posted on January 04, 2023

From 17 to 23 October 2022 Makerere University hosted the second Summer Institute of the Mellon Foundation funded project on African Urbanities.

PERKA guidelines launched at high-level convening on early-career researcher development in the post-PhD phase

Posted on December 08, 2022

The Peer-Learning for Emerging Researchers’ Knowledge and Advancement (PERKA) project was a joint participatory research project focusing on support provided to early-career researchers in the post-PhD phase in Africa. Funded jointly by the Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY) and the...