Posted on April 28, 2023
To celebrate Earth Day, researchers in the FSNet-Africa network discuss how we can all invest in our planet.
Posted on April 24, 2023
In his recent Business Day column, Professor Adekeye Adebajo reflects on the efforts of European countries to address their exploitation of Africa and the call of Africa for reparations through the 1993 Abuja Proclamation.
Posted on April 17, 2023
From 30 March 2023, Professor James Ogude, Director of the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, presented a keynote address at the Engaging Sustainability Workshop at the University of Tübingen.
Posted on April 11, 2023
Dr Benson Mulemi, research associate in the Reimagining Reproduction project at the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, has published a review of Dr Marissa Mika's publication "Africanizing Oncology: Creativity, Crisis, and Cancer in Uganda".
Posted on March 31, 2023
Head of the Department of Consumer & Food Sciences at UP, Prof Gyebi Duodu, & researchers affiliated to FSNet Africa, shed light on the vital role women play in African food systems & explain why it's important that the impacts of Climate-Change be examined through a gendered lens
Posted on March 31, 2023
On Wednesday 15 March 2023, the Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria, Professor Tawana Kupe, and the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship co-hosted a workshop to discuss the political economy of South Africa.
Posted on March 30, 2023
On 23 March 2023, Human Economy Programme supported Development Studies Doctoral candidate Zakes Hlatshwayo presented a webinar on the topic "Desegregation of Agriculture: Myriad of Complex Challenges", research that has emerged from his doctoral studies.
Posted on March 29, 2023
UP senior research fellow Professor Adekeye Adebajo dedicated his column in the Business Day to the continuing resilience of Africa in the face of political, social and economic challenge.
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.
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.
Posted on March 22, 2023
On 28 February 2023, the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship (CAS) in conjunction with the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) and Addis Ababa University (AAU), hosted a webinar on "The State of African Borders Post Covid-19".
Posted on March 21, 2023
In February 2023, Ms Mabafokeng Hoeane, a doctoral student at the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, was accepted into the into the African Museology International Exchange program hosted by the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African Art (NMAfA) and US Department of...
Posted on March 21, 2023
FSNet Africa researcher, Ms Andrea du Toit, reflects on gender equality in the agriculture on Human Rights Day 2023.
Posted on March 17, 2023
On 15 March 202 , The Africa Care Economy Index was presented by Dr Salimah Valiani, author of the Index and Research Associate at the Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria.
Posted on March 16, 2023
In his latest column for the Business Day, Professor Adekeye Adebajo reflects on the outcome of the recent elections in Nigeria and the prospect for Nigeria moving forward.
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...
Posted on March 09, 2023
The communiqué on the high-level convening that took place in December 2022 has officially been released.
Posted on March 08, 2023
The Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that if women had the same access as men to production resources such as information, seeds, fertiliser, extension services, markets, and technologies, agricultural yields on their farms could increase by 20 – 30%.
Posted on March 06, 2023
On 3 February 2023, Professor Adekeye Adebajo was interviewed by Afshin Rattanshi on his show Going Underground, where he provided commentary on South Africa's responses to Russia and the conflict in the Ukraine, and discussed his 2022 book "Boutros Boutros-Ghali: Afro-Arab Prophet, Proselytiser,...
Posted on March 01, 2023
On 8 and 9 February 2023, the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship (CAS) hosted the Living Landscapes in Action (LLA) Impact Network Meeting at the Old College House, University of Pretoria (UP). LLA is a joint project, based at the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) at...
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