Africa Week 2025, Day 2: ‘Africa must fund its own future, or risk falling behind’

Posted on May 28, 2025

PRETORIA – Africa needs to fund its own research and development or risk being left behind by a rapidly shifting global order. That was the hard-hitting message on the second day of Africa Week 2025, currently underway at Future Africa, the University of Pretoria’s (UP) pan-African...

Africa Week 2025 at UP opens with call for justice, innovation and unity

Posted on May 27, 2025

PRETORIA – Africa Week 2025 opened at the University of Pretoria (UP) on Africa Day, 25 May, with a call for bold, cross-sectoral collaboration to reimagine the continent’s future. The biennial summit, hosted at Future Africa, UP’s pan-African platform for collaborative...

Africa Week 2025 ignites dialogue for future sustainability at UP

Posted on May 26, 2025

The University of Pretoria (UP) has officially launched a dialogue on future sustainability through the Africa Week 2025 science leadership summit, hosted at UP’s Future Africa institute under the theme “Global Security – Global Africa”.

Cultivating Research Leaders for a Sustainable Future Africa

Posted on February 12, 2025

Future Africa, the University of Pretoria’s collaborative research platform, is at the forefront of fostering scientific leadership across the continent.

African science leaders gather at UP to celebrate 10 years of growth

Posted on November 05, 2024

African science leaders are increasingly taking center stage in global science and technology discussions, according to Dr. Connie Nshemereirwe, Director of the Africa Science Leadership Programme (ASLP).

Handbook focuses on better policies around SDGs

Posted on November 01, 2024

Achieving food security is increasingly about getting food systems to function right. The concept, which cuts through all 17 of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), has evolved in recent years, along with policies and programmes needed to attain it by 2030.

UP to co-lead new African-German Centre for Sustainable and Resilient Food Systems and Applied Agricultural and Food Data Science

Posted on October 29, 2024

UP has been named a co-lead of the new African-German Centre for Sustainable & Resilient Food Systems & Applied Agricultural & Food Data Science, which is set to focus on research training & knowledge sharing in food systems & data science across Africa.

UP celebrates 10 years of Africa Science Leadership Programme (ASLP)

Posted on October 22, 2024

The University of Pretoria's Africa Science Leadership Programme (ASLP) celebrates its 10th anniversary with a two-day event (Oct 25-26). The program empowers researchers as scientific leaders across Africa.