This report introduces the capacity strengthening and connectivity theme slated for discussion at the 6th Annual Meeting of the Global Research Council (GRC). It is based on a discussion paper that informed the five ...
The Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at the University of Sussex and the African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), based in Nairobi, will examine key political and economic factors influencing Science Granting ...
Tanzania has evolved since independence through a period of African socialism to a burgeoning economic player in the East African region with an average growth rate of 7%. It has been assisted over time by a series of ...
Senegal’s science system is well developed with well-established universities and a long standing set of science funding mechanisms. Senegal is situated towards the top for rates of R&D investment in sub-Saharan Africa ...
The Republic of Rwanda is a densely-populated country in the central and eastern region of Africa. Formerly a colony of Belgium, Rwanda has experienced social upheavals since its independence in 1962. The major one is the ...
Kenya’s science system is well developed with several research active universities, a number of well-established and internationally regarded public research institutes, some level of government funding for research ...
The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) is one of the oldest countries in Africa with a remarkable early civilization (Munro-Hay, 1991). Despite this, its scientific research experience is relatively recent. In ...
This study supports the Canadian International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the UK Department for International Development (DfID) and South Africa’s National Research Foundation (NRF) Science Granting Councils ...