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Expanding Transformative Partnerships for a better Africa: ARIN Team hosts the Executive Director of the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)- Prof. Mark Bailey and the Deputy Director of Science-Prof. Alan Jenkins
Expanding Transformative Partnerships for a better Africa: ARIN Team hosts the Executive Director of the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)- Prof. Mark Bailey and the Deputy Director…
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Institutional Commercialisation Support
Successful innovation requires enabling system that facilitates commercialisation of such innovations. These include enabling policies, institutional infrastructure e.g. IP offices, incubation and Technology Transfer platforms and programs among others….
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Operationalisation of Online Bridge for Strengthening the Collaboration Between Industry and Academia in Kenya Innovation
Objective and Expected Areas of Focus Overall Objective The Science Technology and Innovation Metrics Assessment for Africa shows that Kenya ranks among the top African countries with relatively rich knowledge production…
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Linking climate change and health systems: what are the research gaps?
Authors: Joanes Atela (joanes.atela@gmail.com) and Brian Otieno (owuorbrian@ymail.com) Background Climate change and health issues co-exist within similar social contexts. Climate change is linked to challenges faced in health…
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Situational Analysis for Transnational Cooperative Climate Initiatives In Africa
Scope of the work The project aims at mapping the landscape of sectoral and cooperative climate action across Africa – both for garnering a better understanding of existing efforts, as…
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The Inaugural Kenya Innovation Outlook Study
Introduction Kenya is keen to build its innovation system as a catalyst to economic development. The country has accumulated some capabilities and efforts towards increasing investments in STI and learning…
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Developing the East African Regional STI Indicators and Web- Based Electronic Database
Project Summary The development of the web-based STI indicators was based on a framework adapted from the study on assessing STI Metrics in Africa supported by the FCDO through…
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Participatory Climate Risk Assessment in Africa’s Urban Informal Settlements, a case of Mukuru in Nairobi
Project Summary The proposed project will focus on the risk management theme where the risk assessment is conducted through a co-created participatory approach and the outcomes used to inform…
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How social sciences and modelling are informing COVID-19 policy responses across Africa
In response to the varied impacts of COVID-19 on social dynamics, economic systems, and health systems, there is renewed need for evidence-based decision making. Several African countries have taken…
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The impact of COVID-19 on mental health and mental health treatment in Africa
Currently, the world is experiencing a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in an increase in infections and deaths. Moreover, the prolonged nature of the pandemic, the uncertainty of its duration, the uneven vaccine roll-out and its inadequate accessibility all have an impact on mental health. Indeed, the…
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