Background Climate change finance mechanisms such as the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) were previously designed in ways that would only benefit large developing countries like China and India that have enhanced technological capacity and capabilities, providing attractive environments for state…
Authors: Joanes Atela and Nora Ndege Introduction The COVID-19 situation is unprecedented and is reshaping various aspects of the society. Knowledge systems i.e. how we produce, disseminate and use knowledge is critical for the response to the pandemic. On one…
Authors: Kennedy Mbeva, Victoria Chengo, and Joanes Atela Community networks are part of non-state actors who have notably played a critical role in supporting livelihoods and businesses especially the poor in Africa. Recent research reveals that these non-state actors are…
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought both opportunities and challenges to Africa’s research landscape. During this time, the role of Africa’s research systems (researchers, information, institutions) in contributing to COVID-19 response cannot be overemphasised enough...Read More
This session held alongside the Annual African science granting councils was organised by the African centre for Technology studies (ACTS), Africa Research and DFID, through the East Africa Research Hub in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania on 11th November, 2019. The session themed; …
The 2 days workshop was held on the 26th and 27th August, 2019 at Machakos county, Kenya. The workshop was jointly organised by the University of Sussex (Science Policy Research Unit, SPRU), African Centre for Technology Studies (Africa Sustainability Hub)…
This dialogue was held on 2nd September 2019 at Sportsview Hotel in Nairobi Kenya. University of Sussex (Science Policy Research Unit, SPRU), African Centre for Technology Studies (Africa Sustainability Hub) and the STEPS Centre (at SPRU and the Institute of…
The Governance of Sociotechnical Transformations (GoST) project policy dialogue was held on 9th October 2019 at Tribe- Trademark Hotel, Gigiri, Nairobi. The purpose of the policy dialogue was to stimulate critical discussion among a group of experts representing diverse perspectives…
This virtual policy discussion was organized by African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), Africa Research and Impact Network (ARIN) in conjunction with the MECS team on 9th June 2020 via zoom. The aim of this discussion was to deliberate on…
The inception workshop was organized jointly by African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), the Science Policy and Research Unit-at the University of Sussex (SPRU), and the Africa Research and Impact Network (ARIN) on 25th June 2020 via zoom. The workshop…