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The Climate Relevant Innovation System Builders (CRIBS)
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…
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What lessons can Africa learn from COVID-19 to improve its knowledge systems?
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….
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Building Community Networks to Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Africa through ‘Last Mile’ Initiatives.
Authors: Kennedy Mbeva, Victoria Chengo, and Joanes Atela Community networks are part of non-state actors who have notably…
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Lessons for Africa’s Research in the face of COVID-19
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…
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Annual African Science Granting Councils; Investing in Research and innovation in Africa for sustainable development session
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…
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Multicriteria Mapping (MCM) Workshop
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…
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Relational Pathways-Mapping Agency and Poverty Dynamics through Green Revolutions
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…
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The Governance of Sociotechnical Transformations (GoST) Workshop
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…
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Techno-Policy Landscape of Kenya Workshop
This virtual policy discussion was organized by African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), Africa Research and Impact Network (ARIN) in…
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STI Metrics Inception- Virtual workshop
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…
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