Call for Applications! 2026 Science Advice Skills Development Program (SASDP) – 5th Cohort
INGSA-Africa is delighted to announce the launch of the fourth cohort of the Science Advice Skills Development Program 2025-26
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2024 Cohort Report – Science Advice Skills Development Program (SASDP)
Science advice is a key area for science capacity development in Africa. It has the potential to create notable contributions to developing research and innovation in Africa. The scientific community in the African continent is engaged in a range of scientific research in different areas, specifically to address the continent’s various challenges. The employment of…
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Disemmination Roundtable: INGSA-Africa Consensus Report “The Evolving Science Advisory Landscape in Africa” – 17 Oct
On Thursday 17th October 2024, INGSA-Africa will be organising the second Dissemination Roundtable for it’s landmark consensus study “The Evolving Science Advisory Landscape in Africa“. In collaboration with the Tunisian Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts, this will be a virtual online event, taking place at 2pm Tunis time( GMT +1) Thursday, 17 October 2024….
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2023 Cohort Report – Science Advice Skills Development Program (SASDP)
Science advice is a key area for science capacity development in Africa. It has the potential to create notable contributions to developing research and innovation in Africa. The scientific community in the African continent is engaged in a range of scientific research in different areas, specifically to address the continent’s various challenges. The employment of…
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INGSA-Africa / NASAC Regional Capacity Building Workshops – October, 2022
In 2022 INGSA-Africa and the Network for African Science Academies (NASAC) collaborated on a series of webinars on “Enhancing the capacity of Academies of Science in Africa to provide rapid science advice in emergencies” See below for details. 24th October 2022 – Eastern Africa Webinar – 3pm-5pm (East Africa Time) Featured Speakers: 25th October 2022 –…
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INGSA @ World Science Forum – South Africa, December 2022
2022 was the first time that Africa had hosted the World Science Forum and it was an incredible opportunity to bring together some of the key players of the INGSA ecosystem in Africa. In particular we would like to thank Future Africa at the University of Pretoria and SciCom – Making Sense of Science for being generous in-country partners….
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Announcement of Winners – 2021 Call for Academic and Technical papers on science advice in emergencies
The Africa Chapter of INGSA thanks all those who responded to the 2021 INGSA-Africa – 2021 Call for Academic and Technical papers on science advice in emergencies. The six papers submitted showed varying degrees of quality and content. Making a final decision on the winners was therefore not so easy. INGSA-Africa has the pleasure in announcing the…
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Launch of INGSA-Africa Report – The Evolving Science Advisory Landscape in Africa – Webinar, July 2021
Read and Download the full INGSA-Africa Consensus Report ISBN: 978-978-981-851-8 Launch of The Evolving Science Advisory Landscape in Africa Report Organisers: Attendance Hon. Dr. Monica Musenero, Minister in Charge of Science, Technology, and Innovation, Office of the President, Republic of Uganda, launched the report, with 58 participants in attendance. The participants represented government, private sector,…
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VIRTUAL REPORT DISSEMINATION
THE EVOLVING LANDSCAPE OF SCIENCE ADVICE IN AFRICA As part of INGSA-Africa’s 2020 workplan the chapter undertook an extensive consensus report on The Evolving Science Advisory Landscape in Africa. The aim of the report was to better understand the current state of play and the dynamics of various national and pan-national stakeholders providing evidence and…
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Expansion of the INGSA-Africa Steering Committee
In February 2021, INGSA-Africa celebrated its 5th year as a Regional Chapter of the INGSA network. In that time it has run a range of capacity-building activities across the continent, and been an crucial element in the growing awareness and capacity of providing science advice to governments. To reflect this growth of the network and…
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