Webinar: Water, Energy, and Food Nexus and the COVID-19 Pandemic
View Webinar Recording Here About Date: Tuesday 21 July 2020 Time: 10:30 - 12:00 (CAT) Access webinar concept note here Registration link here Details The water energy food (WEF) nexus approach has received growing attention and has been subject to research in Southern Africa. For its operationalisation, the nexus approach challenges existing structures, policies and […]
Webinar: The impact of Covid-19 on Africa’s energy sector
Details Title: The role of renewables to empower a long term and sustainable recovery Date: 24th, June 2020 Concept note Click to register About According to official data, the spread of Covid-19 in Africa is lower than in other geographies, but not less worrying. Africa has to face the pandemic with a fragile healthcare system […]
Dialogue on “Transitioning towards a circular economy post Covid-19”
onlineView Webinar Recording Here Details Time: 28 July, 2020 from 9:00am - 12:30pm View program details here Click here to register The Water Research Commission of South Africa, in partnership with the Centre for Transformative Agricultural and Food Systems at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and the Agriculture Research Council (ARC), seek to convene a discussion […]
DAFNE e-Summer School
About Venue: Online Registration opens: 9th July 2020 (first come, first served) Registration closes: 3rd August 2020 Access to video lectures opens: 3rd August 2020 Q&A sessions: 24 – 26 August 2020 Register Here Information The DAFNE e-summer school will provide know-how transfer about methodological aspects required for the investigation of the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus and the […]
Webinar: Localising the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Lessons from South Africa
Details Title: Localising the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Lessons from South Africa Date: Aug 4, 2020 Time: 2:00 PM CAT Register Here About The webinar will seek to explore the South African SDG landscape, with inputs from National departments, Metropolitan Municipalities, Intermediary Cities, and practitioners, in order to draw out some key learnings and insights […]
Conference: Week on Water for Development in August 2020
Details Event: Week on Water for Development (WW4D) - Dates: 24 to 28 August 2020 Organizer: German development cooperation (GIZ) WW4D is also part of SIWI’s Stockholm World Water Week at home 2020 For more information and to register click here About How does climate change impact the quantity and quality of water? What are […]
AGRF Virtual Summit
About What: Tenth Annual Summit of the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) Theme: Feed the Cities, Grow the Continent: Leveraging Urban Food Markets to Achieve Sustainable Food Systems in Africa Date: 8-11 September 2020 To register and learn more click here Details In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Tenth Annual Summit of the African […]
Water and Energy for Food Grand Challenge (WE4F): Introductory Week
Join the Water and Energy for Food Grand Challenge (WE4F) on September 8th for a week chock full of insights, exchanges, and throwbacks. About this Event The sessions will focus on the creation of the new program WE4F and the successes and challenges of its predecessors, Securing Water for Food Grand Challenge (SWFF) and Powering Agriculture: An Energy Grand Challenge […]
Virtual workshop for African early career researchers
Details Date: 9 - 10 September 2020 For more information and to apply click here About Background Future Earth will support Early Career Researchers (ECRs) from Africa to join consortium proposals for the Belmont Forum Collaborative Research Action (CRA) on Transdisciplinary Research for Pathways to Sustainability by organising a virtual capacity building workshop on 09 […]
PAU Scholarships Application Platform
The Pan African University is an initiative of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union. It is a Premier continental university network whose mission is to provide quality postgraduate education geared towards the achievement of a prosperous, integrated and peaceful Africa. Young, qualified, talented and enterprising applicants from African countries and the […]