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Consortium Europe-Africa on Research and Innovation for FoodSystems Transformation (CEA -FIRST) Terms of Reference for 4 experts

Latest Updates - Sat, 04/05/2024 - 10:25
Context and BackgroundFood systems transformation is high on the policy agenda both in Africa and in Europe. Food systems actors and the Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation System (AKIS) stakeholders in both Africa and Europe need knowledge and tools to play a pro-active role. This transformation process is seriously hampered by factors including the multiplicity of […]

RUFORUM’S SECOND TRIENNIAL CONFERENCE

Latest Updates - Fri, 03/05/2024 - 09:03
CALL FOR EXHIBITIONS FOR THE TRIENNIAL CONFERENCE Background The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), a Network of 170 universities from 40 African countries, is organising its second triennial conference to be held in Windhoek – Namibia, from 12th – 16th August 2024. The theme for the second RUFORUM Triennial Conference is […]

Call for expression of interest

Latest Updates - Thu, 02/05/2024 - 10:57
RUFORUM Young Scientists Award, 2024 edition Overview In spite of the progress made before the 2014-2018 period, food and nutrition insecurity remains of great concern. Globally, 795 million people still suffer from hunger, out of which 256 million (32.2%) are in the Africa region.[1] This corresponds to nearly one third of the world’s hungry people […]

South-South and Triangular Cooperation on Climate Change Adaptation and Agri- Food Systems Transformation in Africa [Call for Proposals ]

Latest Updates - Wed, 17/04/2024 - 15:31
Terms of Reference for a Short-term Consultancy Assignment As countries accelerate their actions in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, a number of developments affecting the sustainability of food systems are emerging, including the impacts of climate change that are expected to have a disproportionately negative impact on production in those countries where food demand […]

Transformation and Relevance of Higher Education in Africa [RUFORUM Newsletter Volume 4]

Latest Updates - Mon, 15/04/2024 - 09:33
Message from the Executive Secretary of RUFORUM Volume 4 of our newsletter is the first edition in 2024, and continues to highlight the work that African universities and their partners are doing. RUFORUM’s work is underpinned by African Governments who through their support to the RUFORUM Secretariat and member universities enables this network to deliver […]

WSU Postdoctoral Research Fellowships Advertisement: Call for Applications

Latest Updates - Fri, 05/04/2024 - 13:27
The Directorate of Research Development and Innovation, within the Division of Research and Internationalization, is pleased to announce the availability of a limited number of Postdoctoral Research Fellowship opportunities for 2024. These fellowships will be hosted across seven faculties of the University. The Directorate hereby invite applications from eligible individuals who have obtained a doctoral […]

Media Monitoring: Extract of Press News on Higher Education in Africa [Volume 2(8)]

Latest Updates - Thu, 04/04/2024 - 09:02
Makerere listed among top 10 universities in Africa (Uganda). Makerere has emerged among the top 10 universities in Africa, according to a metric-based ranking of 14,131 universities from 183 countries. According to EduRank, which says it utilises the world’s largest scholarly papers database with 98,302,198 scientific publications and 2,149,512,106 citations to rank universities across 246 […]

Research to increase food production – researchers told

Latest Updates - Tue, 26/03/2024 - 11:20
According to the minister, farmers are facing a lot of challenges including changing weather patterns that affect farm yields, but most of the research projects do not offer immediate solutions. Source: New Vision The state minister for animal industry, Bright Rwamirama, has appealed to researchers in universities and other institutions in Africa to focus on […]

Call for Expression of Interest to hold Pre-Conference and Side Meetings

Latest Updates - Mon, 25/03/2024 - 15:13
The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), a network of 170 Universities in 40 African Countries, will hold its second Triennial Conference from 12th to 16th August 2024 at Mercure Hotel, Windhoek, Namibia. The theme for the second Triennial Conference is “Operationalising Higher Agricultural Education and Research Ecosystems for Innovation, Industrialisation and […]

Media Monitoring: Extract of Press News on Higher Education in Africa [Volume 2(7)]

Latest Updates - Thu, 21/03/2024 - 12:41
‘We need a skills revolution in Africa,’ says AAS president (Africa). Africa still needs enhanced and sustained initiatives to build a pool of diverse skills that are necessary to harness the power of science, technology and innovation (STI), which, in turn, can drive the continent’s development agenda, experts say. Speaking during a round-table discussion that […]

Call for Prototypes – Industry 4.0+ Technologies Applied in Agriculture and Education, Call ID: CARI-RUF/001/2024

Latest Updates - Tue, 19/03/2024 - 15:29
BackgroundThe Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) received funding from the Government of Uganda through the Science, Technology, and Innovation Secretariat at the Office of the President (STI-OP) to implement the project “Commercialisation of Academic Research Initiative (CARI)”. CARI is funded under Grant Agreement Number STI-OP/2023/INDUSTRY4.0+/05 and implemented in partnership with Busitema […]

FARA and RUFORUM inaugurate the Regional Multi-Actor Research Network on Agroecology to Support Regional Centres of Excellence related to the Green Transition

Latest Updates - Tue, 19/03/2024 - 08:54
The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) and the The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) alongside the Agroecology Consortium, EC-Joint Research Centre (EC-JRC) and the EC Directorate General’s Department for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) have launched the Regional Multi-actor Research Network  #RMRN_agroecology Project to support the Regional Centres of Excellence (RCoEs) related to Green Transition, as part of the FARA […]

Call for Abstract for RUFORUM’S second Triennial Conference

Latest Updates - Wed, 13/03/2024 - 16:29
Background The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), a network of 170 Universities in 40 African Countries, will hold its second Triennial Conference from 12th – 16th August 2024 at Mercure Hotel, Windhoek, Namibia. The theme for the second Triennial Conference is “Operationalising Higher Agricultural Education and Research Ecosystems for Innovation, Industrialisation […]

[RUFORUM-Thought Piece] Prospects for Higher Education in the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) Region

Latest Updates - Sat, 09/03/2024 - 14:53
Introduction The traditional missions of universities in the CEMAC region are teaching, research and support for development. In some CEMAC countries, the development of multilingualism is implicitly added, particularly where necessary (Cameroon for its bilingualism, Equatorial Guinea for its linguistic insularity). In CEMAC, the organisation of higher education is subject to both a national and […]

Request for Proposals (RFP) for Recruitment Services

Latest Updates - Mon, 04/03/2024 - 17:17
Part 2: Technical evaluationThe evaluation committee appointed by the Client shall evaluate the proposals on the basis of their responsiveness to the Terms of Reference, applying the evaluation criteria as follows; Each responsive proposal will be given a technical score. A proposal shall be rejected at this stage if it does not respond to important […]

Request for Proposals: Development and Implementation of an Event Management System for RUFORUM Convenings

Latest Updates - Mon, 04/03/2024 - 17:09
Entity: Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM)Deadline for applications: 27th March 2024, 3:00 PM, (EAT).Type of Contract: Short-Term Consultancy Duration of Consultancy: 2 months Expected Start Date: 15th April 2024Procurement Reference Number: RUF/SRVS/2024/002 1.0 IntroductionThe Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), a consortium of 170 universities in 40 African […]

Terms of Reference for Supply, Delivery, Installation and Roll Out of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System

Latest Updates - Mon, 04/03/2024 - 16:49
Entity/ Contractor: Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture – RUFORUM Deadline for applications: 25th March 2024, 3:00 PM (EAT)Type of Contract: Short-Term Consultancy Duration of Consultancy: 2-3 months Expected Start Date: 8th April 2024Procurement Reference Number: RUF/SRVS/2024/001 1.0 Introduction:RUFORUM, a consortium of 170 universities in 40 countries across Africa, is inviting qualified suppliers […]

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