We ask how a 'matchmaking' programme that teams up Cambridge and African researchers is making expertise and resources available to support Africans working in Africa.
Funding for capacity-building initiatives is renewed ahead of the University's second annual Cambridge-Africa Day.
Two conferences held to mark Africa Day show the breadth of the challenges, and the successes, on the continent.
A milestone in the University of Cambridge’s engagement with Africa was recently reached as senior University officers and researchers arrived in Ghana for the second annual general meeting of the Cambridge-Africa Partnership for Research Excellence (CAPREx).
The University of Cambridge's wide-ranging and long-term strategy of engagement with African higher education institutions moved into its next phase following the recent announcement of a $1.2 million grant by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and a $1 million grant by The Alborada Trust.
Cambridge academics are helping to strengthen research expertise in Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya and Rwanda.
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