Academic directors and other representatives of the five RISE networks gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, on October 6-7 to share information about their groups’ research, plans and goals. Participants also heard from private sector representatives from East and South Africa about entrepreneurial opportunities for academic scientists, and they explored potential partnerships with representatives from university consortia outside of Africa.
News Archive
October 2008
The situation for higher education in Africa might look bleak, but it is far from hopeless. Most institutions recognize the challenges they face and some have begun to reform their policies. For example, to help address the country's chronic skills shortage, Zambia is considering eliminating the mandatory retirement age of 55 years for faculty in the sciences. The University of Nairobi has doubled faculty salaries twice in the past 8 years.
September 2008
African science on the rise thanks to regional initiative. Engineers, oceanographers and chemists in eight African countries will benefit from three grants of US$800,000 each from a new science and education initiative. Article here.
September 2008
A new initiative to build scientific capacity in Africa has named its first three research and training networks following a competitive selection process. "The establishment of regional scientific research centers is in direct response to demands within Africa for more and better university-based instructors," said Vartan Gregorian, president of Carnegie Corporation.
September 2008
The Regional Initiative in Science and Education (RISE) today announced that two more networks will be supported through an additional grant from Carnegie Corporation. With an earlier grant award of U.S. $3.3 million to support the initial three networks selected in July, Carnegie Corporation has invested a total of U.S. $4.9 million in the initiative.
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