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Two universities in Africa are included in the overall top 100 of the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings 2023, which are geared to assessing institutions’ contribution to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and two placed first globally for their contributions to individual SDGs. In the overall ranking, in which a total of 1,705 institutions were assessed, two South African universities ranked highest in Africa: the University of Johannesburg (UJ) was placed in 46th position and the University of Pretoria (UP) … Continue reading “TWO UNIVERSITIES IN AFRICA RANKED FIRST IN INDIVIDUAL SDGS”

Professor Sharon Fonn speaking at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria, Image: Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa/Facebook African countries need to participate in the global knowledge economy by increasing investments in research-intensive universities to help develop reliable infrastructure and functional health systems, decrease inequalities, and provide a brighter future for its youthful population, according to Sharon Fonn, professor of public health at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. In a public lecture at the University of Ibadan in … Continue reading “CALL TO DEVELOP RESEARCH-INTENSIVE UNIVERSITIES IN AFRICA”

Cassava biowaste. Photo credits: Courtesy of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA). This year, the World Environment Day was commemorated on 5 June with the theme, “Beat Plastic Pollution”. This theme is a reminder that people’s actions on plastic pollution matters, and governments and businesses can take steps to accelerate a transition to a circular economy. Plastic is a synthetic material derived from petroleum. It is widely used because of its affordability, convenience, and utility for a … Continue reading “CASSAVA BIOWASTE COULD BE A GAMECHANGER IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF BIOPLASTICS AS ECO-FRIENDLY PACKAGING MATERIALS”

In a speech delivered on his behalf on Tuesday, May 23rd 2023 by Mr. Fredrick Ndambuki – Secretary, Administration, Ministry of Education at the 2nd Multisectoral Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation in Nairobi, the CS noted that the move will complement the government’s agenda to transform the economy and Kenyan lives at large. CS Machogu officially launched the four days conference which is co-organised by National Commission for Science, Technology & Innovation (NACOSTI), National Research Fund (NRF) and Konza … Continue reading “CS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION EZEKIEL MACHOGU HAS URGED KENYANS TO HARNESS SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION (ST&I) FOR FOOD SECURITY AND PUBLIC GOOD FOR A TRANSFORMATIONAL DIGITIZED ECONOMY”

Researchers attending the second multi-sectoral conference on Science, Technology and Innovation had asked the Ministry of Education to explain why it had consistently underfunded research. The researchers, who lecture in public universities, said students carry out research projects in deplorable conditions using dilapidated and outdated infrastructure. “Government of Kenya is committed to fostering the science, technology and innovation industry as a key sector in the bottom-up economic transformation agenda,” Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu told delegates in a  state ment … Continue reading “INNOVATION KEY TO SUCCESS OF OUR AGENDA, CS SAYS”

ICGEB Workhop ‘Strengthening Advanced Biotechnologies in Agricultural Research in East and Central Africa through Regional Research Centres’ Nairobi, Kenya – May 2023 Nairobi, Kenya: From 23 – 25 May 2023, the ICGEB Workshop organised by the Kenyan National Commission for Science Technology and Innovation (NACOSTI) takes place. The workshop entitled “Strengthening Advanced Biotechnologies in Agricultural Research in East and Central Africa through Regional Research Centres (RRC)” took place concurrently with the 2nd Kenyan Multisectoral Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation. The ICGEB delegation led by Director … Continue reading “AGRICULTURAL BIOTECH & KENYA REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE WORKSHOP”

On ” The Whole Government approach viz, Industry-public sector-local communities -universities/research institutions transformational engagement for Bottom-up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA)

NACOSTI regulates and assures quality in Science, Technology and Innovation Sector and advises the Government in matters related thereto. In fulfilling its mandate of assuring quality in matters of research, the Commission receives, and reviews all submitted research proposals before issuance of research licenses. However, there are proposals that require ethical review before consideration of an application for a research license. NACOSTI has assigned the task of ethical clearance of research proposals to Institutional Scientific and Ethics Review Committees (ISERCs). … Continue reading “NEWLY ACCREDITED ISERCs IN KENYA”