PhD students under the Vising Fellowship Programme (VFP) converged in Nairobi for a five-day workshop held from 22nd to 26th August 2022.
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The second cohort of 9 Artificial Intelligence for Development in Africa (AI4D Africa) scholarship programme are now on board. This brings the total number of scholars in the programme to 30, including 16 who joined in the first cohort.
The AfricaLics PhD Academy provides an opportunity for PhD students enrolled at African universities who work in the field of innovation and development studies to gain more knowledge of this burgeoning field, meet leading academics and receive feedback on their PhD studies.
Partners have established regional e-cooking hubs in Nakuru, Kitui, Makueni, and Kisumu to catalyse electric cooking adoption through the local champions.
The IMTA technology involves building special cages along pre-identified areas of the ocean which will allow women to cultivate seaweed and also rear fish in the same system.
The Centre is working closely with government agencies, development partners and the private sector to accelerate transition to inclusive sustainable and resilient cold-chains by tapping into clean energy options and refrigeration.
The African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) is subtly shifting Africa’s research-policy-practice paradigm in science, technology and innovation (STI).
ACTS is set to unveil a new strategic plan for the period 2022-2026. This is the seventh strategic plan (2022-2026) which builds on the achievements and lessons learned from the sixth strategic plan (2019-2021).
Traversing economic, agricultural and health sectors, Artificial Intelligence (AI) based solutions are redefining how we diagnose and solve common and pervasive challenges across the continent.
ACTS, the national host of the Modern Cooking Services (MECS) in Kenya, has begun setting up regional clean cooking hubs in the country. The Kitui and Nakuru hubs have already been launched while those in Makueni and Kisumu will be launched by early June 2022.
ACTS has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (JOOUST) to host the Visiting Fellowship Programme (VFP) under the AfricaLics project. The MoU was signed on 9th February 2022 at JOOUST main campus, Bondo, Siaya County.
ACTS is part of a team implementing the first agrivoltaic system in East Africa, which is set to pioneer a unique agricultural concept that focuses on co-utilisation of land for agricultural production, solar energy and water harvesting.
The project will profile and document gender responsive challenges and opportunities for commercial and sustainable adoption of fish-seaweeds for economic development of coastal fisher communities.
The STIKS programme hosted two Master’s students, Ludvig Söderbom and Sanjidul Huda from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden .
The VFP fellowships offer opportunities for PhD and postdoctoral students from low income and low-middle income African countries.
How can Science Granting Councils (SGCs) become more effective boundary managers through improved use of evidence and data?
The World Bank has commissioned ACTS and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to conduct a baseline study on the cooling and cold chain sector in Kenya and Malawi.
The seminar provided an ideal platform for experts to share their work and expertise with special focus on science, technology and innovation and how they are aligned with SDGs.
ACTS has been commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to map out the innovation ecosystem in Kenya.
The initiative seeks to upscale fabrication of solar dyers and support solar drying as a service in Kenya.
The digital economy is increasingly becoming a key driver in the global economy. It is projected that by 2026, it will account for 25% of the global Gross Domestic Product (GDP), up from 15.5 % in 2016.
The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) and the Seeding The Future Foundation announced 2021 winners for the inaugural Seeding The Future Global Food System Challenge.
Press Release - 15th November 2021
A team of research experts from ACTS are part of a project working towards exploring alternative methods of pursuing knowledge with a view to making them more suited to wider application without necessarily losing on scientific rigor.
ACTS is implementing a project on Multihazard Urban Disaster Risk Transitions that focuses on disaster risk management interventions and capacity building in Nairobi, Kenya.
Why Digital Economy?
The world is on the edge of a technological revolution that will disrupt the way we live, work and socialize.
The College will work closely with other networks to identify and implement joint projects, deliberate on emerging technologies and how they can be deployed to enhance productive capacities in different areas.
Creating a sustainable research culture in computer science targeting agriculture, health, finance and transport is a fundamental pillar towards making Kenya become a high middle income economy.
This 5 years Trilateral Chair program is being implemented by ACTS in partnership with the University of Johannesburg (South Africa) and the University of Sussex.
ACTS has teamed up with training and research institutions to develop market-driven climate change training modules for different cadres and levels of education in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) region.
The African Network on Learning, Innovation and Competence Building Systems (AfricaLics) is a research and capacity building network with a Secretariat hosted by ACTS.
A new book - Building Innovation Capabilities for Sustainable Industrialization: Renewable Electrification in Developing Economies - has been published. It is edited by Rasmus Lema, Margrethe Holm Andersen, Rebecca Hanlin and Charles Nzila.
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