Making Growth Inclusive: The role of mining in the post-2015 development agenda for Africa The year 2015 marks a watershed for Africa as it transitions from focusing on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to the African Union-sponsored “Common African Position” (CAP). One area of focus of the CAP is “structural economic transformation and inclusive growth”. Through an open invitation for
Read moreLast week, a new Research, Knowledge and Information Community (RKIC) was launched during ACU SARIMA Conference 2015 held in Johannesburg. The community is part of the Association of Commonwealth Universities’ (ACU) series of new special interest groups, and will connect university staff who support but don’t directly engage in the research process, such as libraries/ information and research management/administration. The RKIC
Read moreA new Australian-African consortium has been formed to focus on innovative agricultural research and enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This consortium was formed during a multilateral workshop held in Nairobi on 23-24 February 2015. The workshop, funded by AAUN, was led by Associate Professor Inakwu Odeh from the University of Sydney and Professor Nancy Karanja from the University of Nairobi. Over
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