Journals Consortium released the 2015 Ranking for African Universities and Higher Institutions earlier this year. The rankings, based on research publications and citations from the last five years, placed all AAUN African member institutions in the top 100. University of Cape Town was ranked number one in Africa with the University of Pretoria ranked 3rd and the University of Nairobi

Dr George Okoo Abong’ from the University of Nairobi’s Department of Food Science Nutrition and Technology, recently attended the University of Queensland Tropical Agriculture Conference (TropAg) as part of his AAUN PRDF project. Dr Abong’, who received a 2014 PRDF grant for his project titled “Development of sweetpotato postharvest-handling technologies for improved safety and quality of fresh and processed forms,”attended

Professor Shashi Sharma from Murdoch University recently co-published an e-book with Dr John Wightman titled Vision Infinity for Food Security: Some Whys, Why Nots and Hows! Professor Sharma is an active member of AAUN’s Food Security theme and has contributed to several AAUN projects. The publication offers a new perspective on global food security and highlights the need for seeking a