The Australia Africa Universities Network (AAUN) has farewelled its Co-Chair for Africa confident that the network’s leadership model has worked well and will continue to ensure its equal partners can address mutual challenges. On August 27, at its annual forum in Perth, retiring Co-Chair Professor Cheryl de la Rey said that since AAUN was established in 2012 its founding principles
Read moreOn August 27, the Australia Africa Universities Network (AAUN) signed a four-year partnership with principal sponsor the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) for research and cooperation. AAUN and ACIAR have worked together for the last five years, with ACIAR providing baseline funding for the AAUN program. The results of this partnership are evidenced in 30 research programs forged
Read more2017 PRDF ‘Urbanisation and its Impact on Peri-urban Water and Food Security in Africa: Developing Research Collaboration and Capacity Building’ has recently held a successful international workshop in Kampala, Uganda. The collaboration will contribute knowledge through research and can be used to make good policies for better planning. Professor Basant Mahenshwari from Western Sydney University, said: “This collaboration with Makerere
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