USTAWI: Mobile-base Information System for Nutrition Driven Agriculture to Combat Hidden Hunger in Africa Hidden Hunger is a challenging health and wellbeing issue in Africa where the population do not get enough nutrients in their daily diet. More than 26% of preschool children in Kenya, 37% in Nigeria and 27% in South Africa are stunted (short for their age). This

AAUN Steering Group member Hackett Professor Kadambot Siddique, director of The University of Western Australia (UWA) Institute of Agriculture, is the first Australian to be elected fellow of The African Academy of Sciences (AAS). The AAS is the only continental academy in Africa, and provides advisory and think-tank functions for shaping Africa’s Science, Technology and Innovation strategies and policies addressing