Cambridge-Africa

Dr Pauline Essah This Cambridge Life 2

The African scientist making enduring connections between Cambridge and Africa

Dr Pauline Essah, the Cambridge-Africa Programme Manager, is interviewed by 'This Cambridge Life'.

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Accelerating R&D and access to medicines for tropical diseases

High-level panel discussion hosted by King's College, Cambridge and the Cambridge-Africa Programme

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Cambridge-Africa wins a Professional Services Recognition Scheme Award

Award presented for the category 'We respect others and value diversity' on 11th December

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CAmbridge and Africa

Celebrating Cambridge-Africa partnerships

Cambridge Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Institutional and International Affairs writes...

We celebrate some of the partnerships that have made Cambridge one of the world’s leading universities for engaging with/supporting African research.Read more 

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Target ‘best connected neighbours’ to stop spread of infection

Goylette Chami shows the effectiveness of a simple algorithm targeting social networks in disease preventionRead more 

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Research Horizons Africa Special

Collaboration with Africa

This issue celebrates partnerships that have made Cambridge one of the world’s leading universities for engaging with African Research.Read more 

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19 - 20 June 2018

Glow Conference - Cambridge

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5th Africa Together Conference, 16th June 2018, Cambridge

Theme: Pathways to a New Africa

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Egypt’s new solar power plant to train African scientists

The first training programme in the field of solar power for researchers from Africa and the Middle ...

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Smart farming innovation developed by Kenyan

Brian Bosire, awardee of an Africa Prize and Leaders in Innovation Fellowships entrepreneur, created...

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About the Cambridge-Africa programme

Established in 2008, Cambridge-Africa is an umbrella programme at the University of Cambridge that comprises a range of proactive, coordinated, multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary initiatives in Cambridge and Africa that help to strengthen research capacity and scholarship in African universities and research institutes.

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Next Einstein Forum (NEF) African Country Ambassadors (2017-19)

Three African PhD students at Cambridge University are appointed

Upcoming Events

Wed 23 May

Practical Competition Policy Implications of Digital Platforms: Taking Schumpeter Seriously (Departmental Seminar)

Professor Diane Coyle (POLIS)

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Thu 24 May

Colonist Strategies in the Making of the Oyo Empire (West Africa), ca. 1590-1790

Dr Akin Ogundiran, YIP Fellow, Magdalene College, Cambridge/ University of North Carolina-Charlotte

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