Funded Projects 2014/15
Twenty nine (29) research projects/initiatives received awards from the Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Trust Research Fund, with applications coming from a range of Cambridge departments, faculties and institutes. The awards will help to support research and research-related travel, workshops and courses in African countries.
| Research/initiative title | Cambridge & African collaborators | African country | |
| 1 | Is There a Developmental State in Rwanda? | Dr Ha-Joon Chang (Centre of Development Studies, University of Cambridge), and Professor Julius Kiiza (Makerere University) | Rwanda |
| 2 | Local communities, institutions and peacebuilding in Northern Uganda | Dr Devon Curtis (Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS), University of Cambridge) and Dr Paul Omach (Makerere University) |
Uganda |
| 3 | Representations of Homosexuality in Ugandan Media and Literary Texts | Dr Veronique Mottier (Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge) and Dr Edgar Nabutanyi (Makerere University) |
Uganda |
| 4 | Development of Teacher Competencies through Distance Education | Dr Mark Winterbottom (Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge) and Dr Harriet Mutambo Nabushawo (Makerere University) |
Uganda |
| 5 | Travel award - initiate future research collaborations on genome sequencing of streptococcus pneumoniae | Professor Stephen Bentley (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute) and Dr Eric Sampane-Donkor (University of Ghana, Legon) |
Ghana |
| 6 | Characterization of the traditional medicine A. senegalensis as anticonvulsant | Dr Berthold Hedwig & Dr Jimena Berni (Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge) and Dr Sadiq Yunuf (Kampala International University) |
Uganda |
| 7 | Neuroscience summer school as a way to establish a research and teaching laboratory at the University of Dar es Salaam |
Dr Isabel Peset Martin (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute) and Dr Flora Stephano (University of Dar es Salaam) |
Tanzania |
| 8 | Sustainable Agricultural Practices in Southern Tanzania (SAP-ST) | Dr Tinashe Chiurugwi (National Institute of Agricultural Botany, Cambridge) and Dr Elly Kafiriti (Naliendele-Mtwara Research Institute) |
Tanzania |
| 9 | Bioinformatics approaches for Next Generation Sequencing analysis | Dr Jelena Aleksic (Centre for Stem Cell Research, University of Cambridge) and Dr Daniel Masiga (icipe - African Insect Science for Food and Health) |
Kenya |
| 10 | African Heritage Challenges: Development and Sustainability | Dr Marie Louise Stig Sorensen (Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge) and Professor Chris Boonzaaier (University of Pretoria) |
Kenya, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Botswana |
| 11 | Supporting children with disabilities in South Africa: developing a school based intervention programme |
Dr Nidhi Singal (Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge) and Professor Jace Pillay (University of Johannesburg) |
South Africa |
| 12 | Tourism orientated policy intervention and implication on community development and biodiversity conservation | Dr Chris Sandbrook (Department of Geography, University of Cambridge) and Dr Wilber Manyisa Ahebwa (Makerere University) |
Uganda |
| 13 | Description and analysis of information structure in Luganda | Dr Jenneke van der Wal (Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, University of Cambridge) and Dr Saudah Namyalo (Makerere University) |
Uganda |
| 14 | University-School partnerships for mentoring: Closing the theory practice gap in initial teacher education | Dr Elaine Wilson (Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge) and Dr Rovincer Najjuma (Makerere University) |
Uganda |
| 15 | Travel award - Building Research Capacity in Computational Linguistics | Dr Paula Buttery (Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, University of Cambridge) and Dr Fridah Katushemererwe (Makerere University) |
Uganda |
| 16 | Building an African biomedical research community | Dr Timothy Thomas Weil (Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge) and Dr Marta Vicente Crespo (Kampala International University) |
Uganda |
| 17 | Advanced Solar Technology and Viable Investment Opportunities for Social Enterprises in Uganda | Dr Shai Vyakarnam (Judge Business School, University of Cambridge) and Dr Mutunzi Ahmed Kitunzi (Makerere University) |
Uganda & Ghana |
| 18 | Travel award - The prevalence of enteric viral infections in Ugandan children | Professor Ian Goodfellow (Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge) and Alison Elliott (MRC/UVRI Uganda) |
Uganda |
| 19 | Development of electro-porcelain composites from local raw materials in Ghana | Dr Kevin Knowles (Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge) and Dr Abu Yaya (University of Ghana, Legon) |
Ghana |
| 20 | Biotic and aboitic factors influencing the costs of Plasmodium falciparum infection in Anopheles gambiae s.s. | Dr Frank Jiggins (Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge) and Dr Fred Aboagye-Antwi (University of Ghana, Legon) |
Ghana |
| 21 | Developing a new science education curriculum to promote sustainability, ecology and the environment | Dr Mark Winterbottom (Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge) and Dr Henry Ssebuliba Busulwa (Makerere University) |
Uganda |
| 22 | Effect of Mobile Money Technology Adoption on Financial Literacy and Financial Inclusion in Uganda | Professor Jaideep Prabhu (Judge Business School, University of Cambridge) and Dr Bruno Lule Yawe (Makerere University) |
Uganda |
| 23 | Contribution of strain diversity to rotavirus vaccine effectiveness in Ghana: Investigating human rotavirus reservoirs and strain diversity in farm animals | Dr Barbara Blacklaws (Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge) and Dr Osbourne Quaye (University of Ghana, Legon) |
Ghana |
| 24 | Politics, the State and Limits of Oil Led Development in Uganda and Ghana | Dr Kun-Chin Lin (Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS), University of Cambridge) and Dr Juma Anthony Okuku (Makerere University) |
Uganda & Ghana |
| 25 | P. falciparum ex vivo invasion and inhibition assays in the field: Assay optimization and implementation workshop | Dr Julian Rayner (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute) and Dr Souleymane Mboup (Cheikh Anta Diop University) |
Senegal |
| 26 | Energy harvesting via Graphene based Dye Sensitized Solar Cells |
Dr Tawfique Hasan (Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge) and Dr David Dodoo-Arhin (University of Ghana, Legon) | Ghana |
| 27 | Rereading violent biblical texts to promote peaceful solutions: A model for African biblical hermeneutics | Dr Emma Wild-Wood (Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide, University of Cambridge) and Dr Helen Nkabala Nambalirwa (Makerere University) |
Uganda |
| 28 | Characterisation of Campylobacter from diarrhoeal patients and chickens in Botswana | Dr Andrew Grant (Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge) and Dr Maitshwarelo Ignatious Matsheka (University of Botswana) |
Botswana |
| 29 | Infancy lipidomic profiles, breast milk fat intake and infancy growth cohorts | Dr Philippa Prentice (Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge) and Professor Shane Norris (University of the Witwatersrand) | South Africa |