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Research / Initiative Title
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Cambridge & Africa Collaborators
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African Country
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| 1 |
Development of Electrodes for Aqueous Electrochemical Energy Storage Applications |
Professor Clare Grey (Chemistry) and Prof. Fabian I. Ezema (Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Nigeria, Nsukka) |
Nigeria |
| 2 |
Theorising State Violence Through Movement Archives |
Dr Chana Morgenstern (Faculty of English) and Dr Mahvish Ahmad (Centre for Humanities Research, University of the Western Cape) |
South Africa, Zimbabwe |
| 3 |
A Clash of Kingdoms: Isolation of indigenous entomopathogenic fungi against the fall armyworm and unravelling the molecular signature of insect-fungus interactions. |
Dr Stephen Dolan (Biochemistry) and Dr Winfred-Peck Dorleku (Biochemistry, University of Ghana) |
Ghana |
| 4 |
An Investigation into the Virome of Ticks at the Wildlife-Livestock Interface in Uganda |
Dr Samuel Christopher Stubbs (Veterinary Medicine) and Dr Eddie Wampande (Veterinary Pharmacy Clinical and Comparative Medicine, Makerere University) |
Uganda |
| 5 |
ZIKA VIRUS: PREVALENCE, NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DYSFUNCTION AND GENOTYPE IN UGANDA |
Professor Ian Goodfellow (Pathology) and Dr ANGELINA KAKOOZA-MWESIGE (Paediatrics & Child Health, Makerere University |
Uganda |
| 6 |
Upscaling cowpea improvement for food security in Ghana |
Dr Alison Rose Bentley (NIAB) and Dr John Saviour Yaw Eleblu (West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement, University of Ghana) |
Ghana |
| 7 |
Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Training Workshop (for Africa-based agricultural researchers and postgraduate students) |
Dr Leonie Luginbuehl (Plant Sciences) and Dr Enoch G. Achigan-Dako (Laboratory of Genetics, Horticulture and Seed Science (University of Abomey-Calavi in Benin Republic) |
Benin |
| 8 |
Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Training Workshop (for Africa-based agricultural researchers and postgraduate students) |
Dr Trishna Tungadi (Plant Sciences) and Dr Enoch G. Achigan-Dako (Laboratory of Genetics, Horticulture and Seed Science (University of Abomey-Calavi in Benin Republic) |
Benin |
| 9 |
Development of a rapid assay to detect circulating tumour DNA in children at risk of Burkitt Lymphoma |
Dr Suzanne Dawn Turner (Pathology) and Professor Jackson Orem (Uganda Cancer Institute) |
Uganda |
| 10 |
Technology, Society, and Environment in Early West Africa: Archaeological investigation of glass production and iron metallurgy in Ile-Ife, Nigeria (ca. 900-1600 CE) |
Dr. Abidemi Babatunde Babalola (Centre of African Studies) and Professor Adisa Benjamin Ogunfolakan (A.G. Leventis Natural History Museum, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife) |
Nigeria |
| 11 |
Global AI Narratives - Sub-Saharan Africa Workshop |
Dr Sarah Dillon (Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence) and Dr Rachel Adams (Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa) |
South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique |
| 12 |
Re-Ionisation Scaled Experiment (RISE) |
Dr Nima Razavi-Ghods (Physics, Astrophysics) and Professor Oleg Smirnov (Physics & Electronics, Rhodes University) |
South Africa |
| 13 |
Corrosion at the Port of Walvis Bay |
Professor Catherine Rae (Materials Science and Metallurgy) and Prof Frank Kavische (Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, University of Namibia) |
Namibia |
| 14 |
The evidence-based treatment of hypertensive heart failure in sub-Saharan Africa: A feasibility study |
Professor Ian B Wilkinson (EMIT Division, Department of Medicine) and Dr Dike Ojji (Department of Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, University of Abuja) |
Nigeria |
| 15 |
Contextual design of AI tools for African researchers |
Professor Alan Blackwell (Computer Science and Technology) and Professor Nicola J Bidwell (Faculty of ICT, International University of Management) |
Namibia |
| 16 |
Gender relations in cash crop production and gender violence in a rural community in Eastern Kenya. |
Dr Manali Desai (Sociology) and Dr Rose Anne Njiru, Social Sciences and Development Studies. Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Kenya) |
Kenya |
| 17 |
Mechanistic and Therapeutic Role of Carotenoid Astaxanthin on Drosophila melanogaster Model of Pink1-Associated Parkinson’s Disease |
Dr Alex Whitworth (MRC Mitochondria Biology Unit) and Dr Amos Abolaji (Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria) |
Nigeria and other Sub-Saharan African countries as well as other countries with increasing cases of Parkinson's Disease |
| 18 |
Empowering Kenyan Women in Agriculture and Nutrition |
Dr Katharina Kessler (Veterinary Medicince) and Dr Felister Mbute Nzuve (Plant Science and Crop Protection, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, University of Nairobi) |
Kenya |
| 19 |
Assessing the genetic impact of metabolic syndrome in Sub-Sahara Africa |
Dr Deepti Gurdasani (Wellcome Sanger Institute) and Dr Segun Fatumo (Bioinformatics Section, MRC/UVRI Uganda Research Unit on AIDS) |
Uganda, Nigeria, South Africa |
| 20 |
The Freedom Villages of Senegal: Examining the Intersections of Heritage, Arts, and Contemporary Antislavery Campaigning |
Professor Paul Jeremy Lane (Archaeology) and Professor Ibrahima Thiaw (Doctoral School ET.HO.S, IFAN University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal) |
Senegal |
| 21 |
Evaluation of the dissemination of the South African 24-hour Movement Guidelines for Birth to Five Years: implementation feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness |
Dr Esther van Sluijs (MRC Epidemiology Unit) and Dr Catherine Draper (South African Medical Research Council Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand) |
South Africa |
| 22 |
Improving finger millet blast resistance using chlorophyll-fluorescence based phenotyping methods |
Dr Johannes Kromdijk (Plant Sciences) and Santie M. de Villiers Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Pwani University, Kenya) |
Kenya |
| 23 |
Development of solar acive ternary composite photocatalyst for nitrate reduction in groundwater |
Professor Stephan Hofmann (Engineering) and Professor Nurudeen Abiola OLADOJA (Department of Chemical Sciences, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Nigeria,) |
Nigeria |
| 24 |
Volcanic tie-lines between records of past climates and early modern humans in Ethiopia |
Professor Christine Lane (Geography) and Dr Asfawossen Asrat Kassaye (College of Natural Sciences, University of Addis Ababa) |
Ethiopia |
| 25 |
Life and Landscape in Ordovician Gondwana: An African perspective on an Earth system revolution |
Dr Neil Stuart Davies (Earth Sciences) and Dr Cameron Roy Penn-Clarke (Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand) |
South Africa |
| 26 |
Abolition of secondary school fees in Malawi: Implications for financing, equity and quality |
Professor Pauline Rose (Education) and Ms Esme Kadzamira (Centre for Educational Research and Training, University of Malawi) |
Malawi |
| 27 |
Fostering capacity building in The Gambia with a focus on (a) Structural Bioinformatics for tuberculosis research (b) 3D printing and Raspberry pi technology to facilitate science education (Science Resources Africa) |
Professor Sir Tom Blundell, Dr Bridget Bannerman (Biochemistry) and Dr Assan Jaye (Medical Research Council at LSHTM, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, The Gambia) |
The Gambia |
| 28 |
To Walk, Ride or Drive: An Assessment of Routine Data Source On Physical Activity and Transportation in Accra, Ghana |
Dr James Woodcock (MRC Epidemiology Unit) and Dr Fidelia Dake (CAPREx - University of Ghana) |
Ghana |
| 29 |
Examining the transition to adulthood in an urban poor context |
Dr Brendan Burchell (Department of Sociology) and Dr Adriana Biney (CAPREx - University of Ghana) |
Ghana |
| 30 |
Refugee Diaspora and Peacebuilding in The Gambia |
Dr Adam Branch (Centre of African Studies) and Dr Jennifer Amanda Coffie (CAPREx - University of Ghana) |
The Gambia |
