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AWARD Fellow becomes first female University Acting President in Ethiopia
Professor Fetien Abay- Abera, a renowned plant breeder and tenured professor in Ethiopia, has been appointed the acting President of Mekelle University, making her the first female University President and the only woman currently leading a public university in Ethiopia. Ethiopia’s Ministry of Science and Education appointed Professor Abay-Abera as the acting President of Mekelle […]
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Online Facilitation Skills: Leading Virtual Teams productively
COVID 19 has compelled the world to adapt and adjust to a new normal which not only presents new challenges but also opportunities particularly for learning and skills development. With technology rapidly evolving, facilitators and trainers have a unique opportunity to contribute significantly to people’s virtual experience, making meetings more inclusive, more effective and more […]
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Webinar Invitation: Leading in Times of Crisis: Strategies for regaining momentum to thrive in complexity
Our world is becoming more complex than ever. With the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, effective leadership has never been more critical. From navigating economic uncertainty to food security to assuring the health and wellbeing of those we lead, strengthening the skills for crisis leadership is imperative. Leaders are grappling with complexities affecting business processes and […]
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Introducing new members of the AWARD Steering Committee
The African Women in Agricultural Woman in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) Steering Committee has admitted three new members including Dr. Judith Ngalande Lungu, the former deputy Vice-Chancellor, Mulungushi, and Kwame Nkrumah Universities, Dr. Arona Diedhiou, Research Director at the Institute of Research for Development (IRD), and Co-principal Investigator of the Bill and Melinda Gates […]
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Personality Profile: How a Ghanaian Scientist is working to decrease Ghana’s dependence on tomato paste (Part II)
The first part of this was published last week and both episodes have been culled from a recent interview I had with Dr. Mavis Owureku-Asare, a recipient of the OWSD Early Career Fellowship, a prestigious fellowship that awards up to $50,000 to women who have completed their doctorates in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) on Breakfast Daily […]
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Dr Wude Tsega on tropical livestock production
Dr. Wude Tsega is a researcher at the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research and one of the AWARD Fellows under the AWARD-EIAR partnership. She was a visiting researcher at the Roslin Institute as part of her fellowship with and funding from the Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health through a BBSRC GCRF-STARS award.
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Women step forward in push to nurture African climate scientists
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Jan 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As a child, Kenyan meteorologist Saumu Shaka helped out on her parents’ small farm growing maize and pigeon pea – and learned how the weather can hold food producer’s hostage. Read more
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African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) Steering Committee elects a new Chairperson
November 2019, Nairobi- A renowned Nigerian Professor of Food Science and Technology and the Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) in Nigeria, Professor Sanni Oladimeji Lateef, is the new chairperson of the AWARD Steering Committee. At its 16th annual meeting held on October 25, 2019, in Nairobi, the AWARD steering committee […]
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The call for the 2020 cohort of the One Planet Fellowship closes
The call for the second cohort of the Fellowship which closed on March 31, 2020 attracted 903 applications from 14 African countries (Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Togo, and Zambia). Applications received from the six anglophone countries totaled 546, while those received from the eight francophone […]
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Jane Ambuko appointed to FAO Experts’ Panel
AWARD Fellow Jane Ambuko, a Kenyan agricultural scientist, was recently appointed by the Food and Agriculture Program of the United Nations (FAO) to the prestigious team of High Level Panel of Experts (HLPE) on Food Losses and Wastes. The only woman on the five-member team of distinguished international experts, Ambuko will work on the panel’s report […]
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