ARUA has received a grant of $1 million from the Africa Regional Office of Open Society Foundations (OSF) towards setting up of Vaccine Research and Capacity Building Hubs in the Eastern and Western African hubs at the Makerere University and the University of Ghana respectively.
The Guild and ARUA have jointly made an urgent call for the EU budget supporting the Africa-EU Partnership to ring-fence at least €1bn per year for strengthening African research universities, working in partnership with European universities. The call further outlines concrete proposals for the measures that would bring about transformative change.
The University of Glasgow and the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) have a Memorandum of Understanding “to develop research co-operation and to promote mutual understanding between the two parties”. This was first signed in February 2020.
The African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) and The Guild of European Research- Intensive Universities (The Guild) jointly request investing €1bn per annum in African research universities by the African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU) as part of the renewed Africa-EU partnership.
The African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) (www.arua.org.za) has a vacancy at its Accra Office for Office Manager/Personal Assistant to the Secretary-General.
The ARUA Centre of Excellence in Climate & Development (ARUA-CD) and the African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research (ACEIR) are hosting a webinar as part of their joint project on Transforming Social Inequalities through Inclusive Climate Action (TSITICA).
The Executive Committee of the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) has approved the establishment of three vaccine development research hubs for western, eastern and southern Africa.
In a new partnership aimed at boosting research across Africa and beyond, the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) and the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) have signed an agreement to support higher education and coordinate efforts to address the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals).
The University of Pretoria (UP) is proud to announce the appointment of Professor Lindiwe Majele Sibanda as Director of the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) Centre of Excellence in Food Security, hosted at UP in collaboration with the Universities of Nairobi, Kenya and Ghana, Legon. Professor Sibanda will be supported by two co-Directors at UP – Professors Hettie Schönfeldt and Frans Swanepoel.