[POSITION FILLED] Vacancy Announcement
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.
You’re invited to a TSITICA webinar
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).
ARUA Establishes Vaccine Development Research Hubs
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.
World Food Day: African Action for Zero Hunger
Webinar 16 October 14h00
New international partnership to support world-class research across Africa and beyond
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).
New Director for ARUA Centre of Excellence in Food Security
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.
Quantum Meet-Up for ARUA Professors and Students
One year ago Wits University and IBM signed a historic collaborative agreement to bring quantum computing to the African continent — for free. Using a cloud service called the IBM Quantum Experience, ARUA professors and students can access real quantum computers and run experiments.
Confronting our Common Challenges
Africa and Europe have a unique opportunity to develop their relationship in new, strategic ways, through collaboration on common global challenges that delivers on the key objectives of the African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU).
Obafemi Awolowo University publishes COVID-19 educational Handbills
The Obafemi Awolowo University has produced educational handbills in English and the local Yoruba language to support efforts at providing the general public with credible and fact-based information on the pandemic.
Stellenbosch University produces PPE and medical robot
At the university, several notable efforts have gone into the production of personal protective equipment, innovative tools for patient management and treatment therapies. For instance, the 3D printing laboratory of the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery at Stellenbosch University has been repurposed to print and assemble much-needed visors for front-line workers. Also, food scientists made 18 litres of alcohol-based hand sanitiser from stale bread crumbs in an in-house fermentation tank.