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The TWAS-DFG Cooperation Visits Programme provides postdoctoral researchers who have obtained their PhD not earlier than 2012 and are from sub-Saharan Africa, including South Africa, with the opportunity to make a ‘Cooperation Visit’ to an institute in Germany. Please find attached the relevant application form. Such visits will have a duration of no more than three months and must be undertaken within 12 months of the award. The deadline for submission is *31 March 2017*. Please see: http://twas.org/opportunity/twas-dfg-cooperation-visits-programme   Read more…

NCST under the facilitation of COMESA and the Malawi Investment and Trade Centre, signed an MOU with the Egypt’s’ Bahgat Group of Companies in April, 2016. The MOU intends to establish a platform of cooperation in the fields of research and development, innovation and technology specifically in the areas of Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, Household Appliance, Human Capacity Development, Exchange of Scientific Knowledge, Technology Development and Transfer among others. Out of the fifteen applications that were received, NCST selected the  three Read more…

The Inception meeting and NeedFinding workshop attracted participants from the following SGCs: Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi, Namibia, Uganda, Senegal, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Resource persons came from the following institutions: African Union Commission, New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Agency, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), and SARIMA. The following countries did not send representatives primarily due to short notice that was given: Kenya, Tanzania, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Mozambique.   The SGCI-Theme #2 Read more…

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have replaced the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as a new, post-2015 development agenda. Concurrently, the African Union (AU) has established a blueprint for Africa’s development in the form of Agenda 2063. In the presence of these two development pathways, a new shift in the balance of emphasis on Africa’s development aspirations has evolved, with interface between Social and Natural Sciences/Applied Sciences becoming pivotal in the achievement of sustainable development goals. It Read more…

EU Prize for Women Innovators open until 3 November 2016!   The European Commission runs the fourth edition of the EU Prize for Women Innovators to reward women who have achieved outstanding innovations and brought them to market. The prize aims to raise awareness of the need for more female entrepreneurs and to inspire other women to follow in their footsteps.   This year’s edition is open to women of any nationality living in MS Read more…

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS The National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST) in collaboration with the African Union and Italy based World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) is pleased to announce the Call for Applications for the Young Scientist National Award. The Award which is open to both male and female young researchers, is designed to recognize the scientific achievements of young researchers and to encourage them to continue to strive for excellence in their scientific career. Read more…

In trying to  achieve its mission of  promoting, supporting, coordinating  and regulating   the development and application of science, technology and innovation,  NCST under the witness of  COMESA signed an MOU with the Egypt’s’ Baghat Group of Companies in April, 2016. The MOU intends to establish a platform of cooperation in the fields of research and development, innovation and technology specifically in the areas of Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, Household Appliance, Human Capacity Development, Exchange of Scientific Knowledge, Technology Development and Transfer Read more…