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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Introduction The National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST) was established by the Science and Technology Act Number 16 of 2003 to advise the Government and other stakeholders on all science and technology matters in order to achieve a science and technology led development. The mission of Read more…

Hosted by the Government of Uganda through the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Supported by the European Commission and African Union Commission, IEEE Africa Council, IEEE Uganda Section, IST-Africa Week 2020 (Kampala, Uganda, May) is the fifteenth in an annual series of Ministerial Level Technology Research Conferences.  IST-Africa provides a platform Read more…

The Commission of the African Union is committed to support the use and development of science, technology and innovation in Africa and has, since 2008 been running the African Union Kwame Nkrumah Awards for Scientific Excellence (AUKNASE). These awards are in memory of the Great Pan-Africanist and First President of Read more…

On 11th July, 2019, National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST) hosted a Bioenergy workshop which took place at Golden Peacock Hotel in Lilongwe and was organised by Lancaster University. Bioenergy is a form of renewable energy that is made from waste materials. The one day workshop discussed production of Read more…

Programme for Biosafety Systems (PBS) in collaboration with National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST) conducted a Food and Feed Safety Workshop to discuss formulation of food and feed safety guidelines for the assessment of Genetically Modified (GM) crops and how to raise awareness on safety of GM foods and Read more…

The Malawi National Schools Science Fair is an annual event which gives secondary school students a platform where they can showcase their scientific projects made from locally sourced materials. This year’s science fair was held from 1st to 2nd July at Kamuzu Academy in Kasungu under the theme: Promotion of Read more…

In line with the HIV/AIDS workplace policy, every year National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST) holds HIV/AIDS awareness workshops for its staff members. This year, NCST collaborated with Lighthouse Trust in organising the training themed “You don’t have to be positive to think positive.” Held on the 14th June Read more…

The National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST) has awarded two Dissertation Grants to Mrs Jacqueline Kazembe and Mr Kent Mphepo. The two are getting grants to the tune of MK1.2 million and MK1 million respectively to help support their research work. Officially handing over the cheque to Mrs Kazembe Read more…

The second Biodiversity Information Management Forum (BIMF) was held at Victoria Hotel, Blantyre Malawi from 28th to 29th May 2019 with the theme “Building Information products from Biodiversity datasets. BIMF provides a platform for biodiversity data holding institutions (researchers) and biodiversity data users to meet and discuss best management of Read more…