Supporting the policy systems underpinning the future of Africa
The desire for evidence-informed policy is strong across the continent, and INGSA-Africa provides a focal point for the development of individuals and institutions, tailored to the needs of our nations
Build
Providing local practitioners with a way to network with their peers, while utilising that collective knowledge to develop Africa-specific insight into the relationships, processes, and systems of science advice
Connect
Connect African practitioners and knowledge with the global conversation to ensure that African lessons and innovations are a part of developing best practice in science advice
Create
Enable INGSA-Africa members to create new knowledge, build new skills, and leverage unique opportunities to build the science advice and science diplomacy systems of the future
INGSA-Africa Continental Congress – 3rd October
This online African congress of INGSA members will be taking place on the 3rd October 2023 (11am GMT). Members can attend by using the Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_S7UfjEnmRByYhAAChFNhZQ We look forward…
Science Journalists – Apply now for travel grants to the World Science Forum South Africa!
Open Call for Applications For the first time, the World Science Forum will be taking place in South Africa! One of WSF2022’s main objectives is to support the profession of…
Science Advice Skills Development Program (SASDP)
The INGSA-Africa Science Advice Skills Development Program has concluded its inaugural program – matching 10 mid-career scientists and researchers from 8 African countries with 10 mentors from 8 different countries…
INGSA-Africa / NASAC Regional Capacity Building Workshops – October, 2022
In 2022 INGSA-Africa and the Network for African Science Academies (NASAC) collaborated on a series of webinars on “Enhancing the capacity of Academies of Science in Africa to provide rapid science…
INGSA @ World Science Forum – South Africa, December 2022
2022 was the first time that Africa had hosted the World Science Forum and it was an incredible opportunity to bring together some of the key players of the INGSA…
Announcement of Winners – 2021 Call for Academic and Technical papers on science advice in emergencies
The Africa Chapter of INGSA thanks all those who responded to the 2021 INGSA-Africa – 2021 Call for Academic and Technical papers on science advice in emergencies. The six papers submitted showed…
Launch of INGSA-Africa Report – The Evolving Science Advisory Landscape in Africa – Webinar, July 2021
Read and Download the full INGSA-Africa Consensus Report ISBN: 978-978-981-851-8 Launch of The Evolving Science Advisory Landscape in Africa Report Organisers: Attendance Hon. Dr. Monica Musenero, Minister in Charge of…
VIRTUAL REPORT DISSEMINATION
THE EVOLVING LANDSCAPE OF SCIENCE ADVICE IN AFRICA As part of INGSA-Africa’s 2020 workplan the chapter undertook an extensive consensus report on The Evolving Science Advisory Landscape in Africa. The…
INGSA-Africa Hub, Rwanda
Based in beautiful Kigali, INGSA-Africa has established a new regional hub to help grow science advice capacity in the region. The INGSA-Africa Hub, Rwanda will be an important element of INGSA’s work on the continent, initially building up Rwanda’s evidence-to-policy pathways before expanding to provide training and networking opportunities to members across Africa.
Capacity Building Workshop for Anglophone Africa – South Africa, February 2016
February 26th – 27th 2016 The first workshop on science advice in the African region was held on February 26th to 27th 2016 in Hermanus, South Africa preceding the Inter-Academies Panel Annual General Meeting and…
Capacity Building Workshop – Abuja, Nigeria – Nov 2017
Pre-AMASA 13 Learning Collaborative Workshop –Abuja, Nigeria, November 2017 This Learning Collaborative Workshop was designed to inform participants on science advice for policy making at all levels of government. It…
INGSA @ World Science Forum – South Africa, December 2022
2022 was the first time that Africa had hosted the World Science Forum and it was an incredible opportunity to bring together some of the key players of the INGSA…
Enhancing capacities in providing science advice to governments – Dakar, Senegal – March 2017
Professor Rémi Quirion, Chief Scientist of Québec and founding member of INGSA, together with the President of the Académie Nationale des Sciences et Techniques du Sénégal (ANSTS), Professor Doudou Ba, hosted a…
Launch of INGSA-Africa Report – The Evolving Science Advisory Landscape in Africa – Webinar, July 2021
Read and Download the full INGSA-Africa Consensus Report ISBN: 978-978-981-851-8 Launch of The Evolving Science Advisory Landscape in Africa Report Organisers: Attendance Hon. Dr. Monica Musenero, Minister in Charge of…
Role of Science in Assisting Regional Policy Development – North Eastern Africa Workshop Series – Ethiopia, 2019
WORKSHOP MATERIALS AND PRESENTATIONS: Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA: The Ethiopian Academy of Sciences and INGSA were pleased to co-host a series of science advice workshops in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from the 28th to the…
INGSA-Africa / NASAC Regional Capacity Building Workshops – October, 2022
In 2022 INGSA-Africa and the Network for African Science Academies (NASAC) collaborated on a series of webinars on “Enhancing the capacity of Academies of Science in Africa to provide rapid science…
Regional Government Science Advice Workshop – Kigali, Rwanda – August 2018
KIGALI, Rwanda: INGSA, in partnership with the Republic of Rwanda’s Ministry of Education and supported by Canada’s IDRC, held a Regional Government Science Advice Workshop on the 22nd to 24th of August 2018 in…
