Why Research Mentorship Matters while Navigating Academia: Insights from Eider Africa’s founder, Aurelia Munene Link to the full episode: https://www.tcc-africa.org/news-room  | Listen on Anchor FM Podcast Summary If you are a researcher, you are probably familiar with the research lifecycle and all the challenges and opportunities that come with it. With this in mind, Eider Africa- […]

Cape Town, South Africa–President Cyril Ramaphosa officially opened the World Science Forum (WSF) on Tuesday, 6 December, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. “Science for Social Justice expresses our conviction that inequality within and between countries is neither just nor sustainable”, he stated in his welcoming address, while expressing his hope that the event […]

Research to Commercialization- How research institutions and universities can cultivate an environment that spurs innovation Link to the full episode: https://www.tcc-africa.org/news-room  | Listen on Anchor FM    Podcast Summary ‘You need to fall in love with and maximize the problem if you are looking to be able to come up with a brilliant solution”, asserts […]

The Open Science movement as has been defined by UNESCO, is as a movement aiming to make science more open, accessible, efficient, democratic, and transparent. The transition to Open Science and its adoption calls for open and active multi-stakeholder dialogue and encouragement of policy environments that support effective operationalization of Open Science in institutions and […]

Training Centre in Communication (TCC Africa) today announced a collaboration with WritingHub Africa Limited, also known as ‘WHAL’ aimed at bringing science and scholarly communication to a broader audience.  Both organizations have been keen on mentoring and building the capacities of scholars on improving their research output discoverability and plan to increase the scope of […]

Empowering children and youth to be agents of change through science communication Link to the full episode: https://www.tcc-africa.org/category/mazungumzo-podcasts/  | Listen on Anchor FM Podcast Summary Former TCC Africa trainee, Mr. Kenneth Monjero fondly known as Dr. Fun, shares how his passion for science communication has inspired his academic journey and led him to promote the […]