Opinion Paper on Gender Perspective of Covid – 19 Pandemic in Africa

This opinion paper is written in the backdrop of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that has severely affected the world (World Health Organization 2020b). While the pandemic has heavily affected people’s health and impacted their ability to earn a living, the question arises whether this impact has amplified existing gender inequalities . COVID-19 is an infectious […]
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Climate Change and its Disastrous Impact in Africa

Climate change is happening now in Africa! This is substantiated by the occurrence of prolonged severe droughts and desertification, periodic flash or perennial devastating floods, melting of ice caps, sea-level rise and pest invasion as illustrated in Plate 1. In addition to these climatic hazards, the vulnerability of the African population to climate change is […]
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The State of Science Education in Africa-NASAC Science Education Programme (SEP) Survey Report

In early 2020, members of NASAC Science Education Programme (SEP) Working Group resolved to undertake a baseline survey on the State of Science Education in Africa. The survey would enable NASAC review Science Education in the broad context of its availability as STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) in the curricula of different national education […]
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NASAC e-bulletin volume 9 issue 2 June 2022

We are pleased to announce the release of The Science Networker volume 9 issue 2 of June 2022. Kindly follow this  link to access and download a copy of the Science Networker – Volume 9 Issue 2. You can also download the French version of the electronic bulletin here    
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NASAC e-bulletin volume 9 issue 1 March 2022

We are pleased to announce the release of The Science Networker volume 9 issue 1 of March 2022. Kindly follow this link to access and download a copy of the Science Networker – Volume 9 Issue 1. You can also download the French version of the electronic bulletin here.       
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IAP-NASAC Decarbonisation of transport in Africa workshop reports published in English and French

Download and read the workshop summary report for “Decarbonisation of Transport in Africa: A transport planning perspective“!  Summary Report (English) Summary Report (French)   Background Globally, nearly a quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions come from the transportation sector. While much focus has understandably been placed on the largest CO2 emitting economies, there is an […]
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Report: Protecting human health against climate change in Africa

There is growing evidence from reports of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that climate change is having detrimental effects on the health of the African population and is in turn cascading into other sectors such as agriculture and food security, thereby adversely affecting […]
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