May 25 2022
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We're celebrating #AfricaDay by hearing from innovators on how they are helping transform Africa into a global powerhouse of the future. Join the #RFBreakthrough discussion live featuring panelists:
William Asiko, @The …
MAY 2022
May 17 2022
#RFBreakthrough
In 2013 the Africa Union developed AGENDA 2063 as Africa's blueprint and master plan for transforming Africa into the global powerhouse of the future. The continent embarked on this plan …
APRIL 2022
Apr 12 2022
Human Impact
When the Covid-19 pandemic began, only a single lab in Malawi was working to sample SARS-CoV-2 viruses in this country of 19.55 million people. Only four people were working in …
SEPTEMBER 2021
Sep 23 2021
Press Releases
Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation to expand pathogen surveillance capability in Africa New York, Nairobi and Stellenbosch | September 23, 2021 – Today Stellenbosch University, the University of KwaZulu-Natal and …
Sep 21 2021
East Africa Archives - The Rockefeller Foundation
Sep 21 2021
Press Releases
The Rockefeller Foundation study finds that investing in distributed renewable energy systems creates 30 times more jobs and saves 4 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions compared to fossil fuel …
Sep 01 2021
East Africa Archives - The Rockefeller Foundation
JULY 2021
Jul 19 2021
Press Releases
Africa CDC, African Union, The Rockefeller Foundation, Clouds Media and the ‘One by One: Target Covid-19 Campaign Join Celebrity Influencers from DRC, Zambia and Uganda to launch: Zambia, Uganda, July 7th, …
JUNE 2021
Jun 28 2021
Press Releases
Kampala, Monday, June 28th, 2021 -Today, a coalition of global energy sector leaders launched a first-of-its-kind integrated energy pilot in Uganda. Led by Uganda’s largest power utility, Umeme, coordinated by …
APRIL 2021
Apr 28 2021
Press Releases
Supported projects will produce text and speech datasets for natural language processing (NLP) technologies that will have significant downstream impacts on education, financial inclusion, healthcare, agriculture, communication, and disaster response …