• ANU Africa Network

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    This website was established in 2013 by David Lucas, and renovated and relaunched in 2020 as part of a project to increase awareness of Africa and African studies in the ANU and the ACT, funded by the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

    Another outcome of that project was a major research report, published in August 2021, African Studies at the Australian National University and in the Australian Capital Territory, analyzing the past, present and future of the study of Africa at the Australian National University and the wider Australian University sector.

    The major innovation on this updated website is the creation of the ACT Africa Expert Directory which lists experts on Africa from institutions around the ACT, primarily the ANU. We will continue to curate this list, offering a key resource for media, government and non-government organizations seeking expert facts and opinions on Africa. Individuals can request to be added to the list by contacting the website managers.

    Another notable addition is the expanded directory of PhD theses on Africa produced in the territory’s universities, a solid measure of the vitality of the study of Africa in the city of Canberra.

    Reviewing these directories, it is revealing to note that the vast majority of research on Africa is produced by disciplinary experts (environmental scientists, economists, demographers, etc.) rather than area studies experts. This means that the study of Africa is woven into the fabric of the research culture of the ANU and the ACT’s other universities in ways that are not necessarily apparent.


  • The 2019 Australasian Aid Conference and Africa

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    As stated in the post dated 8 December 2018, the ANU’s Development Policy Centre announced that, ‘Now in its sixth year, the Australasian Aid Conference will once again bring together
    researchers and development practitioners from across Australia, the Pacific, Asia,
    and beyond.’

    See: https://www.devpolicy.org/events/event/2019-australasian-aid-conference/

    “Beyond” includes Africa which is normally lucky to get as much attention as Vanuatu. However, this year the program includes several mentions of Africa and Africanists, as follows:

    Day One February 19th, 2019, 9.40-10.30am
    Keynote address – The future of Africa
    Molonglo Theatre [Overflow: Weston Theatre]
    Dr Donald Kaberuka, Former President, African Development Bank and Rwanda’s Minister of Finance’

    PRESENTERS

    ‘Transdisciplinary research for food and nutrition security: experiences from work in Africa and Southeast Asia’, Federico Davila, Research Principal – Food Systems, University of Technology Sydney

    ‘Public-private partnerships – working at the coal face with African governments to truly break the cycle of poverty’, Cassandra Treadwell, CEO and Founder, So They Can

     SESSION CHAIRS
    Jane Kennedy, Associate Director – Asia and Africa, UnitingWorld

    Aime Saba, Information Management Office – Food Security Cluster, World Food Programme

    Robyn Alders, Senior Scientific Advisor, Centre for Global Health Security


  • Transforming small-scale irrigation in Zimbabwe

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    Speaker
    Dr André F van Rooyen
    ‘André is Principal Scientist specializing in integrated agricultural systems in the research program on Innovation Systems for Drylands, at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, based in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. He uses the characteristics of complex adaptive systems to analyse system functionality and explore opportunities to improve and develop more diverse and integrated agricultural systems.’

    Venue
    Frank Fenner Seminar Room
    Frank Fenner Building 141
    Linnaeus Way, Australian National University
    Canberra, ACT 6200

    Dates & times

    11am–12pm Wednesday 30 Jan 2019

    Contact

    Peter Ramshaw   peter.ramshaw@anu.edu.au

    For More Information see https://fennerschool.anu.edu.au/news-events/events/transforming-small-scale-irrigation-zimbabwe

    Parking
    ‘There are several parking options nearby the venue, please allow at least 20 minutes to find a park and walk to the building. Parking information can be found on the ANU website.’

    Bus Route

    Routes 3 and 7 (weekdays) and route 934 (weekends), travel through the middle of the ANU campus.

     


  • Africa and the 2019 Australasian Aid Conference

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    The ANU’s Development Policy Centre has announced that

    ‘Now in its sixth year, the Australasian Aid Conference will once again bring together
    researchers and development practitioners from across Australia, the Pacific, Asia,
    and beyond.’ “Beyond” includes Africa which is normally lucky to get as much attention as Vanuatu.

    However this year the draft program includes on Day One February 19th, 2019, ‘9.40-10.30am
    Keynote address – The future of Africa
    Molonglo Theatre [Overflow: Weston Theatre]
    Dr Donald Kaberuka, Former President, African Development Bank and Rwanda’s Minister of Finance’