A #scicomm team that cares about: 🔬 Science ENGAGEMENT📚, EDUCATION, LITERACY & 🔊COMMUNICATION 🔊 in Africa Connect: @ajwangokeyo
Nairobi, Kenya
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Are you a girl-led or young feminist-led group in Uganda, Kenya, or Tanzania?
Apply to the East African Girls and Young Feminist Fund.
🗓️Deadline: 28 Feb 2026
ℹ️: civsourceafrica.com/s/EAYCG4…
✍🏾Apply: CIVFUND.smartsimple.com
📌Alt: email form [email protected]
#EastAfricaGirlsFund
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🌊 Round Table Discussion on Ocean Governance 🌍
“The ocean is so strong and yet so fragile.”
We are pleased to announce a Round Table Discussion on Ocean Governance that will bring together research experts in marine and freshwater systems to share insights, evidence, and perspectives on the sustainability, resilience, and governance of our aquatic ecosystems.
This timely conversation will explore the delicate balance between the ocean’s immense power and its growing vulnerability, drawing on scientific research, policy considerations, and practical experiences from the field.
📅 Date: Friday, 6th February 2026
🕕 Time: From 6:00 PM
📍 Venue: Alliance Française of Mombasa
💻 Live Stream: Available for online participants
Join us for an engaging evening of dialogue, knowledge exchange, and reflection on how science can inform better ocean and freshwater governance for present and future generations. #ScienceCafe #oceangovernance
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First mosquito observatory network to be launched in Africa . VectorGrid-Africa
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🤖 Made with AI
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Wetlands may often be overlooked, but they are essential to life.
They are among nature’s most powerful systems. Wetlands store water during droughts, absorb floods, and filter pollution, helping provide clean drinking water and support crops and livelihoods.
This #WorldWetlandsDay, let us honour the traditional knowledge and cultural heritage that have protected wetlands for generations.
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We’re recruiting: Head of Clinical Research
I’m pleased to share an exciting senior leadership opportunity at the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme.
We are seeking an outstanding clinical scientist to take up the role of Head of Clinical Research, a senior appointment responsible for shaping and delivering our clinical research strategy, overseeing clinical trials and clinical services platforms, and contributing to Programme-wide scientific leadership.
This role offers a unique opportunity to:
- Provide strategic leadership across a large, multidisciplinary clinical research portfolio
- Lead and develop high-impact clinical trials and interdisciplinary research programmes
- Mentor and support the next generation of African clinical scientists
- Work closely with national and international partners to deliver research with real-world impact
If you (or someone in your network) are a medically qualified researcher with strong experience in clinical trials, research leadership, and grant funding, and are motivated to shape the future of clinical research in Africa, I would strongly encourage you to apply or share. See link to full details here:
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…
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Are you a young woman passionate about science and mathematics?
Join a community that nurtures brilliant girls into future scientists, engineers, and innovators.
📌 Female students aged 16–19
📌 Strong background in Physics & Maths
🔗 Apply here: forms.gle/jtQz71ouRpRc6CBg6
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🚨Vaccinology webinar alert!🚨
Outbreaks don’t wait and neither should vaccine science!
Register and join our webinar and learn how vaccines are developed to respond to emerging outbreak-prone pathogens.
🗓️January 20th, 2026
🕑 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EAT
🔗shorturl.at/JiSe5
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A KMFRI study has attributed wild fish kills in Lake Victoria to eutrophication and pollution, highlighting growing environmental pressures on freshwater ecosystems. The findings, published in the KMFRI Kenya Aquatica Journal (2025), underscore the need for sustainable, science-based interventions.
The research scientists recommend integrated watershed management as a critical solution to safeguard fisheries resources and protect local livelihoods that depend on the lake.
Join Dr. Christopher Aura, Director of Freshwater Systems at KMFRI, as he delves into the study’s key findings and their implications for fisheries management and ecosystem health.
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📘 Read more and access the KMFRI Kenya Aquatica Journal here:
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#KMFRI #LakeVictoria #FisheriesResearch #FreshwaterEcosystems #EnvironmentalSustainability #IntegratedWatershedManagement #ScienceCommunication #KenyaAquaticaJournal
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📢 Submissions are now open for the 2026 @catchlight_io Global Fellowship
Each year, the Fellowship awards $30,000 grants to three innovative visual storytellers whose work is a tool for information, connection and transformation in their communities.
Acting as an incubator, the program also provides financial support, fosters professional development, and builds networks that empower creative leaders to influence the future of visual storytelling.
Deadline: 15 December 2025
Search 'Catchlight Global Fellowship' or follow the link below to learn more:🔗
commonwealthfoundation.com/o…
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Call for Application for Youth Researchers: SHE SOARS Program
Restless Development is interested in working with youth researchers to conduct research on Domestic Resourcing for Adolescent and Youth SRHR in Uganda, Kenya, and Zambia.
to generate actionable, country-specific evidence on domestic SRHR budgeting, accountability, and financing pathways, and to strengthen youth-led systems for monitoring and influencing budget implementation and policy reform.
Apply by 2nd December 2025 at 5:00PM E.A.T
Link - restlessdevelopment.bamboohr…
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Great opportunity: The European Union funds youth for climate action. Apply before 19 December! 👍
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Wangari Maathai was the first female professor in Kenya and the first African woman to be awarded the #NobelPeacePrize. She founded the Green Belt Movement, which led to the planting of millions of trees.
Today we announce the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize.
ALT Wangari Maathai, smiling, holds a potted plant, dressed in a bright blue and yellow traditional dress and matching headscarf.
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Education is key to preventing, halting, and reversing the loss of nature.
This #WorldTeachersDay, join #GenerationRestoration schools and unlock resources, learning materials, and opportunities to transform your school into a hub for nurturing healthy ecosystems. tinyurl.com/2frpfd5n
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Happening this Saturday!
Come hear from Nandita Jayaraj - the author of the Penguin book 'Lab Hopping' and a notable voice in the science communication landscape in India. 🇮🇳🔊💬🗣️
Free and open to all!
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Are you working in gender, health, advocacy, development, or in a civil society organization committed to ending violence against women and girls?
📚 Apply for #IamAPHRC’s free self-paced online Gender Transformative Programming Course and build your skills in:
1️⃣ Program design
2️⃣ Implementation
3️⃣ Monitoring and evaluation
🗓️ Apply before September 21 👉 buff.ly/9hpcBfQ
#APHRCVLA #IamAPHRC #WeAreAfrica
@CKyobutungi @amveyange @FlorahKarimi @benmacondiek @LucyWakiaga @CwKabiru @dmdiarafa @aiajayi @MangwanaVJ @PeterrockGM
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📢 Applications are now open for the Pauline Bakibinga Memorial Scholarship 2025!
📍 For Master’s students in East Africa researching digital health innovation
💰 Award: USD 5,000–10,000
⏰ Deadline: September 29, 2025
🔗Application details: buff.ly/rOnGcJq
#APHRCResearch #DigitalHealth #PublicHealthResearch
@CKyobutungi @gichuruj @amveyange @bunmimakinwa @DMDiarafa @RatemoJuliet @dorcas_odhiambo @Hope_Shete @njerimbuthia @CharityWaweru @DavidWa1ganjo @mickarkey @Stevewainainax @maloba_david93 @Chris_Maero @williamsila @FlorahKarimi @Liz_Kimani @CwKabiru @agnes_kiragga @mngware @aiajayi @podero @dia_diama @gody_adero @SokhnaT37994755 @EneTira @MalickS97 @NDEYEAWAFALL9 @SyllaElHadjiMa1 @aidara_dienaba @kadzomudzo @isabelmutuku1 @BlessingMberu @GloriaLangat2 @kabariac
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For millions of hungry children, school meals are often their only source of nutrition.
Today, 466 million around the world benefit from this lifeline — 20% more than just 4 years ago.
More from @WFP: wfp.org/news/wfp-report-find…
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📢📢Call for Applications!
Passionate about tackling infectious diseases?
#CEMA, with @NPHIKenya & CHIDH–UoN, is offering a 4-month Infectious Disease Modelling Fellowship for NPHI & @MOH_Kenya staff.
Application deadline: September 12, 2025
Apply here: l1nq.com/pwgpw
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Up next: 'How I Became a Science Communicator' with Nandita Jayaraj. 🔊
Why does everyone need to know about science?
How do we communicate science?
Date: 27 September 2025, 5-6 pm IST.
All this and more - in our ongoing series on Careers in Science. 🔬🎙️🦠🎤💬💡
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Meet our multidisciplinary teams as they collect ecological data on the seagrass ecosystem under the Large-scale 🌱 Seagrass Mapping and Management Initiative (LaSMMI) project. This activity aims to produce current spatial seagrass extent data for sustainable management and conservation of seagrass ecosystems in Kenya. The findings will serve to support policy and conservation actions that follow national and global biodiversity targets.
#wiomsa2025 #seagrass #restoration #researchcollaboration