By: Ifeanyi Monyei – Group head, Strategy and Growth (Venture Garden Group & Greenhouse Capital Lois Nanono- Program Officer, Business Development Services- RUFORUM Secretariat. TAGDev 2.0 Think Tank Series Paper #6 1.0 Executive Summary: Architecting Africa’s Innovation Economy The current mechanism for translating African university intellectual capital into commercial value is structurally inadequate. It is dominated by the Observer Model, ...

Advancing Sustainable Agricultural Value Chains through Strengthening Transdisciplinary Skills and Cooperation in East African Doctoral Education – ‘ADVALUE’ addresses the need for qualified doctorates and future academic professionals in agricultural sciences who impact the research and teaching capacities of their Higher Education Institutions and contribute to local and regional achievement of SDG goals with the development of sustainable agricultural value ...

RUFORUM and the Global Forum on Agricultural Research and Innovation (GFAiR) convened the Transformative Teaching of Neglected and Underutilized Species (NUS) workshop in Nairobi, Kenya, on 11-12 December 2025. The workshop brought together more than 50 participants from different parts of the world, including universities, research institutes, civil society, and private sector actors. The meeting launched the Collective Action on ...

8-9 May, 2026, Haramaya, Ethiopia The International Conference on Building Climate Resilient Agriculture, Health and Tourism for Sustainable Livelihood Through AI and Technological Innovations aims to provide a global platform for researchers, practitioners, policymakers, industry leaders, and development practitioners to exchange knowledge, share innovative research findings and explore interdisciplinary solutions to enhance climate-resilient agriculture, health and tourism through integration of ...

1.0 Background Agroecology has emerged as a critical and transformative approach for addressing Africa’s persistent food and nutrition security challenges while simultaneously safeguarding environmental sustainability, biodiversity, and climate resilience. Across Sub-Saharan Africa, food systems are increasingly under pressure from climate variability, land degradation, declining soil fertility, loss of biodiversity, and socio-economic inequalities that disproportionately affect smallholder farmers, women, and youth. ...

Relevant education leaders, trade development authorities, university managers, chambers of commerce, and policy regulators are invited to participate in this high-level webinar on Institutionalizing Problem-Based Learning (PBL) for Sustainable Agropreneurship and National Development. Led by the Climate-Smart Agropreneurship Education for Livelihood and Sustainability in Eastern and Southern Africa (AgrGROW) partnership – bringing together agro-HEIs in Malawi, Uganda, Denmark, Finland, and ...