Strengthening Africa’s Research Ecosystem

The status of Africa Research Ecosystem

Despite representing a significant portion of the global population, Africa faces substantial disparities in research capacity and output

A Fifth of Humanity

19%

of Global Population

The Research Deficit

2%

of the Worldwide Research Output.

The Funding Void

1.3%

of the Global R&D Investment

The Innovation Lockout

0.1%

of the Global Patents

Our Focus Areas

African Journal Visibility

Improve global indexing and discoverability of African journals...

Good Financial Grant Practice

Evaluating African institutions' grant management capacities...

Capacity Strengthening

Promote the exchange of ideas, resources, and best practices...

Health Systems Prototypes

Establishing successful models linking research institutions ...

Africa Research Connect Platform

Use Africa Research Connect to enhance Africa's...

Research Readiness Assessment

Evaluation of African institutions' research capacities ...

Our Impact

For the African Research Ecosystem

For Policy Makers

For Global Research Funders

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Our Partners

Africa Research Connect

Virtual Learning Academy

African Journal Visibility

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