The Science for Africa Foundation (SFA Foundation), with a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, is announcing 12 African researchers who have been provided postdoctoral fellowships in the field of social sciences and humanities in Africa. The 12 fellowships, which represent a $780,000 investment through the SFA Foundation’s Preparing Outstanding Social Science Investigators to Benefit Lives and Environments in Africa Programme (POSSIBLE-Africa) initiative, seek to enable the production of evidence to inform sustainable development in Africa. Read more
Ghana
Ebenezer Forkuo Amankwaa from the University of Ghana is exploring how indoor classroom air temperatures and school buildings and classroom conditions interact to affect the extreme heat experiences and thermal comfort of schoolchildren in Ghana
Nigeria
Hauwa Mohammed Sani from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria is exploring women's pivotal role in fostering conflict resolution and peace-building in Kaduna, Katsina, and Zamfara states of northern Nigeria