NEPAD SANBio Welcome Back Message
On behalf of the NEPAD SANBio and BioFISA II Programme Unit and all stakeholders, it is with great pleasure to welcome you all to 2019! We hope you had a peaceful, safe and relaxed festive season, and that you are fired up for the New Year.
Youth, Science and Indigenous Knowledge Systems - SANBio Winter School
On 31 July – 3 August 2017, NEPAD SANBio (Southern Africa Network for Biosciences), with the support of the BioFISA II Programme (a Finnish-Southern African Partnership Programme to Strengthen NEPAD SANBio), and the Botswana Innovation Hub held the SANBio Winter School on Indigenous Knowledge Systems Commercialisation in Gaborone, Botswana.
Training course on Plant Genetic Resources Management held in Lusaka
The Southern Africa Network for Biosciences, in partnership with the SADC Plant Genetic Resources Centre (SPGRC) and with support from the BioFISA II Programme, is hosting a training course on Plant Genetic Resources Management in Lusaka, Zambia, from 7-12 August 2017.
Tech transfer critical for R&D - SANBio @ SARIMA Conference 2017
SARIMA provides a platform for the promotion and facilitation of best practice in research and innovation management in Southern Africa and its purpose is to strengthen the research and innovation system to ensure the social and economic development of the Southern African region.
Agribusiness: A Tool for the Empowerment of Rural Women
Dennis Goodson Chinkhata, a Master’s Degree student in Rural Development and Agriculture Extension at the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR), Malawi, recently received a BioFISA II mobility grant from SANBio.
Value addition to dairy and meat products – a training conducted by the University of Namibia and supported by SANBio/BioFISA II
Food safety is a global issue of increasing concern for governments, food producers, food processors and handlers, as well as consumers. For Africa and particularly the Southern African region, governments are always putting much effort and funds into solutions for food security. However, the progress made has not made the region food secure. Nonetheless, while governments create platforms for development, the major drivers of development are private sectors entities.
Female agro-dealer wins FemBioBiz Country Competition in Malawi
Lilongwe-based agro-dealer Fannie Gondwe won the 2017 Female Biosciences Business (FemBioBiz) Acceleration Programme’s local competition in Malawi.
Mrs Gondwe will join other top performers who will have the opportunity to meet investors, business experts and potential mentors, as well as visit Cape Town to participate in the Innovation Summit 2017. She will also be flown to South Africa in July 2017 to represent Malawi at the regional FemBioBiz bootcamp.
Entrepreneurship from healthier food: Profiling Dr Pulane Nkhabutlane and the SMA2RT FOODS project
As part of the activities related to the FemBioBiz Acceleration Programme, SANBio is profiling female bioscientists, bioentrepreneurs and organisations working in the bioinnovation space.
Boston Study Tour – Part 3: The Biotech Landscape
Rare diseases, cell culture technologies, clinical challenges and support platforms
Boston Study Tour – Part 2: Co-working Spaces
Reducing CAPEX investments, raising funds, and linkages to universities
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