Coconut waste as a resource, rural women in the shea nut industry, menstrual hygiene in schools and local food production; these are some of the exciting and important areas that Danida alumni were engaged in as part of the second round of Alumni Activity Grants in 2018.

Deadline less than a week away for exciting research opportunity! Submit a research abstract to the 5th Joint Nordic Conference on Development Research by 3rd March, and be in the running to have your conference participation fully funded by DFC.

Danida Fellowship Centre convened the first joint Danida/Denmark Alumni Network workshop in Copenhagen on 10 – 14 December 2018, with representatives from the six established local alumni networks in Ghana, Vietnam, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and Burkina Faso. The workshop's theme was “Sharing Ideas and Learning Lessons”.

Nina Vlemmings joins the DFC team as the new Alumni Programme Officer, bringing experience from other successful global networks, an international background and a passion for multi-culturalism.

Africans can no longer rely on others to tell their stories and do their research. Africa needs science for Africa developed by Africans, said Dr Cheikh Mbow in his acceptance speech for the Danida Alumni Prize 2018

Danida alumni, Harriet Asomani from Ghana and Angela Byangwa from Uganda were chosen to partake in the 18th International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) in Copenhagen. They were selected based on their applications following a call conducted by Danida Alumni Network earlier this year.

Danida has supported research capacity development projects for three decades. What difference has it made to the persons involved? A study looking into the broader perspectives of research capacity development at African universities and research institutions has been initiated by Danida Fellowship Centre.

When the 18th International Anti-Corruption Conference opens in Copenhagen 22-25 October Angela Byangwa, the Executive Director of Rwenzori Anti-Corruption Coalition in Uganda and Danida alumni will be one of the participants. She has been combatting corruption at a grass root level in Uganda for more than a decade.