WARESA ACTIVITIES

Key WARESA Activities/Programs  include but not limited:

  1. AWARDS: Celebrating outstanding researchers from Africa and highlighting their achievements in science and innovation.
  2. PMP (Publication Mentorship Program): Mentoring African international students through the academic publishing process to help them succeed.
  3. MIREC (Multidisciplinary International Research Conference): Organizing a platform for African international students to present their research and network globally.
  4. SCOPA (students’ community partnership): Providing essential support and building resources for African student communities worldwide.
  5. RAO (Rights and Obligations): Ensuring African international students are well-informed about their rights and responsibilities.
  6. SMM (Stakes to Minimize Mistakes) Series: Sharing personal stories from successful African researchers, engineers, entrepreneurs and scientists to inspire and guide others.
  7. EDUQUIP (Educational Equipment for All): Collecting and distributing educational equipment to African universities to enhance learning.
  8. INDOE (Industrialization Oriented Entrepreneurship): Supporting entrepreneurship that drives Africa’s industrialization and economic development.
  9. UPP (University Partnership Program): Building connections between African universities and global institutions to foster collaboration and research.
  10. GIALINK (Government, Industry & Academia Link): Creating synergies between Africa’s governments, industries, and academia for sustainable development.
  11. CESUA (Center for Sustainability Analysis): A think thank working on policies and strategies to ensure long-term sustainability in Africa.
  12. ASSUDEV (Africa Symposium on Sustainable Development): A symposium focused on sustainable development solutions for Africa.
  13. OPPORTUNITIES: Sharing valuable opportunities such as scholarships, training programs, fellowships, and job openings for Africans.
  14. MEDIA: Managing WARESA’s dedicated media channels, including our newspaper and YouTube webTV, to keep the community informed.

The stream of WARESA Activities are towards the students, engineers, researchers, scientist, academicians  within each specific country. Note that is only a guideline, each country can adapt the activities based on their needs

A.ECADEW (Early Career Development Workshop). This work should  include when possible (not limited)

Academic roundtable where academicians and scientists in that country can share their experience

Industry roundtable, this a discussion for those who work in Industry and entrepreneurs

Research Projects Discussion: This session should include Bs, Ms or PhD research topics discussion.  This is a type of a typical summer research school where the students submit their abstract and selected students will be invited for either ppt presentations or posters. Note that those abstracts will be published in a document posted on WARESA

Selected projects are invited for Chrono Thesis:  This is a competition where a time slot is given to students (3 to 5min ) to precisely and briefly explain their research

B.Awards

The awards targets two categories, first the African descendants and their supporters

The awards are recommended to both consider a mix category (male and female) and also female only category. The awards should encourage Bs, Ms, and PhD students, those who are postdoc, Asst Prof or Assoc.  Professors, entrepreneurs and those who were able to work in industry after their Bs or Ms

The African descendant’s supporters is meant for people who have exceptionally supported the African students or community in that country

C Scholarship: This includes tuition scholarship or living expenses for selected  students in that country

D. Webinars

These are online or face to face kind of interviews where successful  researchers, entrepreneurs, or scientists, share their journeys. There are called WARESA  SMM. It should target students on all levels, scientists, academicians, entrepreneurs and industry professionals

E. Publication Mentoring Program is meant for Waresa members who need the support of senior members to finalize  their work and publish them

The activities for the continent or respective countries are divided into two

Universities Partnership Programs, this is meant to create connection between institutions in Africa and institutions from other countries

Africa Symposium  on Sustainable Development (ASSUDEV)

This symposium is made by two conferences

The Africa Conference  on Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship is a venue where we invite selected entrepreneurs from Africa to show their achievement as they learn from other entrepreneurs from developed countries. This conference include both scholarly contributions and technical reports from government officials

The other conference is ADITRAFO (Africa Accelerated Digital Transformation Forum). This forum emphasizes mainly on how digitalized services can improve the services such as digitalized farming and other.

Also the One2Ten Series are recommendation of policies adoption from level 1 to level 10. For instance, in case of corruption, suggest 1 to 10 policy packages that an institution can try to implement, step by step to fight against corruption

The LEFO Series aims at showcasing what other countries have done and achieved with more details.

Note WARESA encourages that each submitted articles is accompanied by a video, which could help in better understanding