CAMBRIDGE-AFRICA DAY 2016

It is a great pleasure to invite you to our third annual Cambridge-Africa Day on Tuesday 25th October 2016, at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge. The Day will be introduced by the Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge - Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz.

There will also be a series of presentations to showcase the wide range of collaborative research projects, capacity building initiatives and development activities that Cambridge academics and students are involved in, in partnership with African colleagues. Topics include conservation, anthropology, maternal health/wellbeing, students working on amazing projects in Cambridge and Africa and more. After the presentations there will be a drinks reception until 18.45.

You can register to attend now.

Cambridge-Africa Day, 25th October 2016

Queen’s Building, Emmanuel College, Cambridge

9:30 - 10:00 Registration, Tea/Coffee

Session 1

Chair: Professor Pauline Rose (Director - REAL Centre, Faculty of Education, Cambridge)

10:00 – 10:10 Professor David Dunne (Director of the Cambridge-Africa Programme): Welcome

10:10 – 10:30 Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz (Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge): Introduction to the Cambridge-Africa Day

10:30 – 11:00 Professor Richard Leakey (Paleoanthropologist and Conservationist): Morning Keynote Address

11:00 – 11:30 Dr Marta Lahr (Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge) Human Evolution in Africa

11:30 – 12:00 Dr Rosie Trevelyan (Tropical Biology Association, Cambridge, UK) and Ms Iroro Tanshi (University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria. Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA). Building capacity for conservation in Africa

12:00 – 12:30 Dr Naalamle Amissah (Department of Crop Science, University of Ghana, Legon; CAPREx Fellow) and Dr Huw Jones (NIAB, CAPREx Collaborator). Alternative methods for the cultivation of Cryptolepis sanguinolenta a medicinal plant used in the treatment of malaria

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch Break: The Old Library, Emmanuel College

Session 2

Chair: Professor Yaa Ntiamoa-Baidu (Champion for the CAPREx initiative and Director of the Centre for African Wetlands at the University of Ghana, Legon)

13:30 – 14:00 Mrs Toyin Saraki (Founder-President of Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA)): Afternoon Keynote Address

14:00 – 15:00 Professor Ashley Moffett (Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge), Dr Annettee Nakimuli (Head, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Mulago Hospital & Makerere University, Uganda), and Dr Catherine Aiken (Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Cambridge) Cambridge Africa and Maternal Health in Uganda

15:00 – 15:30 Professor Sheila Bird OBE (MRC Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge; THRiVE Supervisor) and Dr Ronald Kiguba (THRiVE Fellow, Makerere University, Uganda). Challenges and Opportunities for Pharmacovigilance in Uganda

15:30-16:00 Tea/Coffee Break: The Old Library, Emmanuel College

Session 3

Chair: Dr Devon Curtis (Department of Politics & International Studies, and Centre of African Studies, University of Cambridge)

16:00 – 16:20 Mr Patrick Hoffman (Chairman, Cambridge Development Initiative and the African leadership programme at the Moller Centre in Cambridge) and Mr Ocheck Msuva (Executive Director, Bridge for Change). Empowering young African leaders

16:20 – 16:35 Ms Halimatou Hima-Moussa Dioula (President of the African Society of Cambridge University and Cambridge Africa PhD Scholar). Searching for 'illimi' and bringing 'Africa Together'

16:35 – 16:55 Professor Ebenezer Owusu (Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Legon): Evening Keynote Address

16:55 – 17:00 Professor Eilís Ferran (Cambridge Pro-VC for Institutional & International Affairs, University of Cambridge): Concluding Remarks

17:00 – 18:45 Drinks reception for all in the Old Library, Emmanuel College, with live music

Please note that the event will be captured on video, and a photographer will be on duty all day.

FAQs

Where can I contact the organiser with any questions?

Contact enquiries@cambridge-africa.cam.ac.uk if you have any enquries about the Cambridge-Africa Day.

Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event?

No, we will have a record of your registration which is all we need to allocate your place.