Industry Growth In Africa: IGICA’09 - The International Conference on Industry Growth, Investment and Competitiveness in Africa (IGICA) will take place from June 8 to 10, 2009 in Abuja, Nigeria. 

IGICA’09 International Conference is being established as the largest and most comprehensive knowledge transfer supported industry growth, investment and competitiveness event. 

Abstracts must be submitted online at www.kfint.com/igica by 27th November 2008.  Click here for further details

START, the global change SysTem for Analysis, Research and Training, is inviting applications for its African small grants programme.

The grants will support research on global environmental change in Africa. The call is open to African scientists in African universities or non-governmental organisations.

Emails must be sent to cskauffman@agu.org by 1 November

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DelPHE has launched its fourth call for applications. Between £15,000 and £50,000 per year is available for new partnerships      The principal aim of DelPHE is to help Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to contribute to poverty reduction and sustainable development in their home countries and regions.

HEIs in 22 target countries are eligible to lead applications for DelPHE .  HEIs in any country worldwide are eligible to participate as partners.    Click here

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The Wellcome Trust, the UK’s largest medical research charity, has announced a £20 million investment in research and training in Africa. Click here for further details

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) reinforced its cooperation with the Republic of Ghana with the signing on May 7, 2008 of an intellectual property (IP) development plan which aims to build the country’s capacity to create, protect and utilize IP as a power tool for economic growth and development. Click here for more..

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The second congress of the International Network of Research Management Societies (INORMS) took place at the BT Convention Centre in Liverpool, UK from 16-19th June 2008 The theme of this congress was Exploring Similarities The Congress included a wide range of parallel working sessions with topics of interest to everyone working in research

administration, from those new to the professions to the most experienced managers.

The INORMS Congress took place over five days, including the main two-day Conference and three days of pre- and post-conference seminars and workshops.

Intellect offers universities and educational institutions in developing countries free online access to its journals portfolio. Click here for more..