May 02
Africa: 'The Climate Crisis Is a Public Health Crisis'
On 23 April 2024, as part of a series of events to mark Green Week, the Green Campus Initiative (GCI) at the University of Cape Town (UCT) participated in a Climate Change and… Read more »
April 22
Africa: Using AI to Tailor Drugs for Africa
Therapeutic drugs have long been ill suited to African patients' needs. Professor Kelly Chibale, the director of the University of Cape Town's (UCT) Holistic Drug Discovery and… Read more »
April 04
Africa: 'Become Activists for Science'
"What does the world need? The world needs us to be different kinds of scientists. We need to be activists for science, and we need to be scientific activists. We need to show that… Read more »
March 05
Africa: Nobel Laureate Professor Abhijit Banerjee Delivers Open Lecture
The University of Cape Town's (UCT) Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) and the Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU) invite students and staff to… Read more »
March 01
Africa: Adolescent Nephrology Clinic Plugs 'Critical Gap' Between Paediatric and Adult Care
For more than two decades, a clinic dedicated to caring for adolescents and young adults with advanced kidney disease has made its mark - thriving in the heart of Groote Schuur… Read more »
August 23, 2023
Africa: Women's Month - Shirley Kandabu, African Adventurer, Leader, Social Entrepreneur
It was just a bicycle, something many children grow up with. But for Ugandan Shirley Kandabu, those wheels represented empowerment in a country where in some cultures it was… Read more »
August 17, 2023
Africa: Women's Month - UK Creates 'Hostile Environment' for African Sexual and Gender Diverse Asylum Claimants
Increasingly people are fleeing their countries of birth to seek refuge elsewhere in the world. And the reasons are plentiful - civil war, political instability, poverty due to… Read more »
August 01, 2023
Africa: Setting Up an Africa-Europe Cluster of Research Excellence
In May 2023, the African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research (ACEIR) - hosted by the University of Cape Town (UCT) on behalf of the African Research Universities Alliance… Read more »
July 20, 2023
Africa: Global Surgery Strategies, Systems Crucial to Ensuring Timely, Safe Surgery - Especially for Women
The first rural hospital patient who died on Professor Salome Maswime's watch precipitated a crisis most young doctors in community service experience. Was it her? Did she lack… Read more »
June 23, 2023
Africa: All Africa House Ready to Welcome Guests Again
The University of Cape Town's (UCT) hospitality division has revamped and relaunched its All Africa House accommodation offering, and the hope is that it continues to attract… Read more »
April 28, 2023
Africa: Frontiers Planet Prize for Work on Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Change #AfricaClimateHope
The director of the University of Cape Town's (UCT) African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI), Mark New, along with researchers Petra Holden, Piotr Wolski, Romaric C… Read more »
January 18, 2023
Africa: Rhodes Scholar-Elect Will Use Postgraduate Research to Improve African Lives
Kaitlyn Sparks is elated and beaming with pride that she has been selected as one of the University of Cape Town's (UCT) 2023 Rhodes Scholarship recipients. She will soon be on her… Read more »
October 17, 2022
Africa: UCT to Build Capacity for Malaria Modelling in Africa
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has received a major funding boost from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to launch a three-year capacity-building programme for malaria… Read more »
September 09, 2022
Africa: 'You Could Be The Light For Someone Who's In a Very Dark Place' World Suicide Prevention Day
Debunking the myths and stereotypes that have long been associated with depression and suicide is the bedrock to dismantling the stigma, addressing and preventing this global… Read more »
August 22, 2022
Africa: UCT Ranks the Best in Africa
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has been placed in the top 201-300 band of universities, according to the recently published ShanghaiRanking's 2022 Academic Ranking of World… Read more »
June 29, 2022
Africa: UCT's Kelly Chibale Listed Among Africa's Top 25 Public Health Leaders
The University of Cape Town's (UCT) Professor Kelly Chibale has been named among Harvard Public Health Magazine's top 25 public health leaders in Africa. These "standout voices"… Read more »
June 08, 2022
Africa: Ocean Sustainability - 'Many Knowledges Are Needed' #AfricaClimateCrisis
No single knowledge system can fully understand the effects of climate change on the world's oceans and the impact on humanity's complex relationship with the sea. Understanding… Read more »
May 23, 2022
Africa: Harnessing Healthcare to Build the 'Africa We Want'
On 16 May, ahead of Africa Day 2022, the University of Cape Town's (UCT) Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) hosted a celebration with the theme "The Future of Healthcare in Africa".… Read more »