Future Africa – A unique pan-African platform
Future Africa is the University of Pretoria’s collaborative platform for research that works across the sciences and with society to address Africa’s biggest and most urgent contemporary challenges. Our fundamental purpose is to develop and unleash the transformative potential of African sciences to inform and inspire a future of thriving African societies.
Objective 1
To lead transformative research in, and for Africa.
Objective 2
To develop Africa’s transformative research leadership capabilities.
Objective 3
To build transformative global partnerships for African research.
Objective 4
To foster a culture of dialogue and action for change in African research.
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Sustainable African Food Systems
Global Equity in Africa
African Science and Technology Futures
One Health
Sustainability Transformations in Africa

Environmental thought in Africa cannot be separated from power and lived realities, Future Africa webinar hears
Future Africa recently hosted a webinar that explored how environmental thought in Africa is shaped by power, colonial legacies and lived realities.