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.
Link to: Transformative research leadership capacity development
Objective 2
To develop Africa’s transformative research leadership capabilities.
Link to: Global Networks and Partnerships
Objective 3
To build transformative global partnerships for African research.
Link to: Dialogue and Action for Change
Objective 4
To foster a culture of dialogue and action for change in African research.
Link to: Dialogue and Action for Change
Objective 5
To serve as a globally recognised African destination
Sustainable African Food Systems
Global Equity in Africa
African Science and Technology Futures
One Health
Sustainability Transformations in Africa
Call for Applications: PhD scholarship grants 2026 (UKUDLA)
The African German Centre for Sustainable and Resilient Food Systems and Applied Agricultural and Food Data Science, which is funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) with funds from the Federal Foreign Office (AA), the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity (BMLEH) in Germany offers scholarships to German and African applicants to support a PhD-thesis research projects in Southern Africa in cooperation with one of our partner institutions.