Gents Afrika Platform

The June 2026 edition of Afrika Focus arrived last week. All articles are available at https://brill.com/afoc.
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Final meetings of this academic year, with colleague Susanna Louw from the University of the Western Cape, and with Joseph Kyakuwa, Scholarship Officer at Harvey World Travel Uganda.
Constantly connecting people.

Welcome to another Africa Platform fellow: Dr, Olivier Dassou from the National Institute of Agricultural Research of Benin (INRAB). Thank you to prof Eduardo for hosting Olivier.

Networking event with the Vrienden van Marokko Association in the Ghent City Hall. Also meeting with the Moroccan Ambassador to discuss collaboration with UGent academics.

Spending a wonderful final evening in Glasgow with South African colleagues.

Third day of the ARUA-The Guild conference. Great networking, connecting and planning future collaboration.

Second day of the ARUA-The Guild CoRE Conference. And what an amazing location at the University of Glasgow.

Attending the Second Africa-Europe Cluster of Research Excellence Conference at the University of Glasgow.
Wonderful to see so many familiar faces!

Drie mannen, een onafgemaakte reis en ergens in een archief in Polen: brieven van een man die honderd jaar geleden op zijn fiets Afrika doorkruiste....

Luister naar het volledige verhaal: https://www.nowakpodcast.be/aflevering-1

Exploring collaboration with https://growthafrica.com/ from Kenya, and the colleagues from the CBL-ACP Chambre of Commerce - thank you to Thomas De Beule and Yvan De Coninck.