Africa's first SDG knowledge hub. Our goal: to link African policy makers with the most useful research on the SDGs. Visit http://sasdghub.up.ac.za/ for more.
12/08/2020
Open Call for Innovations addressing South Africa’s Water Challenges: water access and provision during the COVID 19 Pandemic | UNDP in South Africa The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Water Research Commission (WRC) of South Africa requests applications from local innovators developing technologies/solutions addressing South Africa’s water challenges, particularly those which have been exacerbated or introduced during the ...
17/06/2020
A while ago our team at the University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria built one of the largest research databases in the world (30 000+ articles). Our goal is to make the best research available to policymakers in the most accessible format.
Then we realised that without an intelligent text classification and search function it'd be difficult for policy makers to find what they're looking for. Enter our in-house team and their development of a really sophisticated machine learning classification tool.
Now we're making another jump... My colleague Vukosi Marivate made the improvement of our ML/AI tool one of the capstone projects for his Master's students. Today is their virtual exhibition and we are blown away by their proposals!
Interested to see what they came up with? Have a look here:
https://up-mitc-ds.github.io/808exhibition2020/poster_H0vrlMBGxkA.html
https://up-mitc-ds.github.io/808exhibition2020/poster_EPqHB2tUvx8.html
https://up-mitc-ds.github.io/808exhibition2020/poster_H4BGGrUk1tE.html
https://up-mitc-ds.github.io/808exhibition2020/poster_-DNIjtJf65k.html
https://up-mitc-ds.github.io/808exhibition2020/poster_P00tosh29aE.html
08/06/2020
Applications for Africa’s first multidisciplinary degree on the UN Sustainable Development Goals are now open. Apply for admission to UP's Master's in Development Practice now! The closing date is 31 August 2020. Please click here for more details: http://ow.ly/y3lL50zZGKp
05/06/2020
Applications for one Africa's leading multi-disciplinary Master's degrees on the SDGs are open! Looking for more info? Have a look here:https://www.up.ac.za/media/shared/77/ZP_Files/2021/masters-development-practice-brochure-june-2020.zp190587.pdf
Remember to apply before 31 August 2020!
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Africa needs development practitioners in government, business and civil society who understand the complexity of developmental challenges and who have the leadership capacities to design and implement the integrated and multidisciplinary Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The University of Pretoria’s Master’s in Development Practice (MDP@UP) addresses this need by delivering graduates with the knowledge, leadership competence and technical skills needed to the implement the SDGs.
The one-year MDP@UP uses a hybrid learning approach, introducing participants to the most relevant development theory and practice. This includes online and face-to-face learning, leadership service learning and case study write- up and analysis. The programme is truly multidisciplinary, and focuses on the social sciences, health sciences, management sciences and natural sciences.
The MDP@UP is hosted by the Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership and is Africa’s only programme that focuses on building leadership competence needed to implement the SDGs.
19/05/2020
We have a new website address!
Thanks to the lockdown we could do some housekeeping. Please update your records at visit us at our new address: http://sasdghub.up.ac.za.
24/02/2020
Last week, Dr Selma Karuaihe from our team had the opportunity to deliver the keynote presentation at the Development Bank of Southern Africa's International Development Finance Club meeting. Thanks for inviting us!
21/02/2020
Do you have a few minutes to spare? Click on the link below and help us improve our database!
https://mailchi.mp/5e0f3e4d4bb7/sa-sdg-hub-user-feedback
20/02/2020
We need your help to improve our database!
After building one of the largest research databases in the world, we now want to make the platform as usable as possible.
Please take a few minutes to complete our short questionnaire: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSftb8d3wuBItco8hj8DkfXV7xSvLRRwg7BIdcyZmrI2-hPprg/viewform
17/02/2020
What can South African universities do to accelerate implementation? Thank you University of Pretoria for publishing this write-up of our recent workshop on this topic!
https://www.up.ac.za/the-albert-luthuli-centre-for-responsible-leadership/news/post_2873440-south-african-universities-and-the-sdgs
04/02/2020
We recently celebrated the successes of our MDP class of 2019, with University of Pretoria Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Prof Tawana Kupe delivering the official congratulatory remarks. Well done all!