The second phase of the Developing Excellence in Leadership, Training, and Science in Africa (DELTAS Africa) programme provides $70M through the joint funding support of Wellcome and the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). The funding built a critical mass of globally competitive research leaders who are now internationally recognised,” says Dr Alphonsus Neba, Deputy Director of Programmes and DELTAS Africa Programme Manager, SFA Foundation. DELTAS Africa II, (2023 to 2026), supports 14 programmes in 75 institutions, across 36 countries, with the inclusion of institutions in North Africa and Lusophone countries that had previously not been covered. DELTAS Africa II emphasis is on intra-African collaboration, engagement and partnership between institutions that are relatively well-resourced and those that are low-resourced. DELTAS Africa I advanced the economic agenda by producing high value jobs reflected for example in the 2,011 undergraduate, master’s, PhD, postdoctoral and senior researchers trained of whom 50% were women.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 12, 2023 02:09 UTC