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RAN conducts an invigorating Innovation Bootcamp in DR Congo, September 19-21, 2016
The Eastern Africa Resilience Innovation Lab (EA RILab), one of RAN’s regional labs recently concluded an exciting and energizing Innovation Bootcamp at University of Goma in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from September 19 – 21, 2016. The event drew over 120 participants who are key players in the domain of sexual and gender based violence (SGBV).
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RAN’s ‘Wekebere’ Innovation project listed among the top 15 African Enterprising Projects by RUFORUM
It is exciting and fulfilling that we have managed to bring ‘Wekebere’ Innovation Project the far it has come through hard work, teamwork and team coordination driven by pain and passion to see the Innovation saving millions of lives across the world especially in rural areas where maternal and infant mortality is alarming.
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Deliberative Polling (DP) in Dakar, Senegal
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RAN @ the 12th Joint Annual Scientific Conference 2016 (JASH)
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RAN @ the TOPS/FSN Network East and Southern Africa Regional Knowledge Sharing Meeting, September 20-22 2016, Speke Resort Munyonyo
A section of the RAN Resilience Team comprising of Dr. Roy William Mayega, Dr. Harriet Namata and Grace Bua Mongo participated in the TOPS/FSN Network East and Southern Africa Regional Knowledge Sharing Meeting held September 20-22 2016 at Speke Resort Munyonyo, Kampala Uganda.
While at the meeting, Dr. Roy William Mayega, RAN Deputy Chief of Party was invited by Tim Frankenberger, President TANGO International to present RAN’s Resilience work during the session on “Measuring Resilience: Recent work on Measuring Pastoral Livelihood Diversification and Resilience in Africa’’ .
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Innovating Justice Bootcamp Kampala held at RAN, Friday September 23, 2016
The 2016 Innovating Justice Boostcamp held on Friday September 23rd 2016, attracted 100 multidisciplinary participants including mentors and judges to listen to the pitches from 6 promising Justice Innovators from over 400 applications which came in across the African continent, standing a chance to win a part of 160,000 EUR in funding among other benefits.
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RAN hosted a Team from University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
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ResilientAfrica Network (RAN) awards more 8 Innovators with $280,000 under the RIC4CONF Grant Call
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RAN Pitch Tuesdays August – September 2016
The RAN Pitch Tuesdays have continued to be rich platforms where creative thinkers access support directed towards further developing their innovative ideas, prototypes or projects. It is during such unique sessions that innovators pitch about their proposed solutions to address particular community challenges and receive real-time feedback to guide further improvement of the solutions.
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Eastern Africa Resilience Innovation Lab: Innovation Advisory Board Meeting held on Thursday September 29, 2016
The Innovation Advisory Boards at the ResilientAfrica Network (RAN) have continued to support the Innovation process towards transformatively addressing communities’ most pressing challenges. The EA RILab 3rd Innovation Advisory Board meeting (Year 4) was successfully held on September 29, 2016 at the Innovation Lab with 5 Board members (Bank of Uganda, Makerere University-Gender Mainstreaming, Member of Parliament Budadiri East and Makerere University-College of Agriculture and Environmental Studies (CAES) and a Consultant) who engaged in discussing how best to move innovations from the incubation lab to positively impact the communities in need.
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RAN 14th Innovation Garage Session held on Friday September 30 2016
The ResilientAfrica Network (RAN) team was pleased to host the 14th Innovation Garage session at the end of the month of September. This Garage hosted two potentially trans-formative innovations in the fields of health and electrical engineering – the Inflatable First Aid Hemorrhage Belt and the Micro-Hydro Electricity Generation project respectively; with a guest presenter from the Improved Sewing Machine Innovation project. The total attendance was 88 multidisciplinary participants.
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