The 2025 Annual Report is now live

Featuring our largest cohort yet and the patient, collective work behind a beautiful year.

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Say hello to Mawazo Connects; your go-to platform for African women researchers and their work.

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Status of African Women in Research

On May 10, 2025, we launched the Status of African Women in Research report at USIU.

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The 2025 Annual Report is now live

Featuring our largest cohort yet and the patient, collective work behind a beautiful year.

VIEW REPORT

We’re Live on mawazoconnects.org

Say hello to Mawazo Connects; your go-to platform for African women researchers and their work.

Explore Mawazo Alumnae

Status of African Women in Research

On May 10, 2025, we launched the Status of African Women in Research report at USIU.

Read the SOAWIR Report

Mawazo Learning Exchange 

A platform for Mawazo Fellows

Mawazo Connects

Connect with researchers in our network

If every idea made a difference, what would yours change?

Discover how African women in research are optimising knowledge to transform the continent.

Mawazo Fellowship Programme

Empowering African women PhDs by offering virtual training, mentorship, peer network, research funding, and wellness support.

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Mawazo Voices Programme

We amplify African women’s research voices in public discourse and policy, bridging academia with sectors driving solutions for critical societal issues.

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Opportunities Database

Access our curated list of funding, training, and conference opportunities. Designed to boost research and professional growth for African scholars.

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Brain Drain and the Impact on the African Knowledge Economy

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Keep up with our events & news.

Mawazo Breaks Own Graduation Records in 2025!!!!

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A Snapshot of Women Leading Change in Science & Society 

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Mawazo Giving Tuesday 2025 : Why Your Support Matters

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Research to Leadership – Leading G20 discussions on women in STEM

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Invest in Africa's women researchers

African women are answering the continent’s biggest questions, in labs, in policy spaces and within their own communities. 150+ of them, across 16 countries, and growing. When you partner with us, you help to fund their research and related activities that carry their solutions into the rooms where decisions are made. Share your details and we’ll send some giving options and the stories behind the work.