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Mawazo Breaks Own Graduation Records in 2025!!!!

In 2025, the Mawazo institute grew our network to 152 African women researchers as we welcomed 60 new Fellows and broke our own record for...

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A Snapshot of Women Leading Change in Science & Society 

On Thursday 13th November, the Mawazo Institute joined the Schlumberger Foundation in launching their latest Faculty for the Future Impact Survey and co-hosting a breakfast...

Mawazo’s Core Principles

Intersectional approaches. Nearly all academics based in Africa — male and female — have access to fewer professional resources than their peers in the North....

Welcome to the Mawazo Institute!

A bit of background: Mawazo was founded in late 2016 by Rose Mutiso and Rachel Strohm. We’ve known each other since our undergraduate days at...

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.