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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 Institutional Response to the COVID-19 Crisis: What to Expect from Us

Since the onset of the crisis, we have been working on innovative ways to cope with the unexpected impacts of COVID-19. Our responses are three-fold...

Mawazo Statement on Systemic Violence

As actors in the higher education sector, we know of the racism that Black researchers face in academic spaces. As an organisation whose employees are...

DNA Day 2020: Understanding Zoonotic Diseases in the Era of COVID 19

Let’s start with the most basic question, what is a zoonotic disease? I would define a zoonotic disease as a disease that can be transmitted...

Women and Science in Africa: A Documentary Film on the Silent Revolution

In South Africa, Dr. Nyokong, who has received national honors from the South African government for her ‘outstanding contributions in the field of science,’ is...

Celebrating Two Years of Public Engagement at Mawazo

At Mawazo, we wanted to complement our core work supporting local researchers tackling development challenges with a robust science engagement programme, helping to close the...

The Travelling Telescope Hosts Mawazo at Kenya’s First Public Planetarium

The Travelling Telescope is a social outreach programme dedicated to promoting science and technology with astronomy, but on this day, they would be giving us...

How Mawazo is Improving the Odds for Young Girls Using Education

The Mawazo Institute is doing its part by providing scholarships to two secondary girl students at the Kenya High School, and by funding another promising...

The Nairobi Ideas Night ‘Works On It’; Presenting Solutions to Local Challenges

Dr. Eddine Sarroukh, Senior Advisor for Innovation & Technology, SDG Partnership Platform, UN Kenya Resident Coordinator’s Office. Dr. Eddine Sarroukh brimmed with energy as he...