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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...

‘Chemistry is Cool’ Young Girls Explore Science with Mawazo

Ashet-Tsalmiel was thrilled she told us, as the purpose of her class is to not only educate students but also encourage them to realize that...

Mawazo Scholar, Melisa Allela, Chosen for HEVA Cultural Heritage Seed Fund

We can’t tell you how exciting it is to hear about one of Scholars excelling in their field and gaining due recognition for their important...

The Transformative Power of African Research

As a research institution, Mawazo takes the opportunity to celebrate the African researchers whose innovations and findings are creating a future that centers African solutions...

Africa Science Week

Africa Science Week (ASW) is an initiative by the Next Einstein Forum (NEF) comprised of concurrent week-long science engagement events across the continent that seek...

DNA: “An Instruction Manual for All Organisms”

Aside from being the cornerstone of any good crime TV show investigation, DNA is the very stuff we are made of, and spring from. Which...

Meet the Women of Mawazo

What do you do? The Mawazo (meaning ‘ideas’ in Kiswahili) Institute is a research and leadership incubator for African women with big ideas. Our mission...

Mawazo Institute Research Symposium

“Given the immense talent on the continent, why aren’t there more African scholars in the global research community? And what are the implications of this...

Meet Marilyn Ronoh, Mathematician and Mawazo Scholar

I was initially exposed to the use of mathematical methods to study infectious diseases while pursuing my masters in Applied Mathematics at the University of...