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 the number of women in our network who completed their PhD programmes. In Africa the attrition rate for PhD programmes can be as low as 5% to as high as […]
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 meeting. Their report’s insights complement our own Status of African Women in Research report, presented at the event by CEO Dr. Fiona Wanjiku Moejes, and together they tell an exciting […]
Mawazo Giving Tuesday 2025 : Why Your Support Matters
Giving Tuesday is a global moment of generosity that brings people together to support the causes and communities that shape our world. It’s a reminder of what becomes possible when we rally around African women researchers whose work is transforming the continent. Across the 66 African universities that we represent, our Fellows and Alumni are […]
Research to Leadership – Leading G20 discussions on women in STEM
On 20th September, the G20 Research and Innovation Working Group hosted a side event in Pretoria, South Africa, on Closing the Gender Gap in STI. Building on the first G20 Women & Girls in Science Side Event held in February 2025, the second convening moved beyond dialogue to focus on accelerating action for gender-responsive policies, […]
Research to Leadership: Mentoring the next Generation of African Women Scientists
In 2025, the Mawazo Institute started a Communities of Practice (COP) initiative where members of our alumni Connects Network can collaborate on an interdisciplinary project and apply for funding under the Connects Fund to finance the project. One such COP initiative is a mentorship programme being led by 2023 Mawazo Fellow Dr. Johra Ali, with […]
In her own words: A Cameroonian Mawazo Fellow on the ‘International Day of the Girl Child’
In Tiko Sub-Division, Cameroon, conflict has changed every part of daily life. It has displaced families, closed schools, and unleashed a cycle of ghost towns and lockdowns, where movement is restricted and safety is never certain. For girls, this has meant the loss of classrooms and play, but even more, the risk of gender-based violence […]
From Research to Policy: Cervical Cancer Screening in Makueni, Kenya
On Wednesday 9th September, I had the opportunity to attend the Cervical Cancer Service Delivery Policy Engagement Forum in Makueni County – an eye-opening experience that also gave me a front-row seat to the incredible work of our 2023 Mawazo Fellow, Loise Nthambi. Loise Nthambi is passionate about ensuring that all Kenyan women have access […]
This Giving Tuesday, Support African Women in Research
It is Giving Tuesday today, a day where global generosity is encouraged, for people to show support for their favourite initiatives. As a participating organisation, today we want to illustrate why and how the Mawazo Institute supports African women researchers. Research in Africa is missing Africans. Currently, only about 2% of global research originates from […]
How the Mawazo Institute helped launch a Kenyan IT scientist’s career as an entrepreneur
Before joining the Mawazo Fellowship Programme in 2023, Dorcas Mwigereri was already an accomplished youth activist and the founder of a company called Solar Jiji Technologies, which utilised her ongoing PhD research. What she lacked was a sense of direction, a strategy to elevate her business and research journey and additional funding to complete her […]
How the Mawazo Fellowship Programme Impacted a South African Climate Scientist’s PhD journey
Luleka Dlamini joined the Mawazo Fellowship Programme at the perfect time for her research journey. As a PhD candidate just starting her research at the University ofCape Town, she found that the Program was a great fit for her academic work “The different courses on the website helped me with the things I thought I […]