Mawazo Ideas Events: Building Platforms for Innovative Engagement
At Mawazo, we believe that ideas are the essence of creativity, the spark to innovation, and the call to research. This is why we invest in getting good ideas out into the public domain. To do this, we organise a variety of events under the Mawazo Ideas platform. These include, the Mawazo Ideas Night (MIN), a recurring public event that offers local researchers, scholars and other self-identifying nerds an informal and engaging platform to present their ideas to the public, and the Mawazo Ideas Exchange which gathers participants to deep dive into issues in their unique fields of practice.
Find out more about our past events below and check our events calendar to join the next Mawazo Ideas event.
Mawazo Ideas Night: Her Research Reality: Unveiling the Journey of African Women in Academia
During this edition of Mawazo Ideas Night, the Mawazo Institute hosted an event focused on addressing the poor representation of African women in research and academia. Four teams, grouped under the thematic areas of Environment, Gender, Technology, and Indigenous Knowledge, presented innovative solutions to this pressing issue. The event featured trivia questions for audience engagement and participation. The goal is to document emerging ideas, identify cross-sectoral innovations, and promote the integration of co-created knowledge into research practices to strengthen the collaborative process and enhance the impact of research efforts.
You can find more about the event here or watch the conversation here
(July 17, 2024)
Mawazo Ideas Exchange: International Women’s Day Workshops
In honor of International Women's Day 2024, the Mawazo Institute held a series of events from Tuesday, March 05, 2024 to Thursday, March 07, 2024. These events aimed to highlight the importance of recognizing women researchers as innovators and celebrate their contributions to the innovation landscape. Discussions centered around understanding the challenges faced by African women researchers in engaging with the innovation ecosystem, exploring unmet research needs, and creating synergies between research and innovation ecosystem players to encourage the uptake of research innovation outputs by women.
You can find more about the event here or watch the conversation here
(March 5, 2024 - March 7, 2024)
