Oversight for GC Africa is currently provided by the AESA Partners Group (PG) and AESA’s Independent Strategic and Scientific Advisory Board (ISSAB).
The scheme seeks to promote Africa-led scientific innovations to help countries better achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by awarding seed and full grants to the continent’s most impressive solutions.
AESA implements GC Africa in partnership with the New Partnership for Africa’s Development Agency and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Funding Opportunities
E-Marketplace
News and Events
Mentorship
GC Africa has been set up to:
ISSAB provides advice on AESA’s scientific direction, strategy, operations to the AESA Director, AAS Executive Director and funding partners on an adhoc basis. ISSAB will also evaluate the GC Africa’s activities, specifically its contribution to promoting innovation in Africa.
Funding Opportunities E-Marketplace (coming soon) News and events
Africa-India Mobility Fund
Science and Language Mobility Scheme Africa
The African Postdoctoral Training Initiative
Call for Proposals to Tackle Antimicrobial Resistance
Africa Science Desk
GC Africa has partnered with the Global innovation Exchange to provide you with a freely available platform to highlight your innovation online.
If you have not already done so kindly add your innovation at globalinnovationexchange.org
Grand Challenges Africa
African Academy of Sciences
8 Miotoni Lane, Karen P.O. Box 24916-00502 Nairobi, Kenya
+254 20 240 5150, +254 20 8060674, +254 736 888 001, GCAfrica@aasciences.ac.ke