Excellence in Africa

is an EPFL research centre whose DNA is digital and excellence in research, training and innovation across an entire continent: Africa.

News

The new MOOC of Dr Chenal is on the ACL platform

01.02.23EPFL

We are delighted to announce the opening of the African Cities Lab educational platform. This platform aims to train the current and next generation of urban planners, decision makers and academics across the African continent by offering quality online education on topics such as #urbanplanning, #landuse, #wastemanagement, #renewableenergy

Journée Osez tous les métiers 2022

16.11.22EPFL

On Thursday 11 November 2022, the EXAF Centre welcomed 8 children aged 11 to 13 to discover the whole process of producing a MOOC. In collaboration with the Centre for Digital Education (CEDE), the children discovered the writing of a pedagogical scenario, its cutting, the recording of the course in a studio and the editing.

Num-Urb: Digital tech at the service of urban planning in Africa

12.08.22EPFL

Applying digital technologies to an urban environment was the main topic of discussion during several events organised by the Centre Excellence in Africa (EXAF) early June in Dakar.

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Interview

Interview of Thomas Kivevele Senior Lecturer at The NM-AIST

12.12.22EPFL community

Under the context of the JFD programme, we want to demonstrate that biofuels can be sustainable, by assessing the potential to convert diverse inedible/ underutilized African biomass into biodiesel.

Interview of Zaineb AbdelKafi from the Pasteur Institute in Tunis

13.10.22EPFL community

My name is Zaineb AbdelKafi, I am a Tunisian national. My academic and research background has allowed me to gain experience in different disciplines such as biochemistry, protein engineering and cell culture. As a result, I became interested in studying the pharmacological activities of active molecules purified from animal venom against different cancer pathologies

Interview of Steve Ndengue, Senior Lecturer at ICTP-EAIFR, Rwanda

08.09.22EPFL community

Producing a fuel simply from water and sunlight can seem like a dream, but it’s actually possible. Unfortunately, practical applications are hampered by our limited understanding of the photochemical processes. This is the challenge that Dr. Steve Ndengue and Prof. Marzari from EPFL are taking on with their project on with his project funded by the Junior Faculty Development Programme.

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Partners across a continent

The projects

Excellence in Africa Initiative

The Mohammed VI Polyntechnic University and the EPFL have designed an initiative based on three axes: the Junior Faculty development, 100 PhDs for Africa and Centres of Competence in Digital Education.

The impact of digital technologies on west African cities

The aim of the pre-feasibility study, co-financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (DFAE / DDC), is to show the potential impact of digital technology on sustainable development of West African cities. The objective of the study is also to understand if the use of digital tools in urban settings can improve the quality of life of the most vulnerable citizens.

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African Cities Lab

The African Cities Lab Project aims at creating a digital education platform on urban development in Africa

Contact

Centre Excellence in Africa – EXAF

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