Workshop: The researcher’s environment in Africa: what strategies for the promotion of research excellence?
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
20-21 February 2020
To prepare for the launch of the Excellence in Africa initiative, the EPFL and the Francophonie Service of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs – FDFA, in close collaboration with the Swiss Embassy in Ivory Coast, wishes to bring together French-speaking African and Swiss academics interested in the emergence of research excellence in Africa with the following objectives:
- To map all the problems encountered by researchers in Africa;
- To list the possible solutions implemented by African researchers;
- Publish a compilation of good practices to promote the development of laboratories of excellence in Africa.