A former American astronaut Leland Melvin had breakfast meeting today with Director General of National Commission for Science and Technology at Ryalls Hotel . The meeting focused on encouraging STEM Education as well as STEM education curriculum. This is one of the aside activities outside the WiSci camp which includes meeting with MUST Read more…

Meeting Leland Melvin, Former NASA Astronaut

    The Global Research Council (GRC) is global organization dedicated to promoting the sharing of data and best practices for high-quality collaboration among research funding agencies worldwide. Since its Inception in 2012, the GRC hosts annual and regional meetings attended by approximately 60 Heads of Research Councils from around Read more…

Malawi-NCST and Zambia-NSTC to Co-host Regional GRC Meeting

The overall objective of this project is to assess the feasibility of solar drying technologies for reducing post-harvest losses in maize in Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique. It is envisaged that the project can lead to reduced grain losses; improved grain quality; and improved farmers’ resilience to the negative effects of Read more…

Launch of “Assessment of Solar Drying for Maize to Reduce Postharvest Losses”

  1. Background The African leadership through African Union (AU) Agenda 20631 , Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy for Africa (STISA) 2024 and predecessor frameworks2,3,4 acknowledges that science, technology and innovation (ST&I) are critical drivers of economic development. STISA 2024, as part of the AU Agenda 2063, places STI at Read more…

Science Granting Council Initiative Theme 2: Developing R&D and Innovation Performance Assessment-Data Analysis and Reporting on Selected STI Indicators Training Workshop

The 12-week Global Leadership course took place at Cornell University in Ithaca New York. The Alliance for Science programme which is hosted in the University’s School of Agriculture and Life Sciences facilitated and financed this programme with assistance from The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. A total of 4 Malawians Read more…

NCST Attends Alliance for Science programme

NCST under the facilitation of COMESA and the Malawi Investment and Trade Centre, signed an MOU with the Egypt’s’ Bahgat Group of Companies in April, 2016. The MOU intends to establish a platform of cooperation in the fields of research and development, innovation and technology specifically in the areas of Read more…

Malawi students to study Nanotechnology in Egypt

The Inception meeting and NeedFinding workshop attracted participants from the following SGCs: Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi, Namibia, Uganda, Senegal, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Resource persons came from the following institutions: African Union Commission, New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Agency, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), and SARIMA. The following Read more…

Science Granting Council Initiative (Sgci) – Theme #2 Inception Meeting And Needfinding Workshop, Windhoek, Namibia From 3rd To 7th October 2016

SEEKING NOMINATION TO PARTICIPATE IN TRAINING WORKSHOP ON DEVELOPING TALENTS OF WOMEN IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION (STI), 18 – 21 JULY 2016, KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA The International Science, Technology and Innovation Centre for South-South Cooperation under the auspices of UNESCO (ISTIC), have the honour to inform you that ISTIC Read more…

Seeking Women Nomination to Participate in STI Workshop

Digital Empowerment Programm

The NCST and Bahgat Group of Companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a platform of cooperation in the fields of research and development, innovation and technology. Signing on behalf of the NCST was the Directory General, Anthony Muyepa and on behalf of the Bahgat Group was the Read more…

NCST Signs Mou With Bahgat Group Of Companies On Science And Technology Research And Development