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It was a great pleasure and an honour to participate in a ground-breaking strategic planning workshop in South Africa, from August 10th-15th 2016, with a dozen of diversely skilled experts to work on the foundation of one-of-a-kind summer school \/ institute that will be offering courses in inclusive science, engineering, innovation and entrepreneurship from an Africa perspective.<\/p>\n

The multidisciplinary task force is constituted of science, innovation and technology scholars and practitioners from prestigious universities such as the MIT,<\/a> Brown university,<\/a> Eduardo Mondlane university<\/a>, university of the Western Cape<\/a>, university of Cape Town<\/a>, the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) from university of Sussex<\/a>, Steve Biko Institute<\/a> as well as Archaeologists, Anthropologists, Sociologists, Award-winning Filmmaker, Entrepreneurs and indigenous knowledge experts from Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Nigeria, Togo, Kenya, Uganda, USA and Brazil.<\/p>\n

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The team work included fieldwork in designated sites such as Makuleke, Venda, Malamulele and Saselamane to observe a variety of trades, craftsmen and craft women and also get the perspective of the younger generation in order to design a Pan-African summer school curriculum fit for the 21st<\/sup> century.<\/p>\n

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The event was sponsored by the MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society led by Dr Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga<\/a> and the Dr.Shadreck Chirikure’s<\/a> unit at the University of Cape Town.<\/p>\n

Our hard work was rewarded the last day\u00a0in the heart of South Africa’s greatest reserve,\u00a0Kruger national park<\/a>, with\u00a0a safari excursion, enjoying a\u00a0fantastic game viewing of elephants, buffalo, rhino, antelopes, giraffes, hyenas, etc.<\/p>\n

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Click here <\/a>to view more photos.\u00a0Did you like this post? Comment below and\u00a0share this conversation with your friends.<\/p>\n

If you’d like more information and would like to get involved in\u00a0this ground breaking initiative, please get in touch.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>

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