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Africa-focused UNU projects

The United Nations University (UNU) is currently engaged in over 50 projects focused on Africa. Please find below a list of Africa-focused UNU projects. [Stocktaking: October 2011]

  1. African Migrants and Remittances

    This study aims to promote financial access to migrants by fostering competition in the money transfer market, building partnerships between and among microfinance institutions in ten sub-Saharan African countries and migrant associations across Europe, and providing microfinance institutions in select African counties with the technical assistance to develop more competitive money transfer services.

  2. Capacity-Building in South Africa, Namibia and Ghana to Create Sustainable, Non-Food Bio-Oil Supply Chains

    The European Union (EU) and African partners are collaborating to build sustainable non-food renewable bio-oil supply chains for providing combined heat and power (CHP) electricity, and in the future, the chemical feedstocks needed to replace fossil fuels.

  3. Education for Sustainable Development in Africa (ESDA)

    The ESDA Project aims to develop and test a graduate-level education programme for professionals to be engaged in sustainable development in Africa.

  4. Effect of Mining on the Environment and Health in Ghana, with Emphasis on Contamination of Natural Waters in the Obuasi and Tarkwa Areas by Heavy Metals and Arsenic

  5. Enhancing Resilience to Climate and Ecosystem Changes in Semi-Arid Africa: An Integrated Approach (CECAR-Africa)

    The goal of this project is to propose effective and implementable measures to build an integrated resilience enhancement strategy. 

  6. Equitorial Africa Deposition Network

  7. Foreign Aid and Democratization (integrated component of ReCom project)

  8. Knowledge and Capacity Needs Assesment of Stakeholders of Lake Bosumtwi

  9. Knowledge Needs Management and Capacity Development of National Councils for Sustainable Development (NCSDs) for Green Economy Governance in Africa

    Developing a green economy, one that improves the human condition while mitigating environmental risks, will provide great opportunities for resource efficient production, poverty eradication and inclusive growth in Africa.

  10. Learning to Compete (L2C): Accelerating Industrial Development in Africa

    This project is a comparative, country-based research programme that seeks to answer a seemingly simple but complex question: Why is there so little industry in Africa?

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