WASCAL Ministerial Council has held its 4th biennial meeting that seeks to bring all ministers responsible for environmental, climate change renewable energy and higher education within the WASCAL member states in West Africa. This year’s theme, “Enhancing West Africa’s scientific capacity towards accelerated climate action for sustainable development” seeks to create the platform for the Continue Reading
The University of Rostock (UR) wishes to apply a portion of its budgetary allocation under the waste to energy as a sustainable solution for Ghana project to procure the following items classified under 2 lots. Notice is hereby served for all interested vendors/parties to put in their bid for any of the lots. Vendors/parties can Continue Reading
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Ghana’s new minister of Environment, Science, Technology, and innovation (MESTI), Honorable. Dr. Kwaku Afriyie has paid a working visit to the Hybrid Waste to Energy project site in the Ashanti Region as part of its engagement with WASCAL. In an interaction with the WASCAL team, led by the 2nd deputy chairman of WASCAL governing board, Continue Reading
The West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL), and the Association of African Universities (AAU) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaboratively build and make provision for tailor made climate and environmental services for development efforts in critical climate smart agriculture, food systems, water and sanitation, renewable Continue Reading
One hundred and thirty prospective West African beneficiaries of WASCAL’s scholarship students from across West Africa participated in the inaugural edition of the WASCAL Open Day for students who are applying to the newly introduced international master’s programme in energy and green hydrogen technology. The one-day event which took place via zoom, was under the Continue Reading
A two-day meeting of Directors of WASCAL Graduate Studies Programme (GSP) from twelve lead Universities was held virtually in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) to deliberate on building sustainable innovative centre of excellence in Climate Change. The objective of the meeting was to deliberate on accreditation processes of the school Continue Reading
The WASCAL 1st batch of students in Master’s Research Programme in Climate Change and Marine Sciences, Cabo Verde, have paid an academic visit to the “Fazenda do Camarão”, the shrimp farm located in Calhau, as part of its field work of the programme. The visit sought to observe the species of microalgae used in the Continue Reading
WASCAL in partnership with ECOWAS has launched research project to identify the impact of climate change and adaptation cost on agriculture, water sector and coastal zones in West Africa. This study will contribute to the vision of ECOWAS strategic programme on the reduction of vulnerability and adaptation to climate change: “by the end of 2030, Continue Reading
The University of Rostock (UR) in Germany and West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) seek to apply portion of their budgetary allocation under the Waste2Energy project to procure the following contracts: Lot 1 – Road and terrain construction Design and construction of a 0.5 km road from the Continue Reading
Humanity is surrounded by millions of life forms making it paramount to understand how these life forms are and what makes their environment unique. If this life form lives on solid earth, it is easier to a degree to study such, however, if this life form exists in the ocean, monitoring it requires a helping Continue Reading