🎉 Congratulations to our AFAS fellow Karim Sékongo on his PhD defense on 25.07.2026! His research combined #indigenousknowledge, tree ecology, and beneficial soil fungi to support the #conservation and #sustainablemanagement of key savanna tree species in #CôtedIvoire 🌳🌍 #PhD #NbS #Africa

🌍 New blog! ✍🏽🌱 Read our new blog by our PhD student Joseph Ndiba, on how Africa's youth are advancing climate resilience through innovation, knowledge, and sustainable agriculture. Read more: www.afas.africa/cultivating-... #ClimateResilience #SustainableAgriculture

📄🚨 New Policy Brief! 📘🌍Explore our latest policy brief by our student, Thomas Alhassan. 📄Read it here: 👉 www.afas.africa/wp-content/u... 🔍 Discover more AFAS policy briefs: 👉 www.afas.africa/resources/po... #NatureBasedSolutions #ClimateChange #Mangroves #Lamu #Kenya #ClimateResilience

🌍 Don’t miss the 2nd Climate Lecture by Irene Vélez Torres, Colombia’s Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development! 📅 7 July 2026 | 12:00–13:15 UTC (or 14:00-15:15 CEST) | Online & free Register now: lnkd.in/emg2BSEQ #ClimateAction #DAAD #FossilFuelTransition #Sustainability #Colombia

📸We’re pleased to share the publication of the 2025 AFAS Photo Report!📸 The report brings together highlights from our main activities throughout 2025 ✨ Take a look and explore the full photo report on our website: lnkd.in/gb_zFjfb 🌍 #AFAS #AnnualReport #2025 #DAAD

🚨 Nouvelle note politique (version française) 🚨 📘🌍 Découvrez notre dernière note politique rédigée par notre Alumni, Atud Cecile Bih. 📄 Lire ici : 👉 lnkd.in/dw4nYSgT 🔍 Découvrez plus de notes politiques AFAS : 👉https://www.afas.africa/fr/ressources/notes-politiques/

🚨 Nouvelle note politique (version française) 🚨 📘🌍 Découvrez notre dernière note politique rédigée par notre Alumni, Theophilus Dumenyo. 📄 Lire ici : 👉 www.afas.africa/wp-content/u... 🔍 Découvrez plus de notes politiques AFAS : 👉https://www.afas.africa/fr/ressources/notes-politiques/

📢 24 doctoral researchers and 8 postdoctoral researchers open positions! The positions offered by the new collaboration center (CRC 1780) focuses on #sustainablefoodsystems in #Europe and #Africa. 🌍 More information below ⬇️ www.zef.de/fooddiverse @zefbonn.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social

📢 DAAD Climate Lecture Series 2026 🌍 DAAD's digital 4-part series returns on May 12! Join experts in #climate & #environment sharing insights on key developments in sustainability. 📅Save the date & learn more in the flyer. #DAAD #ClimateAction #Sustainability #LectureSeries

🌍 AFAS Workshop 2025 in Abidjan 🇨🇮 From 24–28 Nov, AFAS brought together diverse stakeholders to scale Nature-Based Solutions for resilient savannas 🌱 ⚡Focusing on collaboration & integrating Indigenous knowledge with research and policy. Read more: www.afas.africa/afas-multi-d... #AFAS #NbS

🚨 New Policy Brief 🚨 📘🌍Explore our latest policy brief by our Alumni, Nancy Karikari. 📄Read it here: 👉https://www.afas.africa/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Policy-Brief-Nancy-Karikari-.pdf 🔍 Discover more AFAS policy briefs: 👉https://www.afas.africa/resources/policy-briefs/

🚨 New Policy Brief 🚨 📘🌍Explore our latest #policy brief by our Alumni, Yao Kevin Kouassi. 📄Read it here: 👉https://www.afas.africa/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Policy-brief-Kevin-1_-Final.pdf 🔍 Discover more AFAS policy briefs: 👉https://www.afas.africa/resources/policy-briefs/ #Biodiversity #NbS

🌍 AFAS Master’s Fellowships – Apply by 31 March! ⏳ Only 1 day left! 18 fully funded spots in Nairobi & Abidjan. 🔎Focus: Water, Agriculture, Energy, One Health, Biodiversity. 👉 Apply: www.afas.africa/call-for-app... #AFAS #DAAD #nbs #AfricanSavannas

🌍 AFAS Master’s Fellowships – Apply by 31 March! ⏳ Only 12 days left! 18 fully funded spots in Nairobi & Abidjan. 🔎Focus: Water, Agriculture, Energy, One Health, Biodiversity. 👉 Apply: www.afas.africa/call-for-app... #AFAS #DAAD #nbs #AfricanSavannas

🎓 AFAS Knowledge Exchange Week 2025 in Nairobi 🇰🇪 brought together AFAS students, staff & partners from Cologne, Bonn, Abidjan & Nairobi. ⚡A week of research, professional development & Nature-based Solutions 🌍 Read more: www.afas.africa/afas-knowled... #KnowledgeExchange #AFASCommunity

AFAS Knowledge Exchange, Engagement & Dissemination Week 2025: Strengthening Collaborative Research in Nairobi - AFAS

The AFAS Knowledge Exchange, Engagement & Dissemination week took place in Nairobi, Kenya, from 13–17 October 2025. During this week, the AFAS team from the University of Cologne, the University of Bo...

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🌍 AFAS Master’s Fellowships – Apply by 31 March! ⏳ Only 20 days left! 18 fully funded spots in Nairobi & Abidjan. 🔎Focus: Water, Agriculture, Energy, One Health, Biodiversity. 👉 Apply: www.afas.africa/call-for-app... #AFAS #DAAD #nbs #AfricanSavannas

🌍 AFAS Master’s Fellowships – Apply by 31 March! ⏳ Only 26 days left! 18 fully funded spots in Nairobi & Abidjan. 🔎Focus: Water, Agriculture, Energy, One Health, Biodiversity. 👉 Apply: www.afas.africa/call-for-app... #AFAS #DAAD #nbs #AfricanSavannas

🌍 New Blog ✍🏽🌾 Saitabau Lulunken explores how Maasai pastoralists use indigenous knowledge & grass reserves as Nature-based Solutions to adapt to climate change in the Amboseli ecosystem, Kenya. 🌱 #IndigenousKnowledge #MaasaiPastoralism #AFAS #Research 👉 Read more: www.afas.africa/when-elders-...

When Elders Govern Grass: Indigenous Adaptation in the Amboseli Ecosystem, Kenya - AFAS

Climate change constitutes one of the most pressing global challenges of our time. Its impacts fall disproportionately upon indigenous communities who have contributed least to its causes yet possess ...

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📢 We’re relaunching our #Twitter presence to advance our engagement and knowledge sharing on climate and savanna research in Africa! 🌍 Follow us at @afas_cc to stay connected with our latest research, publications, and collaborative initiatives! 👉https://x.com/afas_cc #weareback #AfricanResearch

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🌍 Call for Applications: Master Fellowships AFAS is offering 18 fully funded Master fellowships on #climateadaptation & #biodiversity in #AfricanSavannas! 📍 Nairobi (Kenya) 📍 Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire) 🗓 Deadline: 31st March, 2026 Apply here: lnkd.in/eM9qBzED @daadworldwide.bsky.social

🌍✍🏽 AFAS Student Blog | New Post Jonathan Bachiseze Magala examines how cashew in Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire, evolved from a 1960s reforestation crop into a global commodity — and the sustainability lessons for African savannas. 🌳🌍 👉 Read more: www.afas.africa/from-restora... #StudentBlog

From Restoration Goal to Socioeconomic Prominence: Sustainability Lessons from Cashew Expansion in Northern Côte d’Ivoire Savannas - AFAS

When I arrived in Korhogo, northern Côte d’Ivoire, for my master’s fieldwork under the African Climate and Environment Center – Future African Savannas Programme (AFAS), I expected to study agroforest...

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🚨 New Policy Brief 🚨 📘🌍Explore our latest policy brief by our Alumni, Jonathan Magala. 📄Read it here: 👉 www.afas.africa/wp-content/u... Discover more AFAS policy briefs: 👉https://www.afas.africa/resources/policy-briefs/ #PolicyBrief #AFAS #Agroforestry #SavannaEcosystems #FoodSecurity

🚨 New Policy Brief 🚨 🦁🌍Explore our latest policy brief by our Alumni, Kabir Adelakun. 📄 Read it here: 👉 www.afas.africa/wp-content/u... Discover more AFAS policy briefs: 👉 www.afas.africa/resources/po...

📢🌍 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 🌍🎓 AFAS invites applications for 3 funded positions in Nature-based Solutions: 🔹 Postdoc – Univ. of Nairobi 🇰🇪 🔹 Postdoc – UFHB 🇨🇮 🔹 PhD – UFHB 🇨🇮 📅 Deadlines: • 29 Jan 2026 (Kenya Postdoc) • 15 Feb 2026 (UFHB Postdoc & PhD) 🔗 Apply here: www.afas.africa/open-postdoc...

🌍We’re excited to share the first AFAS student blog of the year✍🏽✨, reflecting on the documentary "The Battle for Laikipia"🎥. The blog captures their critical engagement with #climatechange, #land, and #livelihoods in Kenya’s rangelands 🌱🐄. 👉 Read the full blog here: www.afas.africa/resource-con...

Resource Conflicts in a Changing Climate: A Reflective Blog on the Battle for Laikipia - AFAS

The Battle for Laikipia is a documentary film set in Laikipia County, Kenya. It highlights the complexities of land conflicts between indigenous pastoralist communities such as the Samburu and large-s...

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🌍 BRIDGES Cologne Policy Insights #3 reflects on our team’s participation in the UNFCCC SB62 “pre-COP” in Bonn. AFAS team members Dr Gerda Kuiper, Prof. Daniel Olago & Dr Juliet Kamau attended. Read more 👉 bridges-hub.cologne/bridges-colo... #SB62 #DAAD #ClimateAction

BRIDGES Cologne Policy Insights #3: Science-policy platforms for more inclusive Nature-based Solutions - UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Thematic Hub for Planetary Wellbeing

The AFAS team published the open-access article “Nature-based solutions in the savanna belt of Africa: Insights from a systematic review” last year. The

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🚨 New Policy Brief 🚨 🌱💧Explore our latest policy brief by our Alumni, Annet Margaret Nabirye. 📄 Read it here: 👉 www.afas.africa/wp-content/u... Discover more AFAS policy briefs: 👉 www.afas.africa/resources/po... #PolicyBrief #AFAS #NatureBasedSolutions #FloodManagement #ClimateResilience

🌿 Day 5 | Final day in the field exploring nature-based solutions + sustainable land use. 🔎 Agroforestry at Mr. Ambroise’s plantation 🌱 Seed conservation & #Reforestation at SODEFOR A strong, hands-on finish to the week ✨ 📸 Photo credits: Macline Hien #Agroforestry #SeedConservation #afas

Day 4 at AFAS Knowledge Exchange Week 🚀 On Day 4, we held concurrent sessions that powered progress: 🔹 Staff: Curriculum & Capacity Sustainability Lab 🔹 Students: Policy Brief Writing Boot Camp A strong day of skills, strategy & future-focused growth. 💡✨ #AFAS #CapacityBuilding #Impact

🌍 Day 3 of the AFAS Knowledge Exchange Week in Abidjan! A full workshop day with PI presentations, a keynote on Nature-Based Solutions, and a panel on Indigenous knowledge + science. We ended with co-creating Phase 2 research themes — a big step toward Africa-focused solutions. 🚀🌱