Strengthening academia-industry linkage and research space in the area of Civil Engineering for food security in sub-Saharan Africa (SAICE-Africa).
Our Mission
To support practical teaching and learning, enhanced by scientific research, in the area of civil engineering in sub-Saharan Africa.
Our overall objective
To strengthen the academia-industry linkage and research space in the area of Civil Engineering for food security in sub-Saharan Africa.
What is going on in SAICE-Africa
INES Ruhengeri hosted a three days International Conference on Civil Engineering Education
From Monday 1-3 November 2021, Institute of Applied Sciences (INES Ruhengeri) hosted an International Conference on Civil Engineering Education. The conference theme is:“Repositioning Civil Engineering Education for Sustainable Development”. “The objective of the conference is to bring together a number of higher education institutions and industries in sub-Saharan Africa, and beyond, to discuss the latest […]
HEP SSA awardee meeting
On the 23rd July 2020, a virtual meeting was organized by the Royal Academy of Engineering with all their awardees, during the timeframe 10:45-13:30 (BST). The objective of the meeting was to discuss various matters leading to the success of the HEP SSA programme. During the meeting all awardees were given the opportunity to introduce […]
Teaching engineers to tackle the SDGs
London conference organized by the Royal Academy of Engineering has the theme Problem-based learning – teaching engineers to tackle the SDGs. This conference marks the launch of World Engineering Day, a global celebration of the contributions made by the engineering profession to sustainable development, and an opportunity to highlight the role that the next generation […]
Launch of SAICE-Africa project
On this Monday 2nd December 2019, Wariara Waireri, Senior Manager of International Development at Royal Academy of Engineering, has visited INES-Ruhengeri in line with the official launch of the project titled “Strengthening academia-industry linkage and research space in the area of Civil Engineering for food security in Sub-Saharan Africa (SAICE-Africa)”. When welcoming the guest, Deputy […]
International team of next generation innovators win global engineering competition
An international team of student engineers from different universities across the UK, the US and China has won a global engineering competition with an elegant and practical idea to empower women in developing countries by providing cheap sanitary pads made from recycled clothing. The Empads concept was developed by Juncheng Shen (University of Nottingham Ningbo, […]
Inventor of paper-based sensor to help identify sepsis is named UK’s most promising young engineering entrepreneur
George Winfield, Founder and CEO of SPYRAS, announced as winner of the prestigious JC Gammon award, receiving a £15,000 prize with support from the Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Hub. SPYRAS is developing a low-cost, paper-based sensor to help identify sepsis in hospital patients by accurately monitoring their breathing rate. Finalist innovations ranged from a […]
