Blog – SAICE-Africa

INES Ruhengeri hosted a three days International Conference on Civil Engineering Education

Posted on January 18, 2022January 23, 2022 by faduadmin

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 […]

Virtual workshop

Posted on July 10, 2021 by faduadmin

Virtual workshop on “The UN SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure): How far are we and what is the contribution of the SAICE-Africa project?” Click here for the Workshop schedule.

Upcoming events

Posted on June 5, 2021June 5, 2021 by faduadmin

International research conference to be hosted physically during the period 1-3 November 2021. Theme of the conference: Repositioning Civil Engineering Education for Sustainable Development. The details are accessible from www.saice-conference.org. The third workshop to be hosted virtually during the period 27-29 July 2021. Theme of the workshop: The UN SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation, and […]

Activities planned in the SAICE-Africa project and upcoming events

Posted on June 5, 2021June 5, 2021 by faduadmin

The Gantt chart, which is accessible here, provides information about the activities planned in the SAICE-Africa project and upcoming events.

Virtual workshop on Academia-industry collaboration in teaching and research in the area of Civil Engineering

Posted on November 24, 2020November 24, 2020 by faduadmin

A virtual workshop on Academia-industry collaboration in teaching and research in the area of Civil Engineering was organised during the period 9-11 November 2020, hosted by the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. The sessions of the workshop on the first and second days were facilitated by a number of UK experts, with the first day focusing […]

SAICE-Africa project meeting of 24 August 2020

Posted on September 10, 2020September 10, 2020 by faduadmin

A zoom meeting held on 24 August 20201 discussing the progress of the SAICE-Africa project. The agenda of the meeting was: Actions from the Skype meeting held on 14 Feb 2020; Management of the project during the period March-August 2020(Overview of the COVID-19 crisis in partner university countries, achievements, and challenges); Extension of the project […]

HEP SSA awardee meeting

Posted on July 28, 2020August 31, 2020 by faduadmin

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

Posted on March 6, 2020March 6, 2020 by faduadmin

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

Posted on December 6, 2019December 8, 2019 by faduadmin

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

Posted on October 28, 2019 by faduadmin

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, […]