2020 – PACKS Africa

04 Jul

Summit to call for urgent action to safeguard Africa’s future

July 4, 2020October 5, 2024Editor Events No Comments

Researchers from UoS and UDS with the Ghana Health Services district directorate team in Mion Climate change is threatening the long-term survival of rural African communities, leaving them unable to grow essential crops and unable to access healthcare due to extreme heat or rainfall. Researchers from the University of Southampton in the UK and the University for Development Studies in…

04 Jul

Decolonising International Development and Research – Kirchuffs Atengble

July 4, 2020October 5, 2024Editor Blog No Comments

PACKS Africa, a youth-led capacity development think-tank, recently hosted an internal seminar titled Decolonising International Development and Research, facilitated by Kirchuffs Atengble, Research and Outreach lead at the organization. The seminar critically examined the colonial legacies embedded in international development practices, and explored pathways for decolonisation. Mr. Atengble opened the discussion by defining international development as societal transformation on a…