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SUMMARY:Visiting African Fellows' Research Showcase - African Researchers
DTSTART:20161117T140000Z
DTEND:20161117T163000Z
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CONTACT:Sophia Mahroo
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by the Cambridge-Africa Programme\, in partnership with
  Hughes Hall\, Cambridge\n\nFive visiting African researchers (CAPREx Fell
 ows: http://www.cambridge-africa.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/caprex/fellows/fell
 ows-2016-17) will make presentations on the exciting\, Africa-focused rese
 arch projects that they are undertaking in collaboration with Cambridge ac
 ademics. \nAll are welcome to attend. \n\n14:00-14:15            *Tea/coff
 ee*\n\n14:15-14:20            *Welcome and introduction*\n\nProfessor Davi
 d Dunne  (Cambridge-Africa Programme Director)  \n\n14:20-14:45   *Develop
 ing vocational pedagogy to enhance the learning and teaching of agricultur
 e in African schools and reduce youth unemployment*\n\nDr John James Okiro
 r (Lecturer\, Department of Extension and Innovation Studies\, Makerere Un
 iversity)\n\nCambridge Collaborators: Professor Geoff Hayward and Dr Mark 
 Winterbottom\, Faculty of Education \n\nAssessing the vocational pedagogic
 al needs of agriculture teachers and instructors in Uganda and Ghana\; add
 ressing the need to provide food security with the increasingly youthful p
 opulation of sub-Saharan Africa and dwindling employment opportunities in 
 the urban industrial sector.\n\n14:45-15:10   *Translating administrative 
 documents from French to English for a Ugandan Audience: A sociolinguistic
  and pragmatic approach*\n\nDr Enoch David Sebuyungo (Lecturer and Coordin
 ator for Centre for Language and Communication\, Department of European an
 d Oriental Languages\, Makerere University)\n\nCambridge Collaborator: Dr 
 Edith Esch\, Faculty of Education and Department of Theoretical and Applie
 d Linguistics\nLooking at how best to ensure effective translation across 
 borders and cultures for Uganda\, an Anglophone country surrounded by Fren
 ch-speaking neighbours.\n\n15:10-15:35   *Technologizing’ Orality: Towar
 d a Hybrid Model of Oral Media for Rural Communities in Central Uganda*\n\
 nDr Aaron Mushengyezi (Associate Professor/Dean\, Department of Literature
 \, Makerere University)\n\nCambridge Collaborator:  Dr Andrea Grant\, Cent
 re for African Studies \n\nExamining how indigenous media forms have been 
 hybridised by modern technology and how effective they are as channels of 
 communication in rural areas.\n\n15:35-16:00  *Origins and Evolution of Ep
 idemic Cholera in Ghana*\n\nDr Japheth Opintan (Senior Lecturer\, Departme
 nt of Medical Microbiology\, University of Ghana)\n\nCambridge Collaborato
 r: Professor Gordon Dougan\, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute\n\nPerforming
  whole genome sequencing (WGS) on archived epidemic Vibrio cholerae isolat
 es to create a genetic library for studying population diversity and evolu
 tion of the organism\; offering an opportunity to identify\, predict and m
 odel preventive measures against future epidemics.\n\n16:00-16:25  *Novel 
 Marine-Derived Actinomycetes from Ghana’s Western and Volta Regional Wet
 lands: Genetic Sequences\, Chemistry and Biological Activity Profiles*\n\n
 Dr Kwaku Kyeremeh (Senior Lecturer\, Department of Chemistry\, University 
 of Ghana)\n\nCambridge Collaborator: Professor Peter  Leadlay\, Department
  of Biochemistry\n\nNew\, un- or underexplored extreme environments harbou
 r novel microorganisms with the novel genetic and biosynthetic capability 
 to produce our future drug prototypes. This study thus emphasises the impo
 rtance of protecting Ghana’s wetlands beyond the known ecological and so
 cio-economic factors.\n\n16:25-16:30  *Closing Remarks *\nDr Pauline Essah
  (Cambridge-Africa Programme Manager and Senior Member of Hughes Hall\, Ca
 mbridge)\n\nHughes Hall is one of the Cambridge Colleges that have linked 
 up with the Cambridge-Africa Programme to host African fellows visiting Ca
 mbridge. Hughes Hall kindly sponsors this event\, to give African fellows 
 visiting the University of Cambridge the opportunity to showcase their res
 earch in Cambridge and obtain constructive feedback.
LOCATION:Pavillion Room\, Hughes Hall\, University of Cambridge\, Cambridg
 e\, CB1 2EW
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