Schedule

• From data to action: Developing evidence-based advocacy campaigns (CHReaD & AHRIDA) 

• Commercialization of research and innovations through public-private partnerships 

• Closed session by the SFA Foundation 

Plenary 4: Optimising domestic financing for development in Africa 

• Research and innovation for wealth creation to realize Agenda 2063 – II 

• Innovations to achieve Africa’s energy infrastructure goals for Agenda 2063 

• Using evidence to inform educational policy for development 

• Innovative vector control: shaping Africa’s next frontier in Malaria elimination and public health resilience 

• Advancing inclusive development in Africa: Experiences and best practices for integrating gender in evidence-informed policymaking processes 

• Centering equity and inclusion in accelerating progress towards the realization of Agenda 2063 goals 

• Advancing regional evidence-informed policymaking (EIP) practice in Africa 

• Strengthening national gender observatories: Building inclusive data ecosystems for policy impact in West Africa 

• Building a robust research and innovation ecosystem for sustainable development 

• Strengthening STI capacity for emergency preparedness in health crises 

• Advancing maternal and child health: Innovations, evidence, and impact  

Plenary 5: The central place of citizen evidence in accelerating Africa’s Agenda 2063 progress 

• Youth Panel 

• Utilising STI indicators for informed science policy decision making  

• Harnessing evidence for an inclusive green and digital future of work in Africa 

• Sustaining investments in Africa’s population and demographic dividend in the context of a changing global funding landscape    

• Enhancing food production for realization of Agenda 2063 goals 

• Innovations in business development for wealth creation