When Inclusion Became Innovation: Team Omega Triumphs at AFRETEC-UNILAG Challenge 3.0
Inclusion was not merely a theme at the 2026 AFRETEC-UNILAG Inclusive Education Innovation Challenge Grand Finale. It was brought to life. Perhaps nowhere was this more powerfully demonstrated than in the story of Team Omega of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), which emerged as the overall winner of the competition with 71 points after a four-month intensive innovation journey. At the heart of the winning team was a woman living with disability, Miss Oluwakemi Aladesanmi, […]
UNILAG Sends Off Pioneer Greenstem Scholar, Celebrates African Research collaboration
The University of Lagos (UNILAG), through its Office of Global Engagement and Strategic Partnerships (OGESP), on Monday, August 24, 2026, hosted a send-off ceremony to mark the completion of the six-month GreenSTEM Intra-Africa Horizontal Mobility Programme by Mr. Senakpon Tcheton of the Global Change Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. Held at the OGESP Board Room, the ceremony brought together GreenSTEM scholars, supervisors, and staff, alongside participants who joined virtually from Nigeria and abroad. […]
Afretec Seed Grants for Inclusive Innovation: Call for Proposals
Carnegie Mellon University Africa (CMU-Africa), in collaboration with the African Engineering and Technology Network (Afretec), is inviting bold, collaborative research proposals. This is an opportunity to secure seed funding to build research capacity in engineering and technology while driving inclusive digital transformation across the African continent. Grant Details• Award Grant: Up to $30,000 USD per project• Duration: 12 months, starting Monday, February 1, 2027• Scale: Approximately 8 grants available Who should apply?• Teams led by […]
UNILAG Reimagines Global Engagement, Anchoring International Partnerships in African Identity
Global engagement is most meaningful when crossing borders does not mean losing sight of where one comes from. This conviction resonated at the Strategic Retreat convened by the Office of Global Engagement and Strategic Partnerships (OGESP), University of Lagos (UNILAG) on Saturday, August 8, 2026. Themed, “Reimagining Global Engagement: Strengthening Partnerships,” the retreat brought together members of the Global Engagement Committee representing the University’s nineteen (19) faculties, other strategic arms of the institution, and staff […]
Beyond the Thesis: How AFRETEC Doctoral Academy 2.0 is Redefining Research for Africa’s Future
For five (5) remarkable days, the University of Lagos became a living laboratory of ideas where Africa’s next generation of researchers gathered not simply to strengthen their doctoral work, but to rethink what research itself should accomplish. Scholars arrived not merely to improve their research proposals or refine their academic writing, but to confront a far more fundamental question: What is the true purpose of doctoral research in twenty-first-century Africa? Conversations extended beyond lecture halls […]
