Africa Oxford Initiative

https://www.afox.ox.ac.uk/

Founded in 2016

Network of 250 African researchers

in 120 institutions

in 32 countries

The Africa Oxford Initiative (AfOx) is a cross-university platform to facilitate the development of equitable and extensive collaborations between Oxford and African institutions. AfOx creates an ecosystem for African students, entrepreneurs and researchers to collaborate and flourish while addressing some of the world’s most pressing challenges AfOx students, researchers and innovators are improving livelihoods and safeguarding our future. They are uncovering hidden histories of our past and finding new sources to create energy for the future. They are solving real world challenges and accelerating progress towards the sustainable development goals.

Researcher in a local setup with three local villagers

Led by Professor Kevin Marsh and Dr Anne Makena, the Africa Oxford Initiative (AfOx) supports a wide range of activities including a travel grant scheme, acting as a resource to facilitate major funding applications, supporting high quality meetings and providing academic and mentorship support to African students and research staff in Oxford. AfOx supports the development of new collaborations with African institutions in all academic disciplines including global health. We currently work with colleagues in 36 countries across Africa.

Visit the AfOx website