Global connections for healthy communities
At a time when Australia is developing strong economic partnerships with African states, UQ is working hand-in-hand with the region's leading institutions and organisations to find answers to some of the biggest challenges of our time – such as security, conservation, and developing youth capacity.
Fast facts
219
Sub-Saharan African students enrolled at UQ
543
UQ co-publications
72
academic staff born in Sub-Saharan Africa
3
research project collaborations
912
alumni in sub-Saharan Africa
3
agreements with 2 official partners
Fast facts show full year 2023 data.
Collaboration in action
- Global businesses, donors and governments have each pursued a Green Revolution agenda in Africa, Asia and South America since the 1960s. Its aim was, in theory, to produce more food, reducing food insecurity and poverty. This was done via improved seed varieties, chemical fertilisers and other agrochemicals.
- UQ has delivered the Hexapro vaccine candidate from the US with the Vaxxas high-density microarray patch (HD-MAP).
- In a world first, a satellite-based global coral reef bleaching monitoring system will scan the Earth’s oceans for coral-killing bleaching events in real-time.
- Africa is often referred to as the cradle of humankind – the birthplace of our species, Homo sapiens. There is evidence of the development of early symbolic behaviours such as pigment use and perforated shell ornaments in Africa, but so far most of what we know about the development of complex social behaviours such as burial and mourning has come from Eurasia.
- An international team, led by UQ researcher Professor Anna Koltunow, seek to improve the lives of farmers in sub-Saharan Africa using self-reproducing crops.
- Based in Obuasi in the heart of Ghana’s gold region, Richard Ellimah is an advocate and leader fighting for the rights and needs of communities impacted by mining operations in Ghana.
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Alumni
UQ has 1075 alumni living in Sub-Saharan Africa. Alumni from or living in the region include: