Our aim at the Africa Oxford Initiative (AfOx) is to facilitate equitable research collaborations between researchers based in African institutions and researchers based at the University of Oxford.

 

All things Africa in Oxford

AfOx is a cross-university platform based at the University of Oxford with the aim of facilitating equitable and sustainable collaborations between researchers based at the University of Oxford and African universities, as well as increasing the number of African students pursuing postgraduate degrees in Oxford.

 

A multidisciplinary platform

Since our establishment in 2016, we have facilitated over 250 new collaborations between 70 departments within the University of Oxford and 120 African institutions across 32 countries, and built a network of over 3000 members. Our support has enabled a wide range of research advances in medical sciences, big data engineering, astrophysics, environmental conservation, the humanities and many other areas. 

 

What we do

All our programmes are developed to enable researchers to co-design projects and co-develop skills to tackle global challenges across all Sustainable Development Goals. Find out more about our programmes through our website.