The Education Feature: African Universities need to take charge of their research agendas

30/09/2025 42 min
The Education Feature: African Universities need to take charge of their research agendas

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Aubrey Masango speaks to Prof Ylva Rodny Gumede, The Senior Director for Global Engagement at UJ on the impact that the recent collapse of USAID’s global education programs has had on research in developing countries. They also reflect on the need for institutions of higher learning to fund their own research programs and evolve past research to creating industries from their research findings and solutions. .  Tags: 702, The Aubrey Masango Show, Aubrey Masango, Education Feature, USAID, Educational Programs, Research Facilities, Africa, Indigenous knowledge, New Knowledge systems, Universities The Aubrey Masango Show is presented by late night radio broadcaster Aubrey Masango. Aubrey hosts in-depth interviews on controversial political issues and chats to experts offering life advice and guidance in areas of psychology, personal finance and more. All Aubrey’s interviews are podcasted for you to catch-up and listen.    Thank you for listening to this podcast from The Aubrey Masango Show.   Listen live on weekdays between 20:00 and 24:00 (SA Time) to The Aubrey Masango Show broadcast on 702  https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj and on CapeTalk between 20:00 and 21:00 (SA Time) https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk  Find out more about the show here https://buff.ly/lzyKCv0 and get all the catch-up podcasts https://buff.ly/rT6znsn  Subscribe to the 702 and CapeTalk Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/v5mfet  Follow us on social media:  702 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702 702 on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702 702 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkradio702/ 702 on X: https://x.com/Radio702 702 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@radio702  CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk  CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.