AfroSAFE Academy is a network of engaged scholars and practitioners with a joint mission to advance research and education in traffic safety with particular focus on the African context. AfroSAFE Academy provides a platform to exchange knowledge and experiences, share educational materials, and stimulate research and teaching collaborations.
AfroSAFE Academy is a transnational initiative without direct connection to a particular country.
What do we do?
AfroSAFE Academy activities focus on:
- Networking—creating opportunities for academics and practitioners to jointly discuss traffic safety issues, exchange knowledge and opinions
- Scientific events—organizing webinars, conferences, training courses, etc.
- Scientific publications—promoting research publications based on the African context
- Funding—collecting and keeping an updated list of research funding opportunities
- Education—compilation of high-quality teaching materials sufficient to initiate a new (or update an existing) university course on traffic safety
- Empowering researchers—making research career attractive and researchers’ voice heard by the politicians and decision makers.
History
AfroSAFE Academy was initiated in 2023 as an outcome of the Horizon Europe project ‘AfroSAFE: Safe System for radical improvement of road safety in African countries’ (2022–2026, grant agreement 101069500).
It was decided to partner up with the ICTCT association forming a sub-committee to ensure the existence and continued activities of the AfroSAFE Academy network even after the formal closure of the AfroSafe project and financing related to that.
Upcoming events
AFROSAFE CONFERENCE 2025: SUBMISSION OPEN
Submission to the 2nd AfroSAFE conference, taking place in Winneba, Ghana, on 12–15 August 2025, is now open. The conference topic is ‘Data-driven discourse on Safe System approach in Africa’
Supporters
Interested to support the AfroSAFE Academy initiative? Please, get in contact with us.
