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The Kenya Medical Training College are researching a project titled Labour Mobility and Nursing Skills Formation in Kenya: Simulation Labs, Public-Private Partnerships, and Global Workforce Integration examining how simulation-based nursing training in Kenya, delivered through public-private partnerships, shapes skills formation and the international labour mobility of nurses relocating to Global North countries. The research team includes Dr Kenneth Goga Riany, Dr Agnes Muthoni Linus, Dr Mary Mutete Mwanzia, Onsomu Marcellah Eucabeth and Ruth Elizabeth Omondi (PhD).

Makerere University Business School in Uganda are conducting research on a project titled TVET, Informal Labour Circuits and Worker Power: Skills Formation in Kampala’s Urban Economy examining how TVET systems intersect with informal labour circuits and workplace power relations across sectors including construction, transport, urban services and light manufacturing. The research team includes Prof Laura Aseru Orobia, Dr Benjamin Musiita and Gorretti Byomire.

Rhodes University: Environmental Learning Research Centre in South Africa are conducting research on a project titled Agro-ecology as a Just Transitioning Mechanism in Africa’s Agricultural Food Supply and Distribution System: A Skills Formation System Analysis examining how agro-ecology functions as a driver of skills formation within Africa’s food systems and how existing skills formation systems can better support a just transition in agriculture. The research team includes Prof Heila Lotz-Sisitka and Dr Mutizwa Mukute.

Kenyatta University in Kenya are conducting research on a project titled Skills, Inequality and the Future of Work in Kenya’s Informal Agro-processing Value Chains examining how financial and entrepreneurial skills are acquired, deployed and monetised across different positions within informal agro-processing value chains. The research team includes Dr AnnCarol Karanja, Prof Hannah Bula and Dr Jacob Omollo.

The University of Cape Town in South Africa are conducting research on a project titled Digitising Agriculture, Re-Skilling Labour: A Gendered Analysis of Occupational Change and Worker Power in Kenya’s Horticulture Sector examining how digital technologies are reshaping occupational structures, skill requirements and labour relations in Kenya’s horticulture sector, with a focus on gender dynamics. The research team includes Dr Previledge Cheteni, Njeri Mwagiru, Karabo Mangena and Zesipho Mafaka.

Moshi Co-operative University in Tanzania are conducting research on a project titled Centering Informal Skills to Drive an Inclusive Green and Digital Future of Work in Tanzania examining how informal manufacturing clusters develop skills related to digitalisation and decarbonisation, particularly among women artisans. The research team includes Dr William Barnos Warsanga, Dr Cuthbert William Mushi and Ms Martha Lymo.

The Labour and Economic Development Research Institute of Zimbabwe are conducting research on a project titled Labour Restructuring and Disenfranchisement in the Context of Decarbonisation: The Case of Energy Transition in Zimbabwe examining how decarbonisation and new investment regimes reshape employment relations across different energy systems. The research team includes Dr Godfrey Kanyenze, Lloyd Sachikonye, Tarisai Mike Nyamucherera and Tendani Makanza.

The University of Zambia are conducting research on a project titled Building Responsive, Inclusive Digital-Green Skills Ecosystems for a Just Transition in Zambia and Ethiopia examining how digitalisation and decarbonisation reshape skills demand, labour processes and institutional coordination across mining and manufacturing sectors. The research team includes Dr Progress Hanzwida Nyanga, Barbara Nkonde, Mulala Danny Simatele, Cletah Shoko, Hadush Berhe Asgedom, Tsegay Tesfay Mezgebe and Menasbo Gebru Tesfay.

Dar es Salaam University College of Education in Tanzania are conducting research on a project titled Gender, Power, and Skills Formation in Climate-Adaptive Fisheries Livelihoods in Coastal Tanzania examining how skills are embedded in labour processes, gender relations and evolving occupational structures within fisheries livelihoods. The research team includes Dr Almas Fortunatus Mazigo, Dr Jovitha Lazaro Mayega, Miriam Dominick Mkombozi, Haji Machano Ali Haji, Khamis Mussa Juma and Anna Meleiya Mbise.