Dar es Salaam. Experts have sounded an alarm over academic sovereignty as African universities wrestle with donor-driven knowledge production in research.
Who is funding African research, and at what cost? That was the recurring question in a heated panel yesterday featuring critical voices like Dr Johnson Ishengoma of the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM), Romaine Doline of the University of the West Indies, and South African academic Prof Sioux McKenna.