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This pioneering handbook details the origins of the concept of frugal innovation, its emergence as an academic field, and the main driving forces behind it. With case studies from across the globe, the book assesses the role of innovation in addressing societal challenges such as poverty, inequality, and climate change.

Leiden University offers one full Leiden University Excellence Scholarship (LExS) to an African candidate interested in the two-year Research Master African Studies, thus non-EEA/non-EFTA applicants. LExS is a prestigious scholarship and includes a fee waiver and a monthly allowance.

Het ASCL is op zoek naar een Bibliotheekmedewerker. Tot de werkzaamheden behoren o.a. baliewerkzaamheden, informatievoorziening en rondleidingen, titelbeschrijven en diverse andere voorkomende werkzaamheden, onder meer voor de digitale bibliotheek. Deadline: 16 november.

On 26 October 1982, South African anthropologist Monica Wilson, née Hunter, died in Hogsback, Cape Province, at the age of 74.  She was the first woman to be appointed as a full professor at a South African university. 

Serious Games are interactive digital experiences designed to transfer knowledge and create awareness in an engaging and enjoyable setting. The Frugal Innovation and African Dynamics minor students played two different Serious Games to conclude their first course: the Uhuru multi-player card game, and the 2030 SDGs Game.

On 16 October 1939, South African religious leader, social and political activist Charlotte Makgomo (née Mannya) Maxeke died in Johannesburg at the age of 68. She was the first black woman to graduate with a university degree in South Africa with a B.Sc. from Wilberforce University Ohio in 1903. Maxeke dedicated her life to the struggle for women's rights and education for all. 

The Leiden University Network for Health in Africa (LUNHA) wants to create a broader space for social sciences and humanities in discussions about global health in Africa. LUNHA started earlier this year as a collaboration between the ASCL and the Law, History, and Anthropology departments.