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Our Profile

Doing A PhD in Africa (DAPIA) is a nonprofit social investment registered as the Higher Education Leadership Project-Africa in Ghana and The Netherlands. Our goal is to facilitate the doctoral journey for African scholars and enhance the profile of early African scholarship across the continent. The project was founded and is co-directed by Dr. Titilope Ajayi, and co-coordinated by a diverse group of early career African scholars who share a commitment to nurturing more scientific innovation to drive change in African higher educational institutions as well as broader society. Set up in Ghana in early 2017, we have representation and members from across Africa and the diaspora.

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Our Purpose

Facilitate access to knowledge and education through:

  • Dynamic information-sharing about fellowships, research funding, and diverse opportunities and knowledge relevant to doctoral study and scholarship with a focus on Africa

  • PhD LifeStories that howcase successful PhDs, including from African universities, to guide current and aspiring scholars.

 

Enhance personal and career development

  • Monthly PhD Clinic: a peer support forum for exchange among early career African scholars on a wide range of issues

  • Quarterly professional development workshops with experienced scholars and practitioners on a range of topics

  • E-learning courses on technical skills (in progress)

  • Networking and collaboration

 

Support

  • Small research grants to early career African scholars for innovative impact-driven knowledge production (in process)

  • Collaborative peer-based troubleshooting of day-to-day challenges faced by early career African scholars

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Policy Engagement & Advocacy

  • Support needed reforms in African higher education through engagements with policy actors

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