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"In 2021, the director of the African Research University Alliance Centre of
Excellence in Food Security at the University of Pretoria was appointed to the
board of the transnational food corporation Nestlé.
At the time a group of more than 200 senior academics wrote an open letter,
about conflicts of interest. Nestlé’s portfolio of foods, by its own admission,
includes more than 60% that don’t meet the definition of healthy products.
In December last year, the same centre announced it had signed a memorandum of
understanding with Nestlé. It signalled their intent to “forge a transformative
partnership” to shape “the future of food and nutrition research and education”
and transform “Africa’s food systems”.
This is not an isolated case.
Across African universities, companies with products that are harmful to health
fund health-related research and education.
Nestlé, for example, “shares expertise” with “eight universities in Africa”.
These include the Institute of Applied Science and Technology at the University
of Ghana and the Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques in Côte d’Ivoire.
Activities funded under agreements with universities include internships,
seminars and training programmes as well as sponsorships for graduate research
students.
In South Africa, Nestlé has funded a prize in paediatrics for final year
medical students at the University of the Witwatersrand. It also funds a
two-year paediatric gastroenterology fellowship at Stellenbosch University."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
