{
  "id": 12864751,
  "title": "UBIDS hosts WAC-SRT closing conference as regional partners push for sustainability beyond funding cycle",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/ubids-hosts-wac-srt-closing-conference-as-regional-partners-push-for",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-08T12:08:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/ubids-hosts-wac-srt-closing-conference-as-regional-partners-push-for-sustainability-beyond-funding-cycle/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "UBIDS, the University of Business and Integrated Development Studies, hosted the closing conference for the West African Centre for Sustainable Rural Transformation (WAC-SRT), marking the end of the initiative's primary funding cycle. The two-day event, held on UBIDS' campus in Wa, brought together scholars, institutional leaders, and alumni from West Africa and Germany to assess the center's impact and plan for its future sustainability. The conference comes as the center's funding under the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the German Federal Foreign Office concludes between 2026 and 2027.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}