Africa News

ViewCoronavirus claims life of renowned HIV scientist

Gita Ramjee is one of South Africa’s first fatalities from Covid-19

ViewAfrica news roundup: 28 March to 2 April

Distance learning ‘fraught with challenges’, say Ghana vice-chancellors

ViewFiery meeting ends Parliament term cut short by coronavirus

Higher education and science committee slams non-attendance by key witnesses

View‘We haven’t closed shop’, says South Africa’s NRF

Funder says it won’t leave researchers hanging as SA goes into lockdown

ViewUganda shuts universities because of coronavirus outbreak

President orders 30-day shutdown to ‘deny’ virus access to varsity crowds

ViewScramble to assist locked-out African researchers

Young scientists stranded far from home affected by border and residence closures

ViewSouth Africa announces more funding for Covid-19 research

Funding to cover vaccine development and disease modelling, says Nzimande

ViewAfrica news roundup: 20-26 March

Global Research Council meeting in Durban postponed until 2021, and other news

ViewAfrica news roundup: 13-19 March

Mark Green resigns from USAID, and other stories from the past week

ViewSA commits research funding to study coronavirus

Money will be redirected from other science areas, says government

ViewPhilanthropists announce coronavirus support for Africa

Benefactors include Alibaba’s founder and former New York City mayor

ViewGhana universities close but Covid-19 science carries on

Labs are open and morale is high, says researcher sequencing viral strains

ViewCovid-19 grounds teaching but research to continue at SA universities

Operations will come under strain as institutions adjust to a new normal

ViewSouth African students abroad in limbo, for now

No plans to bring home 12,000 nationals studying in foreign countries

ViewEurope and Africa redraw partnership

Focus areas include green energy, digital transformation, and sustainable growth

ViewAfrican preprint server creates info hub for coronavirus research

Grassroots contributions sought to trigger collaborations and share insights

ViewSA universities batten down hatches as Covid-19 cases rise

Some restrict staff travel, others shut down potential paths of transmission

ViewSA innovation agency struggling to fill senior positions

‘Critical’ positions still occupied by placeholders, parliamentarians hear

ViewAfrica steps up Covid-19 surveillance and coordination

US-funded project will support diagnosis, subtyping and risk communication

ViewNzimande appoints industry czar for HE and science department

Position designed to strengthen ‘poor relationship’ between universities and businesses

ViewSA to investigate loan scheme for ‘missing middle’

Task team will scrutinise affordability and feasibility for middle-income students

ViewCommission seeks to scale up academic ties with Africa

Scholarly links to form part of ‘comprehensive strategy’

ViewAfrica news roundup: 29 February to 5 March

Kenyan supercomputer used to combat locust outbreak

ViewMaths institute announces women climate change fellows

Areas of study include ocean currents and surface ecosystems in West Africa

ViewFunders provide €44m for next-generation antimalarial drugs

Research will be carried out by consortium of African and European researchers

View‘Eyes in the sky’ could save African archaeological sites

Use remote sensing to document under-explored areas before they disappear, scientists urge

View‘Students would bankrupt University of KwaZulu-Natal’

Protesters’ demands would push university past breaking point Parliament hears

ViewAfrican science meeting postponed over virus fears

Next Einstein Forum Global Gathering was planned for 10-13 March in Nairobi

ViewHIV and recession could exacerbate coronavirus effects in SA

Academy calls for greater vigilance as country remains free of confirmed cases

ViewGabriel joins biggest-ever Commission visit to Africa

Leaders to discuss shared challenges and opportunities