Africa News

ViewWHO launches African health evidence platform

One-stop shop to bridge gap between research and decision-making

ViewWest Africans to serve as antimicrobial resistance leaders

Senegal and Nigeria represent the continent on new UN expert group

View‘Women in science’ office established in Malawi

National base will run training programmes and workshops

ViewAfrica seeks stronger innovation links with Europe

Future partnerships must ‘promote new players’ says African Union official

ViewAfrica-Europe summit postponed until 2021

Postponement ‘a pity’ says South African science official

ViewClinical trials partnership unveils free toolkits

Open-access platform aims to help researchers improve their science and ethics

ViewNew name for Europe-Africa clinical trials partnership

Scheme’s third iteration will be called the EU-Africa Global Health Joint Undertaking

ViewSouth Africa misses half-year science spending target

National science department vows to catch up in last two quarters

ViewSouth Africa rolls out Covid-19 sewage testing

Wastewater surveillance could identify hotspots before official caseloads rise

ViewSouth Africa adopts expert advice to save its sharks

But officials have yet to translate recommendations into policy

ViewEight in 10 Africans would accept a Covid-19 vaccine

Early vaccine acceptance data ‘very encouraging’ says Africa CDC chief

ViewKenyan wins prestigious science journalism prize

Geoffrey Kamadi praised for poetic depiction of river in trouble

ViewDissatisfied MPs go ahead with student aid scheme inquiry

Unanimous resolution on probe into corruption allegations announced during eight-hour South African committee meeting

ViewSouth African cardiology journal vows to grow Black authorship

Editor calls racism in medicine and science a ‘defining challenge of our time’

ViewNzimande gives date for South Africa’s 10-year science blueprint

Plan for implementation of 2019 White Paper promised by April 2021

ViewFacebook funds African research into artificial intelligence ethics

Studies include automated weapons systems and AI in healthcare

ViewEFF student activist-cum-MP joins parliament’s science committee

Sinawo Thambo is the third Red Beret MP to serve on portfolio committee since 2019

ViewSouth Africa launches largest-ever PhD tracer study

Fitness of purpose of doctoral training comes under scrutiny

ViewDrowned out: Africa’s noisy wildlife an untapped resource

Two regions lead the continent in research using sound to study animals

ViewWomen researchers are cited less than men, even at the top

Study looked at research chair holders in South Africa, US and Canada

ViewMPs furious as union backs out of NSFAS corruption hearing

Circumstances around cancellation called ‘string of horror’ as questions surround South African student funding body

ViewTop African universities create vaccine research hubs

Connected universities will be able to undertake ‘more sustained’ vaccine work

ViewCape Town solar scheme nets Newton prize

African projects dominated the short list

ViewFogarty funds head to Africa

Covid-19, malaria, STDs and brain health are among target areas

ViewCancer research blind to African perspective

Africa hosts few oncology trials despite rising clinical burden

ViewIs Africa prepared for the business of Open Access?

Despite freebies and waivers, transformative publishing deals could entrench inequalities

ViewNigerian genomics start-up launches clinical arm

Expansion backs company’s ambition to bring precision medicine to Africa

ViewCampus Covid outbreaks spark concern in South Africa

Cases are up since universities allowed to reopen

ViewNzimande hits back at NSFAS’ critics as he finally faces MPs

Science minister gets behind South Africa’s student funder and its embattled administrator

ViewSA universities to begin 2021 academic year in March

But end dates for current academic year will differ substantially