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Challenges with national funder’s new online submission system are causing extra admin and hampering projects
Initiative aims to use satellite data for damage inventories, risk maps and environmental impact reports
Crop failures and livestock deaths reported as extreme El Niño summer extends into April
Metabolism maps will boost ocean governance and stewardship, says CSIR researcher
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Outgoing EU head of international research cooperation outlines “exciting and challenging times”
This week: SDG data, a collaboration ban, disease surveillance schemes and a call for papers
This week: a sustainable mining initiative, EU funding for Nigeria and a “historic” university collaboration
Blaming Africa for low demand perpetuates vaccine inequity, says African health body
Government opts for science-based approach to Vaal river clean-up after herbicide use sparks outcry
Higher education department ‘will take action’ should investigations reveal financial impropriety
Small co-payments vital for ability to forge international partnerships, says science department
This week: new AI partnership and a need for innovation to fight scourge of hepatitis
‘Unprecedented’ weather warnings pushed teaching online in some of the province’s institutions
Tripling research funding and free meals for students are among party’s election pledges
Continental satellite swarm would boost data access, South African space agency chief tells conference
Politicians urged to prioritise hygiene and sanitation to save lives and money
Donor-funded scheme aims to redress geographic imbalance in usage of huge biomedical resource
This week: a Kenyan repository, a National Research Foundation milestone and concerns over anti-gay legislation
Protests, pandemic and visa troubles explain plummeting numbers from 2014 to 2021, says university chief
Black researchers with high potential are too often “lured into university administration” in South Africa
Infectious disease and vaccine policy expert Kathleen Neuzil to start in May
Investment is needed to build continent’s own capacity to predict weather, scientists say
Fellow South African scientists criticise Lee Berger’s conduct and call for community reflection
This week: ex-Africa CDC head lands job, African islands club together and Obasanjo prize seeks...
Poignant playlist marks end of Ṣẹ̀yẹ Abímbọ́lá’s nine-year stint as BMJ Global Health editor-in-chief
Scheme to plug entrepreneurship gaps at universities and vocational colleges a “game changer” says minister
Humanities and social science publisher “repurposes” read-only fees to pay for open access
Government welcomes public interest in proposals around conservation, ecotourism and biomanufacturing
South Africa’s politically pressured majority party eyes innovation and PhDs in manifesto
RI Days: Dashboard will display innovation projects contributing to AU-EU joint strategy
This week: AU science adviser, AI labs for Africa and training for lab skills
Phil Mjwara makes “brutally honest” remark before retiring from department he’s led for 18 years
Research reactor construction to start in 2026, with first power plant planned by 2034
Researchers say they need better access to social media data to catch disinformation
Global Fund money will bolster West African nation’s health systems and fund treatment
South African opposition party mostly quiet on science and technology in “targeted” manifesto
Neglected and emerging disease investments result in big economic returns for US economy, analysis finds