Africa News

ViewExperts urge caution around use of ‘excellence’ in research

Term can lead to perverse incentives in how research is judged in Global South

ViewNigeria launches ‘100,000 genomes’ study

Project will ‘rewrite the playbook of genetics research’ says 54gene founder

ViewAAS announces 40 more affiliate members

Fifth cohort is Nairobi-based academy’s most geographically diverse to date

ViewAfrica news roundup: 24-30 January

US$5m from Gates to prepare Africa for coronavirus

ViewAfrica news roundup: 17-23 January

UCT names health sciences dean, and other news from the last seven days

ViewQ&A: An inside track for DELTAS II

African academy hopes to fund 15 networks—old and new—in US$72m grant round

ViewExpectation management vital for UK’s push into Africa

Investment drive could do harm if companies don’t do their homework first, says analyst

ViewSurvey suggests Africans place high trust in climate science

Continent’s trust levels exceed those in Europe and North America, limited study finds

View‘Donors don’t lead African health research astray’

Study finds ‘no clear trade-off’ between funding priorities and continent’s health needs

ViewThe African science decade that wasn’t

Ten years of hard-won progress has birthed a generation that dares to speak out

ViewAfrica: 2019 in review

Continental science remains tied to the vagaries of international politics

ViewAfrica news roundup: 6-12 December

Germany backs health research in East Africa

ViewFree trade area absent from African science summit

Stakeholders call it a missed opportunity to link science with the economy

ViewAaaand they’re off!

Science and innovation jostled for position at South Africa’s end-of-year forum in Pretoria

ViewAfrican Space Agency dead in the water—Munsami

Continent lacks leadership to implement ambitious plans, South African space chief warns

ViewEdinburgh to welcome five health researchers from Africa

Happy coincidence that ‘Out of Africa’ winners are spread across the continent

ViewWorld Bank approves more ACE impact centres

Second batch brings total impact funding beneficiaries to 70

ViewAfrica news roundup: 30 November – 5 December

Grand Challenges Africa issues first Germany-backed call

ViewAfrica news roundup: 22-28 November

MeerKAT and SALT make first joint discovery

ViewUniversity of Ghana acts against ‘sex for grades’ staff

Fact-finding committee finds prima facie evidence against disgraced academics

ViewWest Africa dominates ‘women in science’ awards

Majority of L’Oreal-Unesco winners’ work in health or biological sciences

ViewAfrica news roundup: 15-21 November

AU and WHO to collaborate, new UCT dean, and more

ViewTwo SA universities in top 100 health ranking

Thirty-four African universities appear in Times Higher Education subject ranking for health

ViewTwo more Africans on global ‘top cited’ list

South Africa, Kenya, Egypt, and Nigeria house some of world’s most highly cited researchers

ViewAfrica news roundup: 8-14 November

One health in Kenya, and data science at Wits

ViewAfrican universities show strength in social science

Subject ranking features 19 Arican universities from seven countries

ViewAfrica news roundup: 1-7 November

Funders back Africa’s underwater heritage, black students’ experiences shared, Ghana innovation centre honours Kofi Anan,...

ViewAfrica urged to consider weakening consent rules in health crises

Simpler language and local terms would also help, say researchers

ViewEast African science journal finally launched

Journal will showcase East African research

ViewNon-SA universities shine in subject rankings

Nigeria and North Africa do well in engineering and computer science