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ViewResearch central to Africa’s coronavirus response, top officials claim

R&D surge now to fight pandemic could yield lasting continental benefits

ViewAfrica news roundup: 1-7 May

HSRC launches search for new chief executive, and more news from the last week

ViewSmaller South African universities shine in 2020 Nature Index

Durban University of Technology leapfrogs well-known institutions in publications-based list

ViewSurvey shows more Covid-19 information needed across Africa

Majority of respondents in continent-wide poll believe vitamin C can prevent illness

ViewAfrica news roundup: 24-30 April

Partnership boosts Africa’s coronavirus sequencing capabilities, and more

ViewAfrican scientists identify coronavirus priorities

Life-saving interventions for resource-strained health settings trump basic biology research

ViewAfrica agrees to fast-track Covid-19 clinical trials

Quicker processes promise turnaround times of 10-15 working days

View‘Half of Uganda’s Covid-19 task force are Makerere staff’

Vice-chancellor Barnabas Nawangwe on university’s role in coronavirus response

ViewAfrica news roundup: 17-23 April

West Africa next target for desert locusts

View‘Armies’ of Greta Thunbergs ready to fight climate change in Africa

African Youth Survey 2020 reveals widespread environmental concern

ViewPandemic is giving African scientists a chance to shine

By proving themselves in coronavirus response, scientists could gird themselves for economic storms to come

ViewGhana adds coronavirus genomes to global database

Viral genomes show stable pathogen without major mutations, scientists say

ViewNeglected diseases journal seeks African Covid-19 papers

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases extends scope to include new illness

ViewAfrica news roundup: 10-16 April

Space sector to help SA government against coronavirus

ViewPandemic worsening Africa’s education weaknesses, say ministers

Call for collective action to avoid educational collapse on the continent

ViewCovid-19 clinical trials crucial in poor countries, researchers say

Research needed to guide ‘increasingly difficult choices’ facing healthcare systems

ViewFund launched to support Covid-19 efforts in Africa

Continent must help itself since traditional donors’ are focusing elsewhere, says SA president

ViewAfrican heads of state create Covid-19 fund

Leaders commit US$12.5m to fund and US$4.5m to disease control centre

ViewSA, Kenya and Egypt eligible for Newton Prizes

For first time African nations qualify for the awards that target Newton Fund research

ViewCoronavirus could put the brakes on agri-R&D

Disruptions and funding cuts likely amid the pandemic, says African body

ViewAfrica news roundup: 28 March to 2 April

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

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

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

ViewGhana universities close but Covid-19 science carries on

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

ViewAfrican preprint server creates info hub for coronavirus research

Grassroots contributions sought to trigger collaborations and share insights

ViewAfrica steps up Covid-19 surveillance and coordination

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

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