Africa News

ViewStudy maps Africa’s variable performance in health R&D

High donor dependency fails to translate to good performance across the board

ViewKenyan truckers face high Covid risk

Seroprevalence higher among drivers than in the general population, study shows

ViewNigeria’s 54gene launches diagnostics arm

Molecular tests to be offered at “fraction of cost” of sending samples abroad

ViewAfrica sees steepest Covid-19 surge to date

Delta and Omicron variants to blame, WHO says, but deaths are low

ViewResearch central to Africa’s vaccine manufacturing push

Continent’s plan to become more self-sufficient includes US$20 billion for R&D

ViewAfrican governments ‘need to scale up vaccinology training’

Unprecedented investment in vaccine R&D demands widespread skills boost, forum hears

ViewFreeman wants ‘deeper’ tech transfer with Commonwealth

UK science minister suggests drawing on “Commonwealth legacy” to target aid could help tackle migration

ViewEuropean Union willing to back African centres of excellence

But African Union remains undecided about proposal from continents’ research universities

ViewSouth African to lead African crystallography body

New association welcomes Stellenbosch chemist Delia Haynes as its first president

ViewHealth systems research ‘low priority’ in West Africa

Government funding needed to bridge gap between research and policy, study says

ViewFifteen Africa-based researchers make highly-cited list

Egypt increases its total while South Africa plays musical chairs with its entries

ViewAfrica has little say over its climate research, analysis finds

Less than half of research papers had African authors

ViewCovid-19 ‘cruel irony’ for developing country science

Pandemic boosted relevance of science but decimated research budgets

ViewAfrica-Europe innovation plan in the works

Launch set for February 2022 summit in Brussels

ViewUniversity of Ghana names its first female vice-chancellor

Linguist Nana Aba Appiah Amfo brings “innovation, resourcefulness and tact” to role

ViewAfrican Union elects new science commissioner

Algerian public health specialist comes with plenty policy experience, but little research expertise

ViewSouth Africa loses ground in ‘emerging’ university ranking

No African universities in Top 10 for first time since 2014

View‘Reflexivity statements’ proposed to combat helicopter science

Researchers argue that self-reflection in manuscript submissions could halt exploitation in low-income settings

ViewAfrican quintet mooted for disease detective advisory group

Nominees will advise WHO on origins of emerging and re-emerging diseases

View‘We should have made vaccines’ says former Covid czar

Salim Abdool Karim says failure to develop local jabs mistake of South Africa's pandemic response

ViewCovid-19 clinical studies turn a blind eye to Africa

Less than one in 20 clinical trials took place on the continent, study finds

ViewAids organisations welcome Nkengasong’s Pepfar nomination

Africa CDC director picked to lead United States’ global HIV activities

ViewAU expects African drug agency to be a reality in 2022

Deadline extended for applications to host agency’s headquarters

View‘In Africa, we are nowhere near the valley of death’

Solomon Nwaka on what hinders the continent from driving technological innovation

ViewWomen’s representation in academies inches upwards

But progress is slow and action insufficient, report says

ViewPLOS launches policy to weed out ‘helicopter science’

Journals could ask authors to explain lack of local contributors

ViewCovid and funding cuts ‘devastate’ fight against TB

Diagnosed and treated people expected to drop by 1.2 million worldwide in 2021

ViewHoarding and export bans blamed for ‘chokehold’ on Africa’s vaccine supplies

WHO says continent will fall 470 million doses short of its 2021 target

ViewAAS upheaval: Wellcome vows to keep Deltas scheme flowing

Funder said it aims to minimise disruption to flagship African training programme

ViewAfrican study turns ‘pandemic preparedness’ on its head

“Least vulnerable” countries were worst affected by Covid-19