Africa News

ViewAfrica news roundup: 10-16 June

Nkengasong sworn in as US HIV chief, UCT instals mass spectrometer and more

ViewGermany offers lifeline for Africans who fled Ukraine

Support programme will allow displaced sub-Saharan scholars to complete their studies in Africa

ViewAfrica news roundup: 3-9 June

This week: Hosting decision for African drug agency draws closer and more

ViewIntegrity conference vows to combat unfair partnerships

Cape Town statement to be more than just an honour code, participants say

ViewSouth Africa drops among Africa’s top R&D spenders

Fresh Unesco data places country behind Egypt, Rwanda and Tunisia

ViewAfrica news roundup: 27 May to 2 June

Africa remains undervaccinated, Cape Town plans Swahili research and more

ViewTimes Higher ‘rankings 3.0’ coming in 2023

THE expert admits current methodology favours rich nations

ViewAfrican Research Integrity Network finally a reality

The aim is to address underrepresentation of continent in research integrity programmes

View‘Scientific colonialism’ silencing researchers from poorer nations

Constraining and disabling research practices common in north-south collaboration, conference told

View‘Preprints are the future but peer review is still king’

Lancet preprint editor Miriam Sabin says the format does have drawbacks

ViewAfrica news roundup: 20-26 May

Omicron spotters make TIME list, Kenya hosts health emergency hub, and more

ViewBelhocine: Africa needs more science, tech and innovation

AU’s science commissioner says lack of investment hinders continent’s prosperity

ViewAfrica news roundup: 13-19 May

This week: Cancer in Africa, innovation portal launch, hydrogen funding and more

ViewAfrica news roundup: 6-12 May

This week: Four universities dominate Assaf membership, Karolinska and Makerere launch centre and more

ViewNigerian 100K genome project on track to completion

With 60 per cent of samples sequenced, project hopes to hit target later this year

ViewMakerere pleads for more time as Sweden winds up funding

Sida urged to “reconsider” ending decades-long support scheme for Uganda’s flagship university

ViewAfrica news roundup: 29 April to 5 May

This week: INORMS registration, drug discovery partnership, US accolades and more

ViewAfrica’s science-granting councils are failing women

Equality-promoting funding policies “still in their infancy”, review finds

ViewResearch in a time of war

Ethiopian researchers share how the war in Tigray has upended their lives and careers

ViewOppenheimer donation fuels African ecosystems scheme

Africa-led, Africa-centred programme to influence thinking and action on the continent

ViewAfrican Academy of Sciences elects 31 fellows

Women make up less than one-third of intake

ViewModest research ambition in Kenya’s 2022 budget

Boost for medical institute but National Research Fund is stuck in a rut

ViewWHO spotlights undercounting of Africa’s Covid cases

True infections could be almost 100 times more than reported

ViewPostgraduate scheme to train African thought leaders

Almost 100 scholarships for exchanges at honours, masters and PhD level

ViewKenya: A regional science hub with global challenges

Low PhD output, donor dependency and unstable funding cloud country’s research performance

ViewRussia-Ukraine war could worsen African food shortages

Continent urged to diversify supply chains and invest in local production

ViewRwanda launches ‘fourth industrial revolution’ centre

Country’s C4IR wants to be a catalyst for world-leading ethical tech development

ViewSouth Africa’s radio astronomy hub recruits for top post

Successor sought for Rob Adam who has led SARAO since 2016

ViewAfrican science academies call for Ukraine ceasefire

Conflict “threatens network of collaboration” for continent and world

ViewWorld needs $4bn per year for R&D to beat tuberculosis

Research should target new diagnostics, medicines and vaccines, as Covid and wars worsen TB burden