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Ṣẹ̀yẹ Abímbọ́lá posts playlist to mark end of nine-year stint as BMJ Global Health editor-in-chief
Research reactor construction to start in 2026, with first power plant planned by 2034
Two funding programmes will support research networks across Africa and the UK
AAS hopes to re-establish policy leadership role after period of governance turmoil
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This week: AU science adviser, AI labs for Africa and training for lab skills
This week: Mjwara honoured, a policy for East Africa and $40m for climate-smart agriculture
This week: anti-gay laws, a malaria funding promise and an African university office in Europe
This week: space innovation, a proton therapy centre and a new partnership
This week: Africa’s medicines market, a malarial threat and a partnership under scrutiny
Continent involved in just 1 per cent of trials despite highest rate of new infections
This week: Kenya lab expansion, a global rice plan and new UK-SA research grants
Africa urged to “take the lead” in developing methods to measure innovation in informal sector
Health technologies sector proved resilient in year that saw tech startup funding drop sharply overall
This week: late president’s HIV legacy lauded, Kemri-Wellcome director exits and Arua seeks training head
Joanes Atela from the Africa Research and Impact Network shares his lessons from Stisa-2024 review
Olusola Oyewole says the continent’s universities have been “ignored” for too long
This week: diverse data use, a science-journalism grant for Africans, and an agriculture deal
Successor to continent’s Stisa-2024 strategy needs broader support and dedicated resources, says hard-hitting review
Plant gene facility faces “existential threat” from the spread of civil war, researcher warns
This week: a malaria vaccine rollout, a financial regulation chair and an education research medal
Malawi-born Moffat Nyirenda clinches post amid “very strong field of applicants”
This week: Rhodes celebrates 120 years, insect institute welcomes new director and Kenya offers studentships
A science strategy, an ailing student scheme, a war, a telescope and some fresh faces
Ethical blunders and university crises—these were the biggest African research stories of the year
Some bright spots illuminate year in which campus unrest persisted and fossil spaceflight sparked outrage
This week: a postdoc raise, vaccine funding for Rwanda and a West African health-emergency hub
This week: missing middle funding, UCT publishes Gaza statement and a halted HIV trial
Initiative a “game-changer” for continent’s plan to produce own jabs
This week: science plenary, a new NRF executive and the future of work in the...
WHO warns 2022 financial support for malaria R&D was lowest it’s been for 15 years
Anti-gay directive encouraging researchers to breach confidentiality rules triggers review of vital funding
This week: US-Africa disease plan, UCT change of director and zoonotic disease lab in Kenya
East African ‘node’ of database project will be supported with US$5 million
Former Rwandan science minister brought “unwavering dedication” to the Trieste-based organisation, president says
This week: Nzimande rescinds Unisa administrator appointment, mining company sponsors Wits postdocs and more
John Owusu Gyapong will succeed Ernest Aryeetey as Arua secretary-general from mid-2024
Better data could bolster domestic funding and boost intra-African collaboration, conference hears