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ViewRwandan ex-minister to lead UK university office in Kigali

Former education minister Silas Lwakabamba chosen to lead Coventry University’s Africa Hub

ViewEurope promises €1bn for vaccine manufacturing in Africa

Funds will establish manufacturing hubs in ‘high potential’ countries

ViewUnesco to help Africa with science funding info portal

Effort should have been underway years ago, says interim Science, Technology and Innovation observatory head

ViewGhana and Nigeria drop out of Africa’s Nature Index Top 10

Index gauges performance in journals deemed by senior researchers as most prestigious in their field

View‘Indignant’ health ministers oppose Covid-19 vaccine passports

Summit complains that Africa faces “severe” delays in accessing vaccines

ViewMajor rift at AAS as auditors probe finances

African Academy of Sciences governance row raises concerns over future of research funding

ViewAfrica’s Covid burden ‘underdiagnosed and underreported’

Virus hampering access to healthcare and causing income loss and hunger, report says

ViewAfrica’s young researchers have been ‘abandoned’, webinar hears

Policymakers and inept institutional leaders criticised

ViewAfrican research funding needs to balance excellence with equity

Funding biases entrench gap between those who have and have not, says Alphonsus Neba

ViewSoft skills could help Kenyans win more funding

Help needed to end unequal relationship with Global North

ViewMukwege and Abdool Karim to sit on global health science council

Nine-member group will be the ‘voice of scientific leadership’

ViewUK cuts a ‘disaster’ for African research

Researchers bemoan partnerships broken by ‘the stroke of a pen’

ViewEducation focus for updated Africa-EU partnership

EU commissioner says support is part of post-pandemic recovery plan

ViewEast Africa and Egypt eligible for chairs on forced migration

Research chairs will receive up to CA$600,000 each

ViewAfrican science alliance AESA surveys UK aid losses

Research management, FLAIR and DELTAS programmes on the chopping block

ViewAfrica aims to supply at least 20% of its vaccines by 2040

Crucial to get ball rolling to catch Covid-19 window of opportunity, experts say

ViewMakerere launches third Research and Innovation Fund call

Uganda’s top university anticipates an expansion of grant scheme for 2021/22

ViewAfrica CDC director stays for second term

John Nkengasong, Covid-19 response stalwart, to remain in post another four years

ViewPressure mounts on Africa’s latecomers to join bioweapons convention

Remaining countries encouraged to sign up to disarmament treaty

ViewUganda launches domestic Covid-19 test kit

Developers say the antibody test is far cheaper than imports

ViewNigeria dominates latest AAS affiliates cohort

Fifteen out of 40 researchers selected for membership are Nigerian

ViewUK aid cuts scupper early-career Africa grants

Demise of FLAIR fellowship round ‘a necessary reality check’, says unfunded winner

ViewMauritius joins African research universities alliance

Agreement allows Mauritian researchers to participate in alliance projects

ViewUK aid cuts send tremors through African research

Grant terminations threaten sustainability of projects and salaries

ViewMali launches African centre for migration research

Centre will provide evidence for policies on African mobility

ViewMakerere’s productivity grew during pandemic

Government support helped publications rise by a third, says vice-chancellor

ViewFund honours Zimbabwean health researcher

Covid-19 claimed life of renowned scientist James Hakim

ViewMy journey from lab to policy

A Kenyan chemist shares lessons from her decade-long transition

ViewSwiss institute offers 100 PhD scholarships for Africans

Degrees conferred by home institution, students have dual supervisors

ViewBotswana breaks into emerging economy rankings

Cape Town and Wits remain top universities in Africa