Africa News

ViewAfrica news roundup: 17-23 July

Delayed SA-produced ventilators ready ‘in a few weeks’

ViewFunding issues, red tape and low pay plague African researchers

Paper surveying 25 institutions in 15 countries identifies ‘common’ problems on the continent

ViewAfrica news roundup: 10-16 July

Africa consortium to fast track Covid-19 trials

ViewAfrica needs better links between research and business

Innovators in Africa are yet to fulfil their potential, write Moses Alobo and Simon Ndoria

ViewAfrica news roundup: 3-9 July

World Bank doubles up on Africa

ViewCall for urgent plans to protect Africa from invasive species

Current law and strategies do not adequately address the challenge, institute warns

ViewAfrican law firm hired to sue US company for ‘withholding’ Covid-19 test kits

Abbott Laboratories unaware of suit, claims ‘long and deep commitment’ to Africa

ViewAfrica news roundup: 26 June to 2 July

Research heavyweight to take charge of Wits and other news

ViewEvidence of ‘parachute’ research in African geoscience

Two-thirds of high-impact geoscience papers focusing on Africa have no authors from the continent

ViewNIH puts $60m into African health data science

Research will focus on continent’s ‘most pressing’ clinical and public health problems

ViewAfrica news roundup: 19-25 June 2020

South Africa to examine Covid-19 impact on students, and more news

ViewTackle climate change like Covid-19, Africa urged

United Nations report says citizens can be supportive of radical change if backed by evidence

ViewAfrica news roundup: 12-18 June

Africa-linked researcher wins World Food Prize

ViewUK funds African digital innovation networks

Networks to ‘address development challenges’ like health, energy and online access

ViewApplications sought for African biodiversity data grants

EU-funded support aims to digitise natural history collections and develop data networks

ViewSending tremors through Africa’s research funding landscape

UK departmental merger could change the playing field for research—again

ViewResearch in a pandemic: Don’t overlook communities

Engagement must not be left by the wayside during coronavirus pandemic, ethicists warn

ViewNigerian minister warns against dud coronavirus tests

Health care workers urged to look out for ‘wrong and misleading’ antibody tests

ViewAfrica news roundup: 5-11 June

First phase of African clinical trials platform launched, and more news

ViewAfrican science academy launches innovation meeting-place

One-stop-shop online platform aims to mimic innovation hotspots like Silicon Valley

ViewAfrica news roundup: 29 May to 4 June

Ratification helps SKA observatory inch towards life, and more news

ViewAfrica launches plan to increase Covid-19 testing

Partnership will offer access to diagnostics and deploy community health workers

ViewAU wants 10% of Covid-19 funds reserved for agricultural research

Africa risks moving ‘from a health crisis to a food crisis’ if it fails to...

ViewCall for research clarity in Kenya’s IP overhaul

Advocacy groups say proposed bill too vague on definitions and exemptions

ViewAfrica news roundup: 22-28 May

AU launches public health leadership programme, and more news

ViewThe Africa Rapid Grant Fund: From concept to call in just over a month

How an African science granting network created a Covid-19 programme in record time

ViewAfrica news roundup: 15-21 May

UCT begins ‘voluntary’ return of of medical students

ViewAfrica urged to use university labs to increase Covid testing

Coming weeks critical in continent’s response, warn top researchers

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

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

ViewFLAIR fellowships more diverse in second round

But diversity—while pleasing—was not a criterion for funding, backers say