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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

ViewFewer science jobs among South Africa’s ‘critical skills’

Move could limit range of scientists who can enter country without a job offer

ViewAfrica least ready to surf fourth industrial wave

Continent risks slipping behind in ‘frontier technologies’, UN warns

ViewCape Town gets African education research hub

Size of hub-managed projects limited by UK rules about foreign-led research

ViewWe need better knowledge, not street talk

Truth will always be disputed but informed debate is crucial, says Crain Soudien

ViewPandemic ‘hit poorest countries’ education budgets hardest’

Covid-19 could exacerbate global education inequality, says UN report

ViewWest Africans to study women’s empowerment

Canadian funding for six projects will last three years

ViewWomen scientists on rise in Burkina Faso, Mali and Senegal

But patchy data means continent-wide picture is unclear

ViewAgbor stays on as African Union’s science commissioner

Term extended at least four months after summit fails to find replacement

ViewIntra-African collaboration lags in Covid-19 research

Most pandemic work on the continent is funded by and carried out with non-Africans

ViewCovid-19 has cost developing countries dear

Paper outlines health and food security pressures early in pandemic

ViewUS malaria project attacked as ‘scientific colonialism’

Critics say the US$30m cost should have been invested in African institutions

ViewNon-technological issues stifle African repositories

‘Vast amount’ of research not formally published

ViewAfrican institute to fight for ‘knowledge independence’

Body to ‘pool and coordinate’ research on indigenous knowledge systems

ViewEurope-Africa geoscience plan unveiled

Partnership seeks €200m for five-year design and establishment phase

ViewAfrica’s health research laws ‘outdated’ and ‘restrictive’

Fresh survey ‘a clarion call’ for lawmakers on the continent

ViewSouth Africa cleared of pilfering Africa’s talent

Study shows most visiting PhDs return home

ViewMakerere VC to steer African research universities group

Barnabas Nawangwe elected chair of African Research Universities Alliance board

ViewWHO urges Africa to step up Covid-19 sequencing

Emergence of more infectious virus variants sparks urgency

ViewNew Next Einstein ambassadors announced at virtual gathering

Young scientists will drive public engagement with science on the continent

View2020: A testing year

The past year was a trial for African scientists, but 2021 could be worse

ViewAfrican academy identifies continental science priorities

Climate change, food security and gender promise ‘highest return’ on R&D spend

ViewFour in five Africans ‘would take Covid-19 vaccine’

But acceptance rates vary between countries

ViewAfrica ‘perfect’ location for drug development

Continent’s genetic diversity makes it ideal place to test drugs