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Continental satellite swarm would boost data access, South African space agency chief tells conference
This week: a Kenyan repository, a National Research Foundation milestone and concerns over anti-gay legislation
This week: ex-Africa CDC head lands job, African islands club together and Obasanjo prize seeks...
Poignant playlist marks end of Ṣẹ̀yẹ Abímbọ́lá’s nine-year stint as BMJ Global Health editor-in-chief
This week: AU science adviser, AI labs for Africa and training for lab skills
Research reactor construction to start in 2026, with first power plant planned by 2034
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
AAS hopes to re-establish policy leadership role after period of governance turmoil
This week: space innovation, a proton therapy centre and a new partnership
Continent involved in just 1 per cent of trials despite highest rate of new infections
This week: Africa’s medicines market, a malarial threat and a partnership under scrutiny
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