Africa News

ViewAfrica news roundup: 20-26 January

This week: infectious disease grants, DRC-South Africa cooperation and a health innovation partnership

ViewUniversity of Cape Town strike on temporary hold

Academic union considers new offer after rejecting “insulting and derisory” 3 per cent pay hike

ViewBeitbridge economic zone ‘may harm wetlands’ in South Africa

Scientific advisory group recommends halting Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone development

ViewSouth African facilities eye solar to solve energy woes

Renewables could help create operational stability at radio astronomy and medical radiocarbon facilities

View‘Many instruments are not going to make it’

South Africa’s power crisis could push science out of country’s poorly resourced institutions, biochemist warns

ViewFrequent blackouts cripple South African labs

Experiments could be forced overseas as country’s energy crisis deepens

ViewSouth Africa deepens science partnership with Turkey

Study centre launched and memorandum of understanding signed, with more details due after February meeting

ViewSixteen African women receive early career fellowships

Canada-funded awards support scientists in scientifically “lagging” countries

ViewAfrica news roundup: 13-19 January

This week: a radio telescope award, a resignation and new headquarters for the Africa CDC

ViewNzimande to ramp up safety on university campuses

National taskforce to probe security concerns following “assassination attempt” on Fort Hare vice-chancellor

ViewSouth African R&D dropped 7.6% in first year of pandemic

Fresh national statistics underscore decline in country’s gross R&D spending

View‘Radical’ action needed to move African languages from periphery

New head of Universities South Africa’s working group on languages vows to keep up momentum

ViewAttempt to murder vice-chancellor shocks South Africa

Shooting targeting Fort Hare head claims life of security chief

ViewNature drops open-access charges for most of Africa

South Africa, Botswana and Namibia among countries that may still have to pay

ViewUnisa retains accreditation for accounting degrees

Vice-chancellor credits outcome to “hard work and long hours” spent improving South African university’s programmes

ViewAfrica news roundup: 6-12 January

This week: Uganda's Ebola outbreak at an end, UKZN warns of admissions scams and more

ViewCanada and DRC embark on joint $2.8m mpox study

Partnership will investigate viral genetics, undetected spread and vaccine effectiveness

ViewWellcome to ramp up spending, despite financial loss

Charitable health funder sees investments drop six per cent but vows to spend £16 billion

ViewFive key questions for African research in 2023

As the dust settles after the pandemic, these questions will shape policy this year

ViewTop stories of 2022: Africa

Early departures, anti-black tendencies, Ukraine and more—the biggest African research stories of the year

View2022: Africa’s research year in review

South Africa suffered while new partnerships and plans raised hopes for the continent

ViewNew African Academy of Sciences head promises to heal divisions

Peggy Oti-Boateng sees “excellent future” for the African research body

ViewNzimande: Stellenbosch race report could help others

But institutional differences mean report's findings will not be universal, minister adds

ViewBiden creates African diaspora advisory council

Group will advise US government on strengthening links with people of African descent

ViewSouth Africa supports Emirati mission to the moon

Hartebeesthoek ground station will help Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre talk to its lunar rover

ViewAfrica news roundup: 9-15 December

This week: African nations sign space accords, UCT vice-chancellor leave extended and more

ViewSouth Africa and Italy partner on physics

Partnership will aim to bolster joint research and exchange of scientists in computational science

ViewFreeman launches £119m UK fund for global R&D collaboration

International Science Partnership Fund will support work on major challenges such as climate change

ViewJeremy Farrar to leave Wellcome for World Health Organization

Charity’s director to step down in February 2023 to become WHO chief scientist

ViewSpeaking freely for science

Incoming International Science Council chief Salvatore Aricò is charting a fearless course for his group