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ViewEurope-Africa geoscience plan unveiled

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

ViewGlobal funders to boost biotech in poorest countries

Young researchers will be trained in India, Italy and South Africa

ViewRaab slashes BEIS aid budget for R&I and climate by 30 per cent

Cut branded a ‘devastating blow’, despite foreign secretary claiming R&D funds are ringfenced

ViewUK aid cut threatens non-profit investment in domestic R&D

Important funding source for nation’s research on global health at risk from reduced aid budget

ViewGrant scheme aims to draw African scientists back

TWAS and Germany plan to launch programme early this year

ViewGlobal R&D roadmap on the cards for TB vaccines

Amsterdam-based institute given lead on development

ViewPharma giants team up with Medical Research Council

Studies will focus on genetic diversity and treatments for TB and malaria

ViewUS funds fresh Africa collaborations

Research to focus on elephants, baobab trees and WhatsApp

ViewWellcome Trust experts reflect on 2020 and the promise of 2021

Funder’s scientists talk about Covid-19 lessons the world can draw on for the future

ViewEurope ‘arrogant’ about inequality in science

UK journalist Angela Saini says research can progress without racists and sexists

ViewSouth Africa signs science parks agreement with China

Partnership to link Innovation Hub in Pretoria with incubator in Xi’an

ViewRussell Group pledges to ‘argue hard’ for aid-funded research

Nancy Rothwell’s promise comes as senior UKRI figure gives backing to threatened Global Challenges fund

ViewAlliance launched to fight health misinformation in Africa

Partnership aims to create strategies to counter ‘infodemics’

ViewCuts to aid-funded research ‘inevitable’, says UKRI official

UK funder, which administers much of Newton Fund and GCRF, expects less money for schemes

ViewSouth Africa ‘hosts’ virtual Atlantic Ocean research forum

Discussion topics include joint research infrastructure, marine biotechnology and training

ViewAI deployed to fight Covid-19 in Africa

Canada and Sweden fund projects to respond to ongoing pandemic and future disease outbreaks

ViewFears for research as aid budget slashed

Reduced aid spending could damage research in the UK and abroad, say observers

ViewWHO launches African health evidence platform

One-stop shop to bridge gap between research and decision-making

ViewFunders back healthy food research in East Africa

Five-year programme to target politics, businesses, and communities

ViewAfrica-Europe summit postponed until 2021

Postponement ‘a pity’ says South African science official

ViewClinical trials partnership unveils free toolkits

Open-access platform aims to help researchers improve their science and ethics

ViewNew name for Europe-Africa clinical trials partnership

Scheme’s third iteration will be called the EU-Africa Global Health Joint Undertaking

ViewFacebook funds African research into artificial intelligence ethics

Studies include automated weapons systems and AI in healthcare

ViewCape Town solar scheme nets Newton prize

African projects dominated the short list

ViewFogarty funds head to Africa

Covid-19, malaria, STDs and brain health are among target areas

ViewCanada funds research into pandemic effects on African food security

Five projects will share CA$4m over a year, of which three will target West Africa

ViewKenya to co-host global education summit

Meeting hopes to generate funds for education in developing countries

ViewTen multilateral research chairs announced in Africa

Awards named after freedom fighter who spoke up for science and technology

ViewFunders back AI-to-policy research centres in Africa

Support for adoption of ‘responsible AI’ on the continent is the goal

ViewAfrican rapid-response Covid-19 research projects selected, but not published

Nearly half the lead investigators are women in Africa-wide grant round