Africa News

ViewVolcanologists claim ‘neocolonial’ practices hamper their work

Research partnership row at Democratic Republic of the Congo volcano centre follows deadly eruption

ViewAfrica-Europe summit postponed until 2022

Meeting hit by coronavirus delays was originally slated for 2020

ViewSKA construction ‘imminent’, say project leaders

Next phase for giant radio telescope project on track after Covid-19 delays

ViewMillions of euros for Africa in Horizon Europe calls

Funding for collaboration offers bonanza for researchers

ViewMalawi to get $100m to reorient higher education to economic needs

World Bank loan will prioritise women and train lecturers and professors

ViewMacron declares a ‘personal problem’ with Covax

France’s president calls out “dysfunctional” vaccine-access operation

ViewRwandan ex-minister to lead UK university office in Kigali

Former education minister Silas Lwakabamba chosen to lead Coventry University’s Africa Hub

ViewCape Town declaration to fold fairness into research integrity

Equitable partnerships an essential aspect of good research practice, meeting hears

ViewEurope promises €1bn for vaccine manufacturing in Africa

Funds will establish manufacturing hubs in ‘high potential’ countries

ViewSouth Africa and Canada link up on industry PhDs

Programme could help universities leverage extra income

ViewSA and Brazil pin hopes on industry to boost space ambitions

National agencies “can’t have all the answers”

ViewJapan-based health fund invests in neglected diseases

Projects will target Leishmaniasis, Buruli ulcer and Chagas disease

ViewSoft skills could help Kenyans win more funding

Help needed to end unequal relationship with Global North

ViewUK cuts a ‘disaster’ for African research

Researchers bemoan partnerships broken by ‘the stroke of a pen’

ViewVolatile funding ‘bad for science’, says UKRI international champion

Christopher Smith argues for long-term, stable funding system following cuts to aid-funded research projects

ViewSTFC announces partnership with South African research funder

Agreement aims to reinforce research programmes through joint educational training activities

ViewMinister ‘cannot commit’ to help researchers affected by aid cuts

MPs appealed for “vital research” to continue uninterrupted and to allow use of unspent funds

ViewAid cuts ‘dismantling academic brilliance’, says Tory ex-Dfid chief

Andrew Mitchell joins Russell Group and Universities UK in criticising “blow” to UK’s science leadership

ViewSouth African Fulbright scheme to be ‘phased out’

Replacement programme will see South African PhDs registered locally spend a year in the US

ViewFuture African health research leaders named

Winners will spend two years in the US before returning to the continent

ViewUK climate R&D spend from aid budget tops half billion since 2015

Most spending came through axed international development department and schemes now facing major budget cuts

ViewFrustration at UKRI letter that blames ODA cuts on Covid

Leaders of GCRF hubs facing major cuts say letter is “disingenuous” and comes too late

ViewEast Africa and Egypt eligible for chairs on forced migration

Research chairs will receive up to CA$600,000 each

ViewLatest ODA blow: Newton Fund grants cut by a quarter

Cut is smaller than to GCRF scheme, so UKRI expects fewer cancelled projects

ViewWarning of cuts to research funded by Foreign Office

Mystery over former £1.5 billion R&D budget leaves fate of research programmes uncertain

ViewFlagship global research hubs face closure due to UK aid cuts

Major projects offered two-thirds less funding as academic resigns from GCRF leadership role

ViewSouth Africa greenlights ‘dark energy’ telescope

R35 million instrument brings together partners from Botswana, Canada, France and elsewhere

ViewUK aid cuts scupper early-career Africa grants

Demise of FLAIR fellowship round ‘a necessary reality check’, says unfunded winner

ViewExclusive: ten more UK R&D funders have aid budgets slashed

Deep cuts across the board as combined drop in funding from ODA tops £399 million

ViewAid cuts are a ‘dangerous step backwards for UK science’

Scientists for Labour say cuts undermine government’s commitment to become a scientific superpower