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ViewEast Africa and Egypt eligible for chairs on forced migration

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

ViewAfrican science alliance AESA surveys UK aid losses

Research management, FLAIR and DELTAS programmes on the chopping block

ViewAfrica aims to supply at least 20% of its vaccines by 2040

Crucial to get ball rolling to catch Covid-19 window of opportunity, experts say

ViewMakerere launches third Research and Innovation Fund call

Uganda’s top university anticipates an expansion of grant scheme for 2021/22

ViewAfrica CDC director stays for second term

John Nkengasong, Covid-19 response stalwart, to remain in post another four years

ViewPressure mounts on Africa’s latecomers to join bioweapons convention

Remaining countries encouraged to sign up to disarmament treaty

ViewUganda launches domestic Covid-19 test kit

Developers say the antibody test is far cheaper than imports

ViewNigeria dominates latest AAS affiliates cohort

Fifteen out of 40 researchers selected for membership are Nigerian

ViewUK aid cuts scupper early-career Africa grants

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

ViewMauritius joins African research universities alliance

Agreement allows Mauritian researchers to participate in alliance projects

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