Africa News

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

ViewEurope-Africa geoscience plan unveiled

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

ViewAfrica’s health research laws ‘outdated’ and ‘restrictive’

Fresh survey ‘a clarion call’ for lawmakers on the continent

ViewSouth Africa cleared of pilfering Africa’s talent

Study shows most visiting PhDs return home

ViewMakerere VC to steer African research universities group

Barnabas Nawangwe elected chair of African Research Universities Alliance board

ViewWHO urges Africa to step up Covid-19 sequencing

Emergence of more infectious virus variants sparks urgency

ViewNew Next Einstein ambassadors announced at virtual gathering

Young scientists will drive public engagement with science on the continent

View2020: A testing year

The past year was a trial for African scientists, but 2021 could be worse

ViewAfrican academy identifies continental science priorities

Climate change, food security and gender promise ‘highest return’ on R&D spend

ViewFour in five Africans ‘would take Covid-19 vaccine’

But acceptance rates vary between countries

ViewAfrica ‘perfect’ location for drug development

Continent’s genetic diversity makes it ideal place to test drugs

ViewAfricans dominate minor World Academy prizes

But the continent misses out on large awards

ViewAlliance launched to fight health misinformation in Africa

Partnership aims to create strategies to counter ‘infodemics’

ViewAI deployed to fight Covid-19 in Africa

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

ViewAfrica left behind in pandemic science

‘Minute fraction’ of early Covid-19 research funding made it to Africa, says study

ViewVaccine nationalism a threat to African mobility

Travel could be stymied if continent left behind in Covid-19 immunisations

ViewAfrica launches huge Covid-19 treatment trial

Study will evaluate treatments to stop mild disease turning into severe illness

ViewWHO launches African health evidence platform

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

ViewWest Africans to serve as antimicrobial resistance leaders

Senegal and Nigeria represent the continent on new UN expert group

ViewFunders back healthy food research in East Africa

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

ViewAfrica seeks stronger innovation links with Europe

Future partnerships must ‘promote new players’ says African Union official

ViewEight in 10 Africans would accept a Covid-19 vaccine

Early vaccine acceptance data ‘very encouraging’ says Africa CDC chief

ViewKenyan wins prestigious science journalism prize

Geoffrey Kamadi praised for poetic depiction of river in trouble

ViewDrowned out: Africa’s noisy wildlife an untapped resource

Two regions lead the continent in research using sound to study animals

ViewTop African universities create vaccine research hubs

Connected universities will be able to undertake ‘more sustained’ vaccine work

ViewCape Town solar scheme nets Newton prize

African projects dominated the short list

ViewCancer research blind to African perspective

Africa hosts few oncology trials despite rising clinical burden

ViewIs Africa prepared for the business of Open Access?

Despite freebies and waivers, transformative publishing deals could entrench inequalities