Two funding programmes will support research networks across Africa and the UK
The UK government will support research in physics across several African countries through two distinct funding programmes, research bodies in the UK and South Africa announced on 12 March.
The Africa-UK Physics Partnership Programme will get £10.33m (US$13.2m) of the £24.96m total funds to support physics researchers in seven sub-Saharan countries: Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda.