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Slashed import duties, joint bargaining and direct purchasing could address problems identified by survey
This week: Ntusi takes up post, Steenhuisen welcomed and Gray wins Oppenheimer award
Head of Africa’s disease control body says deal will make continent more self-reliant
However, continent needs to prioritise AI education and governance to achieve this, report says
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This week: chair appointed at South Africa’s science oversight committee, and new Kenyan education minister
New infections in Africa are down but more work is needed, says HIV researcher
This week: climate resilience, new board members for South Africa’s research funder, science budget showdown
Stop “parachute” science while boosting communication and investment, researchers urge
History of exploitation creates unique considerations for studies on the continent, ethicists argue
Programme trained over 400 scientists in one year, created genome centre and central databank
This week: an anonymous donation, Canada-Morocco partnerships, and a new electromagnetics lab
This week: a bioinformatics training boost and a Germany-South Africa public engagement exchange
This week: an AI strategy, Africa-Europe research clusters and a call for R&D capacity building
Location sends wrong message about African ownership, says health advocacy group
This week: development bank proposes African science institute and UCT hosts centre for bird-human interactions
Africa CDC and Wellcome Trust launch programme to train leaders in evidence-based psychiatry
This week: Pretoria's new VC, a Gaza statement and Wits welcomes short course head
This week: a Rwanda vaccine boost, Future Earth nodes and an outbreak prevention partnership
Continent’s own scientists are being excluded from study design and execution, academics say
Africa Bioinformatics Institute in the pipeline to manage flood of data, Cape Town meeting hears
Initiative seeks to link studies tracking health of millions of Africans over their lifetime
This week: HIV and newborns, neonatal sepsis and a Gates Foundation appointment
This week: Sweden’s aid cuts hit research, African physics funding and training for football executives
Lancet policy brief highlights need for more doctoral leaders to address “critical shortage”
This week: Olusegun Obasanjo Prize nominations and a social housing portal
Experts call for thoughtful regulation after African Union releases draft artificial intelligence roadmap
Ingsa president Rémi Quirion speaks to RPN ahead of network’s 10th anniversary conference in Rwanda
This week: SDG data, a collaboration ban, disease surveillance schemes and a call for papers
Crop failures and livestock deaths reported as extreme El Niño summer extends into April
Initiative aims to use satellite data for damage inventories, risk maps and environmental impact reports
This week: a sustainable mining initiative, EU funding for Nigeria and a “historic” university collaboration
Blaming Africa for low demand perpetuates vaccine inequity, says African health body
This week: new AI partnership and a need for innovation to fight scourge of hepatitis
Continental satellite swarm would boost data access, South African space agency chief tells conference
Politicians urged to prioritise hygiene and sanitation to save lives and money
This week: a Kenyan repository, a National Research Foundation milestone and concerns over anti-gay legislation
This week: ex-Africa CDC head lands job, African islands club together and Obasanjo prize seeks...