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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...