Second, Mugabe noted that regional collaborations are also getting set up to organize and coordinate science efforts in all parts of the continent. And third, he reminded me, in the past couple of ...

Fossil jaw remains found in Egypt suggest that the earliest modern apes evolved in North Africa, not in East Africa where ...

The African Science Academy Development Initiative (ASADI), launched in 2004 by the U.S. National Academies and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is a 10-year effort to strengthen the ...

In the face of geopolitical fragmentation, tightening aid budgets, and global systemic shocks such as the COVID-19 pandemic, African leaders can no longer ignore the need to invest in science. As ...

Nigeria’s National Space Research and Development Agency is, by one measure, the most impressive space institution on the African continent. With approximately 3,500 employees across seven specialised ...

The project is being funded by the African Academy of Sciences (AAS) with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and in partnership with the African Federation of Science Journalists (AFSJ) ...

The governments of more than 40 African countries attending a meeting in Dakar, Senegal, recently (September 30) pledged their support for a $160 million plan to boost science and technology across ...

Science, technology and innovation will be at the heart of Africa’s recovery from the devastating coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the continent’s ability to create sustainable jobs, Executive ...

Science journalism faces a crisis worldwide. From a precipitous drop in funding to the rise of disruptive technologies such ...