South Africa Turns Spotlight on Research Inequality as National Research Foundation Honours Science Leaders
South Africa’s push to transform its research system took centre stage at the 2026 National Research Fou...Read more
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Africa Urged to Double Research Spending as Science Self-Reliance Comes Into Focus
African governments have been urged to nearly double their average investment in research and development as t...Read more
AAS Launches Second Cycle of African Planet Prize to Put Early-Career Scientists on Global Stage
The African Academy of Sciences (AAS), in partnership with the Frontiers Researc...Read more
African Turns to Research to Uncover Cyber Risks Behind Digital Piracy
The Motion Picture Association (MPA) and Nelson Mandela University have launched...Read more
KEMRI-Wellcome Trust, Roche Join Forces to Close Africa’s Genetic Data Gap
The KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme (KWTRP) has partnered with Roche&rsq...Read more
Africa Tightens Grant Oversight as Revised Grant Governance Standard Takes Effect
Africa is strengthening its position as a global leader in research and developm...Read more
New Africa-Europe Research Project Targets Child Malnutrition With Locally Adapted Nutrition Solutions
African countries could become less dependent on imported nutrition products und...Read more
Africa CDC Selected to Represent Regional Health Bodies in Global Health Reform
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has been selected to repre...Read more
South African Immunologist Wins Royal Society Africa Prize
A South African scientist’s two-decade effort to strengthen immunology res...Read more
African and European Universities Push for More Equal Research Partnerships
African and European universities are calling for a fundamental rethink of how i...Read more
Africa’s University Representation Shrinks in 2026 Shanghai Ranking
Africa’s presence among the world’s leading research universities ha...Read more
JKUAT Deepens Africa-China Scientific Partnership to Protect Africa’s Biodiversity
A long-running China-Africa scientific partnership based at Jomo Kenyatta Univer...Read more
NIH Reopens Research Funding to South Africa After Months of Uncertainty
The United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) has cleared the way for re...Read more
10 African Research Projects Win $700,000 in Climate-Health Funding
Ten research teams across West and Central Africa are set to receive a combined ...Read more