I Advocate an African Research Agenda for African Development
As Uganda's science minister, Monica Musenero pushes to connect scientific research to economic development in her country and her continent.
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Europe Eyes Closer Research and Innovation Cooperation with Africa
Europe Eyes Closer Research and Innovation Cooperation with Africa
Africa is fast becoming a key priority on the EU's foreign policy agenda and research and innovation has a role to play in deepening the partnership - but investment and integrated strategies are needed to encourage more cooperation.
Russia's Economic Issues 'Could Hamper Science Deals with Africa'
Ambition is there but resources may not be, African academics warn ahead of summit.
African Academy of Sciences Elects First Woman President
South Africa’s Lise Korsten to lead unsettled continental science body. The African Academy of Sciences has elected a new governing council headed by a woman—the first in the organisation’s 37-year history.
Split-site Doctorates Are Helping to Build Africa's Research Base
University partnerships that let PhD students split their time between two countries and keep jobs at home have many benefits.
African Ministers Back Science and Education Fund
Government representatives welcome novel mechanism but do not commit funding
African Centres of Excellence Pursue Development Goals
Over the past two decades, Sub-Saharan Africa has stepped up its scientific production and its investment in higher education.
Africa: Sequence 100,000 Species to Safeguard Biodiversity
Build a major genomics resource on the continent to help breeders and conservationists.
Open Peer Reviewers in Africa: Nominations Are Now Open to Recruit Future Peer-review Trainers Across the Continent
Open Peer Reviewers in Africa: Nominations Are Now Open to Recruit Future Peer-review Trainers Across the Continent
AfricArXiv, Eider Africa, eLife, PREreview, and the Training Centre in Communication (TCC Africa) invite nominations for researchers in the fields of life sciences and medicine who will help co-create and then disseminate resources promoting best open peer-review practices in Africa.
Female Scientists in Africa Are Changing the Face of Their Continent
Why international researchers should be lining up to collaborate with women working in science across Africa.
ELife, PREreview and Partners Develop Course to Involve More African Researchers in Peer Review
ELife, PREreview and Partners Develop Course to Involve More African Researchers in Peer Review
The training course adds to ongoing efforts to promote greater diversity in scholarly review.
Scientists Sharing Omicron Data Were Heroic. Let's Ensure They Don't Regret It
AfricArXiv - the African Preprint Repository - AfricArXiv on OSF (2020)
Contribute to covering the fees for AfricArXiv preprint hosting on the Open Science Framework (OSF).
Open-Access Fees Creating 'A Crisis' for African Research
High publishing charges keep continent's scholars out of top journals, academics argue.
Africa Has Defied The Covid-19 Nightmare Scenarios - We Shouldn’t Be Surprised
The Pandemic Appears to Have Spared Africa So Far. Scientists Are Struggling to Explain Why.
Developing Open Science in Africa: Barriers, Solutions and Opportunities
Developing Open Science in Africa: Barriers, Solutions and Opportunities
The paper argues for the development of open science in Africa as a means of energising national science systems and their roles in supporting public and private sectors and the general public.
ETH4D Research Challenges
The goal of the ETH4D Research Challenges is to enable collaborations on project-based research between ETH researchers, non-academic partners and partners from the Global South to develop effective solutions for poverty reduction combining technologies, policies and a profound understanding of human behaviour.
Strengthening Capacity for Natural Sciences Research in African Research Institutions
Strengthening Capacity for Natural Sciences Research in African Research Institutions
A qualitative assessment to identify good practices, capacity gaps and investment priorities, whose results could serve as strategic investment targets for the joint efforts of national governments and international organisations that fund programmes for strengthening research capacity in low- and middle-income countries.
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