December 3

• Kenya: Mobile Phone Texts Can Help HIV Patients Cut Viral Load

  Mobile phone communication between clinicians and HIV patients can improve adherence to drug treatment and help to cut viral load, a study has shown. Read more »

November 30

• Kenya: Scientists Torn Over Recent GM Food Ban

  Scientists fear that Kenya's recent banning of the import of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) may be a significant blow to progress on biotechnology research and development... Read more »

• Africa: EU's Research Grants for Africa in Limbo

  African governments are facing the termination of funding from a special research grant programme funded by the European Union (EU), and they may need to plug the deficit... Read more »

• Africa: Trust 'A Major Challenge' to Agricultural Biotechnology

  Building trust in agricultural biotechnology as one of the potential solutions to food security in Africa is essential, according to a study. Read more »

November 29

• West Africa: Climate Forecasts Boosted Floods Response

  Climate forecasting in an early-warning strategy led to fewer deaths and more efficient disaster management for floods that took place in West Africa in 2008, a study reports. Read more »

• Africa: Patent Laws Key to Drug Innovation, Argues Report

  Pharmaceutical innovation in middle-income countries such as Brazil and India could be boosted by stronger enforcement of intellectual property laws and by building up research... Read more »

November 22

• Africa: First Unrefrigerated Vaccine Makes African Debut

  Regulatory authorities have relaxed temperature controls on a meningitis vaccine, allowing it to be transported for several days without refrigeration, a move that could lower its... Read more »

November 21

• Africa: Tree Intercropping 'Could Save Africa's Soils'

  Scientists have reported in Nature that the agroforestry approach of planting nutrient-fixing trees with food crops could help replenish Africa's poor quality soils, tackling one... Read more »

November 20

• Congo-Brazzaville: French Oil Giant Funds Rotavirus Research in Congo

  Medical researchers in the Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) have been empowered to set their own research priorities through a funding mechanism backed by a French oil... Read more »

November 15

• Africa: Global Alliance to Strengthen Research-Farmer Links

  An international alliance of research institutions will try to implement the results of agricultural research and to communicate findings to smallholder farmers in developing... Read more »

November 14

• Africa: Fear of Vaccination 'Last Hurdle' in Polio Eradication

  Opposition to immunisation in polio-endemic countries, particularly Nigeria and Pakistan, is one of the final hurdles to eradicating the crippling disease, according to... Read more »

November 13

• Africa: Donors Renew Programme for African Women Researchers

  Funders have renewed support for African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD), a programme that helps women in Sub-Saharan countries to develop leadership and... Read more »

November 7

• Africa: Climate Change Could Hit Crops Far Worse Than Thought

  The impact of climate change on key food crops in Africa and South Asia may be much worse than previously estimated - with reductions of up to 40 per cent by the 2080s - according... Read more »

• South Africa: Research Institute to Boost Mining Sector

  In a move to halt the decline in human capital within its mining sector and to deepen mining research, South Africa has established the country's first institute dedicated... Read more »

November 6

• Africa: Science Backlog 'Threatens Development'

  The "remarkable recent economic growth" in many African countries may be able to sustain science through domestic funding (rather than through external sources) - but a lack of... Read more »

November 5

• Southern Africa: Intercropping 'Boosts Maize Yields By 50 Per Cent'

  Growing leguminous trees on maize farms - a form of agroforestry - can boost and stabilise maize yields, a 12-year study in Malawi and Zambia has found. Read more »

November 2

• Liberia: Nation's Fisheries Among Most 'Vulnerable to Collapse'

  Indonesia and Liberia's coral reef fisheries are most vulnerable to collapse, says a study that has ranked the vulnerability of coastal nations based on indicators for their coral... Read more »

November 1

• Benin: National Database Could Raise Country's Science Profile

  Benin needs a national database of scientific research if it is to raise the profile of its science and depend less on international cooperation for its research, according to a... Read more »

October 31

• Africa: Lethal Salmonella Strain Targets HIV Positive Africans

  Fears are growing over an emerging form of intestinal disease in Africa, to which HIV positive people are particularly vulnerable. Medical experts have expressed concerns that... Read more »

October 30

• Africa: Health Research Network Gets Cash Injection

  An African network on hereditary disease genomics has received a grant of US$38 million to undertake research on the genetics of infections. Read more »

October 28

• Africa: Climate Change Mitigation 'Far Cheaper Than Inaction'

  Tackling the global climate crisis could reap significant economic benefits for both developed and developing countries, according to a new report. Read more »

October 25

• East Africa: Science Journalism Network for East Africa Launched

  In a move to bridge the gap between science, policymakers and the general public, the East Africa Network of Science Journalists (EANSJ) was launched last month (20 September), at... Read more »

October 24

• Africa: Women 'Under-Represented' in Science Field - Report

  Women comprise less than a third of the computer science, engineering and physics fields in some of the world's key emerging economies, according to a report. Read more »

October 23

• Africa: Biodiversity Meeting Calls for More Science-Based Information

  An international meeting on biodiversity has called for more science-based information, the closure of knowledge gaps, and increased precaution, in the emerging fields of synthetic... Read more »

October 22

• Africa: Projects Aim to Boost Child Brain Development

  Eleven research projects aiming to boost the cognitive potential of children in the developing world have been funded by the Canadian government for the next two years. Read more »