April 12

• Malawi: Some Bacteria Like It Hot (SABINA)

  Benjamin Kumwenda from Malawi began his scientific career studying undergraduate biology at the University of Malawi - Chancellor College in Zomba. But as he made his way through... Read more »

April 9

• Zimbabwe: Modernizing the Horticulture of Tea

  Godwil Madamombe, a native of Zimbabwe, earned his bachelor's degree in crop science and his master's degree in crop protection at the University of Zimbabwe, based in Harare. Read more »

February 11

• Africa: Exploring the Genotype of the Tea Plant [guest blog]

  Raising and exporting black tea is an activity of major importance in Africa today; Africa has become the world's second largest tea exporting region after India. Read more »

February 1

• Africa: Ancient Remedies for Modern Diseases

  SABINA graduate Justin Omolo was the first RISE student to earn his PhD, which he completed in December 2011. Read more »

January 29

• Uganda: Why Are Hippos Dying of Anthrax?

  Celsus Sente is just beginning his work as a RISE student, but he brings to it a wealth of diverse experiences in several fields and a fervent curiosity about nature. Read more »

January 24

• South Africa: Developing Guidelines for Herbicides in South Africa

  Paul Kojo Mensah, a SSAWRN student at Rhodes University in South Africa, has tackled and completed a project of great value and considerable complexity: testing the effects of... Read more »

January 21

• Africa: Using Insects to Measure Water Quality

  Odume Oghenekaro Nelson is a Nigerian student who entered the RISE program at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa, in 2009. Read more »

• Botswana: An Urgency to Understand the Okavango Delta

  As a native of Botswana, Gaolathe Tsheboeng is familiar with his research subject - plants in watery places. Read more »

January 11

• Congo-Kinshasa: The Challenges of Modeling the Congo [guest blog]

  Raphael Tshimanga is the first RISE student in the SSAWRN network to have completed his PhD, and he is impatient to put it to good use. He will do so by returning to his home... Read more »

January 4

• Africa: New Model Aims to Boost Higher Education [column]

  For decades after sub-Saharan Africa’s emergence from the colonial era, its universities were weakened by civil strife and political turmoil. Read more »

December 12, 2011

• Malawi: A Better Cuppa Tea for Malawi

  Nicholas Mphangwe, known to his friends as Nick, works as a plant breeder for the Tea Research Foundation of Central Africa, in Malawi. Tea is critical to the Malawian economy,... Read more »

• Uganda: Can a New Tea Stave Off Malaria? [guest blog]

  Patrick Engeu Ogwang grew up in the small town of Soroti, in eastern Uganda, where malaria was (and still is) endemic. He, like most of the townspeople, was accustomed to malaria... Read more »