March 17, 2023
Africa: North Africa Disconnect 'Blocks Health Collaboration'
Health experts have condemned what they described as a disconnect between North and Sub-Saharan Africa, which they say is hindering the development of a comprehensive health… Read more »
Africa: Q&A - 'Innovate to Unlock Africa's Livestock Potential'
Appolinaire Djikeng promises to strengthen research and innovation to improve the health of farmed animals as he becomes the first African to head the International Livestock… Read more »
March 14, 2023
Nigeria: Nigeria's Currency Shortage 'Harming Healthcare Access'
A currency scarcity in Nigeria, caused by the replacement of old bank notes, is causing delays in accessing healthcare services and even costing lives, in a system that relies… Read more »
March 08, 2023
East Africa: Rainy Season Set to Fail in Drought-Hit Horn of Africa #AfricaClimateCrisis
The Horn of Africa could experience below-normal rainfall during the important rainy season of March to May, with the accompanying hunger crisis requiring urgent aid, according to… Read more »
March 03, 2023
Africa: Solar Geoengineering Research Boosted Despite Concerns #AfricaClimateCrisis
African researchers will receive grants worth tens of thousands of dollars to study the impact of solar geoengineering despite concerns from environmental activists that solar… Read more »
South Africa: South Africa's Energy Crisis 'Harming Research Integrity'
Researchers in South Africa are feeling the effects of the country's continuing power cuts and fear for the impact the electricity crisis is having on their research output. Read more »
February 28, 2023
Africa: What Will It Take to Boost Africa's Vaccine Production?
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February 22, 2023
South Africa: South Africa's R&D Spending Declined During Covid-19
South Africa's overall research and development (R&D) spending dropped by 7.6 per cent in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, but R&D expenditure in the government… Read more »
February 21, 2023
Cameroon: Covid-19 Undermines Effort to Eliminate Polio
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Africa: Agriculture Innovators Share Prize to Aid Food Security
Three tech innovators are to share a US$1.5 million prize to scale up their innovations and enable smallholder farmers to boost productivity, resilience and incomes amid a historic… Read more »
February 20, 2023
Africa: Q&A - Neglected Diseases Face Final Funding Hurdle
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) - a set of 20 diseases including river blindness and sleeping sickness - affect more than a billion people globally, with Africa accounting for… Read more »
February 07, 2023
Africa: Maternal Deaths Data Points to Covid Vaccine Policy Gap
COVID-19 in pregnancy could reverse the slow but steady gains made in maternal and neonatal mortality reduction in Africa and set back progress towards global goals, unless… Read more »
January 30, 2023
Africa: Nature Article Charges Waived for Global South Authors
Researchers from low- and lower-middle-income countries will now be able to publish for free in Nature and 36 other Nature research journals, as the company expands its waiver… Read more »
January 25, 2023
Africa: AI Tool '98% Correct' to Predict Mosquitoes' Age
Using machine learning techniques to predict the age of mosquitoes from different populations could reduce turnaround time for malaria research and improve surveillance programmes,… Read more »
January 19, 2023
Malawi: Sanitation Neglect 'Fuelling Malawi's Cholera Outbreak'
Malawi's worsening cholera crisis is the result of long-term neglect of the country's water supplies and water testing urgently needed, specialists say. Read more »
January 09, 2023
Africa: Q&A - Africa's New Order for Achieving Health Security
Africa now has a roadmap to help the continent achieve health security for sustainable development. Read more »
December 14, 2022
Africa: Helping Africa's Farmers Control Climate-Induced Pests #AfricaClimateCrisis
When Mutondwa Phophi began undergraduate studies, she wanted to help alleviate the suffering of smallholder farmers from climate change-related impacts and destructive plant pests. Read more »
December 09, 2022
Africa: Increase Routine Immunisation to Halt Polio Resurgence
COVID-19 is fuelling a resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases such as polio globally, but even more so in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, experts say. Read more »
Africa: Strategies to Aid Correct Use of Pesticides in Africa
As use of pesticides by African farmers rises, effective strategies are needed, writes Nelson Mandela Ogema. Read more »
Africa: Regaining Control in the Fight Against Polio
In August 2020, Africa was certified free of wild poliovirus. But new cases of the disease have emerged in Malawi and in Mozambique this year. Read more »
December 08, 2022
Africa: Wealthy Nations 'Failing to Fund Climate Adaptation' #AfricaClimateCrisis
Africa faces an impending climate change-induced calamity as developed countries fail to fulfil commitments to fund climate adaption on the continent, scientists say. Read more »
December 07, 2022
South Africa: Square Kilometre Array's Scope Shows African Astronomers Bright Future
African astronomers point to a golden age of astronomy on the continent as work starts in South Africa on the world's biggest telescope. Read more »
November 25, 2022
Africa: Climate Leaders Cheer Compensation Deal At COP27
Climate activists worldwide applauded an eleventh-hour deal for a loss and damage fund to compensate nations hit by climate catastrophes, the first of its kind in 30 years of… Read more »
October 21, 2022
Kenya: What Lifting GMO Ban Means for Kenya
Kenya's decision to lift a ban on importing and producing genetically modified (GM) food could boost research and development in biotechnology and alleviate food insecurity in the… Read more »
October 18, 2022
Africa: 'Robust Laws Needed' To Halt Forest Loss From Mining #AfricaClimateCrisis
Policymakers must develop and implement legislation and forest conservation programmes to halt the loss of tropical forests from industrial mining, environmental experts urge. Read more »