Africa News

ViewSouth African fossil fuel giant invests in ‘green’ energy

Sasol funds four research chairs and six fellowships with National Research Foundation

ViewCommonwealth survey highlights research funding disparities

Geographic location and economic status linked with access to funding and support

ViewUCT appoints panel to investigate governance crisis

Panel is being chaired by judge Lex Mpati, chancellor of Rhodes University

ViewSouth Africa to explore points-based skills visas

Streamlined immigration rules could mean less red tape for foreign researchers

ViewAids society to rotate conference regions from 2024

Africa’s turn will come in 2025 as global gatherings aim to improve access and equity

View‘Unclear’ how state of disaster will solve South Africa’s energy crisis

Researchers question move that grants government extraordinary powers

View‘Skilled workforce needed’ to meet vaccine manufacturing goal

Workshop considers how Africa can increase production of its own vaccines to 60 per cent

ViewSouth Africa’s tech startup performance plummets

Entrepreneurs urge government to take action as Africa’s former “wonder child” loses its lead

ViewAfrica news roundup: 3-9 February

This week: a Kenyan pandemic lab, a Gavi appointment and a survey of AI gaps

ViewWits and Edinburgh announce joint sustainability training

Partnership between UK and South Africa will train dozens of master’s and PhD students

ViewSouth Africa secures seat on ‘frontier science’ programme

Research institutions hope membership will bring fresh funding and collaboration opportunities in the life sciences

ViewCampus violence and threats ‘have reached crisis point’

Academics blame corruption and weak leadership for South Africa’s spate of violence against university staff

ViewAfrica news roundup: 27 January to 2 February

This week: a strike averted, Covid progress and European funding for African teachers

ViewPower crisis eats into South Africa’s university budgets

Cape university spends R1.5 million on diesel power monthly as government “consults” on way forward

ViewTool launched to track pledges in neglected-diseases fight

Tracker will hold signatories of last year’s Kigali declaration to account

ViewSouth Africa seals R&D deal with big pharma

Partnership aims to produce medicines made for Africa by Africans

ViewAfrican Academy of Sciences welcomes 29 new fellows

Cohort of new members come from near and far, reflecting excellence in African science

ViewUniversity of Cape Town strike on temporary hold

Academic union considers new offer after rejecting “insulting and derisory” 3 per cent pay hike

ViewBeitbridge economic zone ‘may harm wetlands’ in South Africa

Scientific advisory group recommends halting Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone development

ViewSouth African facilities eye solar to solve energy woes

Renewables could help create operational stability at radio astronomy and medical radiocarbon facilities

View‘Many instruments are not going to make it’

South Africa’s power crisis could push science out of country’s poorly resourced institutions, biochemist warns

ViewAfrica news roundup: 20-26 January

This week: infectious disease grants, DRC-South Africa cooperation and a health innovation partnership

ViewFrequent blackouts cripple South African labs

Experiments could be forced overseas as country’s energy crisis deepens

ViewSixteen African women receive early career fellowships

Canada-funded awards support scientists in scientifically “lagging” countries

ViewAfrica news roundup: 13-19 January

This week: a radio telescope award, a resignation and new headquarters for the Africa CDC

ViewSouth Africa deepens science partnership with Turkey

Study centre launched and memorandum of understanding signed, with more details due after February meeting

ViewNzimande to ramp up safety on university campuses

National taskforce to probe security concerns following “assassination attempt” on Fort Hare vice-chancellor

ViewSouth African R&D dropped 7.6% in first year of pandemic

Fresh national statistics underscore decline in country’s gross R&D spending

View‘Radical’ action needed to move African languages from periphery

New head of Universities South Africa’s working group on languages vows to keep up momentum

ViewAttempt to murder vice-chancellor shocks South Africa

Shooting targeting Fort Hare head claims life of security chief