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Matt Wallace and panelists at the Science Forum South Africa 2025

Powering Africa’s science through stronger councils

Strengthening national science granting councils is emerging as one of the most effective pathways for improving how African countries finance and govern science for development. This…

Matt Wallace and panelists at the Science Forum South Africa 2025

Powering Africa’s science through stronger councils

Strengthening national science granting councils is emerging as one of the most effective pathways for improving how…

Hamidou Duff, the director general of Research at Senegal's Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation

Councils seek solutions to research financing crisis

African countries are working to strengthen research quality, ethical practice, and grant management through the Research Excellence…

Innovation awards boost Côte d’Ivoire’s national research drive

The Fund for Science, Technology and Innovation (FONSTI) opened the audition phase for the FONSTI Innovation Prize…

the Research Council of Zimbabwe (RCZ)

Zimbabwe moves to strengthen research governance

With the growing need to improve the quality, integrity, and impact of scientific work in the country,…

GRC meeting Zimbabwe

Africa pushes community-led, curiosity-driven research at GRC meeting

African research leaders are calling for community-engaged and curiosity-driven research to strengthen the continent’s scientific ecosystem and…

Dr. Monica Musenero

Shaping Africa-led research funding amid global shifts

Amidst the changing landscape in global research funding, research leaders are considering establishing Africa-led initiatives for research…

The researchers displaying cassava products

Innovation highlight series -part two

As part of our year-end innovation highlights series, we continue to spotlight remarkable innovations supported by the…

Photo by Marcelo Verfe: https://www.pexels.com/photo/fresh-organic-beetroots-on-wooden-surface-29436276/

Ugandan scientist turns beetroot into anaemia cure

In many villages across Uganda, the fatigue of anaemia is a silent companion for countless women and…

Prototype of the Biosensor Device for Water Purification Using Solar energy

Innovation highlight series

As the year draws to a close, we celebrate groundbreaking innovations that demonstrated the power of locally…

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