South Africa and Australia will both host components of the world's most powerful radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array.

High speed Internet has been introduced in Egyptian universities, but many researchers are still unaware of how to best make use of it.

Five more African countries have met the Maputo Declaration goal of investing ten per cent of their national budgets in agriculture.

Africa's newly revealed groundwater may not be easy to tap into because of political and technical challenges, experts warn.

A capacity-building project on climate change aims to improve food security in the mountains of East Africa.

Egypt has partnered with European nations to build a facility to test technology that can produce electricity and desalinate water.

An Egyptian scientist' has been awarded a prestigious prize for designing an antenna that could facilitate mobile network upgrades.

Ahead of its September opening, Egypt's high-profile science and technology city is mired in a dispute over who owns the site's buildings.

Qatar Science and Technology Park has developed the country's first health care technology to be exported to Europe.

Young researchers in Côte-d'Ivoire are to benefit from new research funds targeting projects in sustainable development and poverty alleviation.

Participants at Forum 2012 have heard impassioned calls for African researchers to solve African health problems.

The International Food Policy Research Institute says policymakers must face up to serious weaknesses in the global food system.

Egypt's presidential candidates have promised to boost the national science research budget to up to six per cent of GDP.

West African farmers have teamed up with Australian scientists to design a training programme for cotton producers in 14 African countries.

There is speculation that Australasia and South Africa, which are vying to host the Square Kilometre Array, may share the role.

Improved mobile malaria huts, used to study transmission of the diseases, have helped researchers better understand mosquito behaviour.

Rwandan agriculture researchers are using an X-ray technique developed by the mining sector to improve the nutrition value of beans.

Côte-d'Ivoire has recommenced the collection of genetic food crop resources, now the country's political crisis has eased.

Ministers attending an all-Africa science and technology forum have pledged to strengthen and increase ST&I research and funding.

Researchers at the Africa Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation discuss proposals for a "National Science Foundation" for Africa