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.

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

The ongoing conflict in Syria has led to dramatic cuts in science budgets and research, and a sharp rise in brain drain.

Science output from Brazil, Russia, India and China is becoming more evenly balanced across disciplines, a study finds.

A game designed to help epidemiologists understand and process data generated by disease outbreaks has been trialled in South Africa.

Journalists in Ghana say they are keen to increase their coverage of science, but face a range of challenges, a survey finds.

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

Delegates at an all-Africa conference on science, technology and innovation say innovation and entrepreneurship should be taught in universities.

South African researchers have developed an open-source mobile phone application to assist with water quality monitoring.

A call for prospective lecturers and students has been issued by Algeria, host to the northern node of the Pan African University.

Partnerships between university medical centres and local NGOs may help deliver medical assistance more efficiently after a catastrophe.

Abu Dhabi University is to host a major biotechnology incubator to take Arab discoveries through to the market.

USAID has announced new grants for US universities and colleges to boost research of benefit to developing countries.

Better support and mentoring is essential to help African graduates build careers on the continent, says a new report.

Critics blame Bolivia's lack of scientific and technical expertise for delays in exploiting its vast natural reserves of valuable lithium.

A controversial science reform that gave the Venezuelan government more control over a private sector R&D tax has boosted science funding.

Offices of research, innovation and commercialisation (ORIC) are set to improve links between Pakistan’s universities and its enterprises.

A 13 per cent hike in Saudi Arabia's higher education budget, has reignited a debate about university rankings.

Colombia is seeking to become an ‘academic campus’ at which foreign students and scholars can pursue graduate studies and do research.

A conference has called for new agricultural universities in East and Central Africa with a focus on innovation.