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Okavango Delta at sunset

Building science bridges in Botswana

The Okavango Research Institute is drawing on African and international expertise to tackle challenges in a broad range of disciplines.

Source: TWAS

24 April 2012 | EN | FR

Woman plucking tea leaves

Can technology rescue women farm workers from drudgery?

Interest is growing in tools and innovations that can ease the workload imposed on women farm workers, report M Sreelata and Naomi Antony.

12 April 2012 | EN

African farmers

Enriching African soils key to boosting crop yields

The key to tackling hunger in Africa is enriching its soil, according to a story in Nature. The big debate is how to do it.

Source: Nature

10 April 2012 | EN

Denis Kyetere

Q&A: Denis Kyetere on innovative technologies for Africa's farmers

Denis Kyetere, executive director of the African Agricultural Technology Foundation, outlines his vision for the continent's farmers.

5 April 2012 | EN

Lagos governor Babatunde Raji Fashola

Lagos puts innovation high on its agenda

The state of Lagos has set up an advisory council to guide it towards becoming an innovation hub for West Africa. Emeka Johnkingsley reports.

1 March 2012 | EN

Carel IJsselmuiden

Moving beyond aid to set the global health agenda

An international meeting aims to shake up donor−recipient relations in a quest for more enduring health gains, reports Beverly Petersen Stearns.

12 January 2012 | EN | FR

Gretchen Kalonji

Q&A: Gretchen Kalonji on UNESCO's plans for science

SciDev.Net speaks to UNESCO's Gretchen Kalonji about how a new panel of experts is breathing fresh life into the organisation's science plans.

5 October 2011 | EN | FR | 中文

Bernie Fanaroff

Q&A: Bernie Fanaroff on South Africa's bid to host the Square Kilometre Array

Bernie Fanaroff, director of South Africa's Square Kilometre Array project, tells SciDev.Net how hosting the world's most powerful radio telescope would benefit Africa.

2 August 2011 | EN

Philippe Mawoko

Q&A: Philippe Mawoko on Africa's new science observatory

Philippe Mawoko, the first head of the African science observatory currently under construction in Equatorial Guinea, speaks to SciDev.Net about the new institution.

29 July 2011 | EN

Q&A: Romain Murenzi on the future of TWAS

Romain Murenzi, the new executive director of TWAS, the developing world's science academy, talks to SciDev.Net about his plans for the organisation.

14 July 2011 | EN

Martyn Poliakoff

Q&A: Martyn Poliakoff on science diplomacy and green chemistry in Africa

The Royal Society's new foreign secretary, Martyn Poliakoff, talks to SciDev.Net about his plans to develop links with African scientists.

8 July 2011 | EN

Heneri Dzinotyiweyi, Zimbabwean science minister

Tough times for Zimbabwe's science minister

Munyaradzi Makoni explains how an economic crisis and a brain drain have created problems for Zimbabwe's science minister, Heneri Dzinotyiweyi.

8 April 2011 | EN

Explosion in Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant

Is Africa ready for safe nuclear power?

As Japan's nuclear accidents send shockwaves round the world, Alex Abutu explores whether Africa is ready to provide safe nuclear power.

17 March 2011 | EN | FR

IDDR,B

HINARI and the dream of free journal access

A dispute over the HINARI scheme, which gives poor countries free journal access, has exposed the sensitive border between aid and commerce, finds Yojana Sharma.

11 February 2011 | EN | ES

Calestous Juma

Q&A: Calestous Juma and African innovation

Harvard globalisation professor Calestous Juma talks to SciDev.Net about how to get Africa's wealth of innovation making an impact.

10 February 2011 | EN | FR

Jean Pierre Ezin

Whatever happened to the Pan-African University?

The African Union is determined to push ahead with plans for a Pan-African University, despite disputes over several of its five hubs.

29 November 2010 | EN

Oiling the wheels of Ugandan science

Uganda's president wants to use new-found oil money to fund science and cut aid. But is he striking out too soon, asks Linda Nordling?

9 July 2010 | EN

Science challenges in post-apartheid South Africa

The optimism felt by scientists at the fall of apartheid is fading as financial and social realities fail to match up to expectations.

Source: Nature

18 February 2010 | EN | 中文

Launching your own satellite — the pros and cons

Developing nations are building their own satellites despite freely available Western data. Do the gains outweigh the costs, asks Tatum Anderson.

11 November 2009 | EN | ES | FR | 中文

Makerere University

Makerere University: Rebuilding a reputation

Fostering a research culture has put Uganda's Makerere University back on its feet and is inspiring others, says Peter Wamboga-Mugirya.

11 March 2009 | EN | ES | FR