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Q&A: Closing the gender gap

Prudence Mutowo, winner of a 2006 L'Oreal UNESCO fellowship, speaks to SciDev.Net about her experiences as a woman in science.

30 April 2008 | EN

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Turning plants into pills in Kenya

Traditional healers are joining forces with plant chemists in Kenya to develop antimalarials isolated from plants, reports Tatum Anderson.

13 December 2007 | EN

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Better living through 'green' chemistry

'Green' chemistry could provide Africa with much needed — but environmentally sustainable — chemicals, write Nigist Asfaw and colleagues.

Source: Science

22 June 2007 | EN | 中文

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South Africa's research leader looks to the future

Khotso Mokhele, former leader of South Africa's National Research Foundation, talks to Michael Cherry about the state of science in South Africa.

Source: Nature

23 November 2006 | EN

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Innovation in South Africa: too much, too soon?

Are South Africa's science policy choices hindering its drive to commercialise research and speed development? Sonja van Renssen reports.

6 April 2006 | EN

Bridging the gap between research and policy

Evelyn Kiapi Matsamura reports on efforts made to bridge the gap between research and policy in Africa.

Source: Inter Press Service News Agency

11 March 2005 | EN