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

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

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

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

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

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