China and Africa are working on plans to offer African scientists training, carry out joint research and transfer technology.

New research aims to help African policymakers understand the constraints on women entrepreneurs to unlock their economic potential.

A new Belgian research initiative is one of many improvements to Burundi's R&D sector following the end of its civil war.

The cost and time of analysing drug resistance in HIV positive people could be radically reduced by a tool being tested in South Africa.

A clinical research fellowship scheme to train African biomedical students will open later this year.

Plans to create a dedicated science ministry to harmonise research in Uganda are moving ahead with the passing of a bill in parliament.

The parasitic root damage to bananas and plantains has been measured by assessing their leaf area using a digital photographic system.

The complex relationship between disability and poverty needs more research, which could lead to more inclusive aid and health policies.

New varieties of cassava may dramatically increase harvests of the drought-resistant root crop in the Horn of Africa, show Ethiopian tests.

Tilapia fish breeding programmes have delivered new strains that could raise producers' income and enable poorer people to afford fish.

Africa's science academies have issued a statement calling for evidence to fill large gaps in the continent’s climate-change evidence base.

This week's referendum in Egypt may vote in a new constitution that vows to fund science but will also foster the controversial 'Arabisation' of science.

The government of Zimbabwe has earmarked substantial funding to kick-start a nanotechnology programme focused on TB and HIV/AIDS.

Two initiatives for capacity building in science policy and streamlining global science decision-making have been hit by a lack of funds.

In the aftermath of Kenya's banning of genetically modified organisms, some scientists say the directive threatens national food security.

An EU-funded grants programme for African research is coming to an end — prompting questions of whether African nations will take over.

Women agricultural researchers in 11 Sub-Saharan countries will benefit from a second phase of the AWARD programme.