A proposed beamline at SESAME in Jordan could give African researchers regular access to synchrotron science while building ...

Africa’s attempt to shape its own science diplomacy agenda is raising a harder question for the continent’s universities: are they equipped to ...

A newly published paper in Nature describes the complex process of launching a nine-country collaboration in Africa to significantly expand scientists' understanding of human genetic diversity. This ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented a relatively rare situation in which the entire globe is grappling with the same crisis at the same time, albeit with widely varying approaches, resource levels, ...

The African Science Academy Development Initiative (ASADI), launched in 2004 by the U.S. National Academies and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is a 10-year effort to strengthen the ...

Despite Africa’s growing digital footprint, the continent’s science and technology remains underrepresented on Wikipedia, one of the world’s most visited sources of information. While Africa accounts ...

Twelve schools across Africa have received educational science kits from the IAEA as part of an initiative to promote scientific exploration and inspire students. The initiative aims to cultivate ...

South Africa’s President joined dignitaries, scientists, a large media contingent and members of the local community in the small town of Carnarvon today to celebrate South Africa’s successful bid to ...

In the Nature Careers and Nature Africa podcast “Science in Africa, Lessons from the Past, Hopes for the Future,” the eminent virologist and past President of the Nigerian Academy of Science, ...

The time is ripe for African countries to consider designating a new category of travel visas dedicated to scientists and researchers as a way to facilitate scientific development on the continent.

Science journalism is about taking complex academic research and turning it into easy-to-read content that is still accurate. Aside from informing readers through evidence-based journalism, it aims to ...

An continent-wide framework is necessary, argues an advisor to the New Partnership for Africa's Development To succeed in its aspirations of regional and global economic integration, Africa must ...