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Scheme supports young scientists, encourages innovation, and forms critical collaborations to help Africa thrive via science.

A Deloitte report highlights allegations of financial mismanagement and fraud, while salary increases for senior management exceeded the limit set by the governing council

Research projects are left in limbo as donors halt funding to the African Academy of Sciences, writes Gilbert Nakweya.

Gifts to the campaign—the most ambitious fundraising effort in the University’s 203-year history—supported SLU’s strategic priorities of academic excellence, scholarships, health sciences, athletics and business education.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Saint Louis University announced today that it has exceeded its $500 million goal for Accelerating Excell...

/PRNewswire/ -- Saint Louis University announced today that it has exceeded its $500 million goal for Accelerating Excellence: The Campaign for Saint Louis...

Nigeria is currently preoccupied with insecurity issues, banditry, herdsmen, restructuring, separatist agitators, youth unemployment, work stoppages, and economic challenges, to name just a few. As serious as these challenges may appear, we believe they are not capable of sinking Nigeria because they are challenges that could be solved if the right actions were taken. What […]

The best is yet to come - IAVI. Africa is contributing far more than samples to scientific research. The continent’s scientists are actively engaged in developi

Health experts around the world are focused on SARS-CoV-2, but similar viruses and microbial organisms such as bacteria could create the next global killer

Views: Visits 10 Fresh impetus is being directed into identifying and advocating for scientific priorities in the area of food security and nutrition across Africa, with a particular focus on health implications. At the centre of these efforts is a a five-year project initiated by the Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Africa, a partnership between the African Academy of Sciences and the African Union Development Agency-NEPAD. This project aims to identify the continent’s mos...