Spanning governance, security, economics, science and artificial intelligence, The Africa Report profiles 10 academics ...

Leading scientists from eight African countries are calling for urgent, Africa-led action to strengthen the continent’s ...

In the face of geopolitical fragmentation, tightening aid budgets, and global systemic shocks such as the COVID-19 pandemic, African leaders can no longer ignore the need to invest in science. As ...

A Wits-led study published in the prestigious journal Nature has added whole-genome data from more than 1,000 people across nine African countries to global science, significantly expanding ...

The oldest known poisoned weapon was 7,000 years old—until a recent analysis on arrow tips in South Africa pushed the date back more than 50,000 years. The analysis of the stone tips previously ...

Have you ever asked yourself why Science has not thrived in Africa as it has done in other continents? Well, one probable answer would be that Africa is just a few hundred years old according to the ...

Destiny Amenyedzi is using science and machine learning to solve a global problem. The native Ghanaian and Ph.D. student at the University of Rwanda is using AudioMoths (highly sensitive microphones) ...

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