- SciDev
- 14/6/25 10:59
Sub-Saharan Africa is struggling to produce more and better trained graduates. Irene Friesenhahn explains.
Sub-Saharan Africa is struggling to produce more and better trained graduates. Irene Friesenhahn explains.
How can Africa keep its best researchers and ensure its ‘lost’ brains can still contribute? Jon Spaull investigates.
Africa’s universities can take concrete steps to boost doctoral education and research, argues Goolam Mohamedbhai.
Getting more students into substandard courses will do little for innovation, say Patrício Langa and Gerald Wangenge-Ouma.
Higher education students need practical skills to be employable, or employ themselves, says Martin Bosompem.
In this podcast, Quintino Mgani explains how partnerships benefit PhD students at the University of Dar es Salaam.
In this podcast, Esther Marijani recounts the family history that led her to science and explains why PhDs are key.
This video examines three models for developing research capacity in the booming sector.
Irene Friesenhahn rounds up sources of online information, highlighting key initiatives on Africa’s higher education.
In all, 36 new varieties are available for free use and sharing to give poor farmers more access to quality crops.
TUESDAY 24. JUNE 2014
Scientific ideas locked in the documents may be rediscovered after a collection was moved out of harm’s way in Mali.
A journal on the subject is due in 2015 and new academic courses are springing up in the United States and Europe.
MONDAY 23. JUNE 2014
SIDS ‘success stories’, Mauritius and the Seychelles, highlight a lack of international backing for research.
FRIDAY 20. JUNE 2014
Africa should do more to assess whether boosting science and tech leads to development, writes Linda Nordling.
A declaration issued on the 50th anniversary of the Group of 77’s creation shows how science can help and hinder.
Experts are concerned that the draft outcome for the summit of small island states lacks references to science.
ICT offers a practical path to ensuring the goal of empowering women is delivered, says Henrietta Miers.
In this photo essay, women from Palestine talk about academic opportunities and balancing careers with family life under occupation.
In this photo essay, women from Palestine talk about academic opportunities and balancing careers with family life under occupation.
This image gallery shows refugees in Uganda running businesses, many based on technological innovation.
Refugee enterprise in Uganda holds valuable lessons for global migration policy, says researcher Alexander Betts.
THURSDAY 19. JUNE 2014
Egypt’s organic-farming project has grown into a global enterprise reaping rewards. Rehab Abd Almohsen reports.
WEDNESDAY 18. JUNE 2014
In this podcast, researcher Kate Shaw uncovers why physics in Palestine is not just for men
Despite the patent-sharing links forged through WIPO Re:Search, no new drugs have entered the development pipeline.
TUESDAY 17. JUNE 2014
Researchers use free Malaria Boxes to hunt for possible drugs, and now Pathogen Boxes are promised in 2015.