Category: africa
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African scientists are working to pool data that decodes diseases – a giant step
African scientists are working to pool data that decodes diseases – a giant step Alan Christoffels, University of the Western Cape and Sofonias Kifle Tessema This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Infectious disease outbreaks in African countries are, unfortunately, all too common. Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo…
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Why African scientists are studying the genes of African species, and how they do it
Why African scientists are studying the genes of African species, and how they do it Anne Muigai, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology; Appolinaire Djikeng, The University of Edinburgh, and ThankGod Echezona Ebenezer, European Bioinformatics Institute This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. DNA is the blueprint of life. All…
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Ghana needs more astronomers, astrophysicists, aerospace engineers and astronauts – how to develop them
Ghana needs more astronomers, astrophysicists, aerospace engineers and astronauts – how to develop them Marian Selorm Sapah, University of Ghana This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Perhaps when you think of scientific research in Africa you think of the continent’s amazing natural resources, buried out of sight under soil or…
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African researchers are ready to share more work openly – now policy must make it possible
African researchers are ready to share more work openly – now policy must make it possible Lara Skelly, Loughborough University et Elisha Chiware, Cape Peninsula University of Technology This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Librarians are the curators of creativity. They collect success stories and share it with the world.…
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