http://www.scidev.net/ Latest news on sub-saharan africa science & technology en http://rss.scidev.net/en/sub-suharan-africa/news/ African science is unlikely to be prioritised at next month's G8 meeting but the fault also rests with African nations, say critics.http://www.scidev.net/en/sub-suharan-africa/african-science-won-t-be-a-g8-priority-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_subsuharanafricaThu, 02 Jul 2009 02:11:28 GMTA new US$49 million initiative aims to strengthen health research capacity across Africa — and will put African researchers in charge.http://www.scidev.net/en/sub-suharan-africa/africa-takes-the-lead-in-health-research-partnersh.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_subsuharanafricaThu, 02 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMTA new treatment for sleeping sickness, researchers find a way to detect malaria in pregnant women, Africa develops its biotechnology agenda, and more.http://www.scidev.net/en/sub-suharan-africa/sub-saharan-africa-news-in-brief-18-june-1-july-20.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_subsuharanafricaWed, 01 Jul 2009 02:44:49 GMTLaborious treatments for river blindness could be simplified if a drug entering final stage clinical trials is effective.http://www.scidev.net/en/sub-suharan-africa/river-blindness-drug-enters-final-trials.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_subsuharanafricaWed, 01 Jul 2009 02:35:00 GMTShould African governments be following the trend in appointing chief scientific advisors, asks Linda Nordling.http://www.scidev.net/en/sub-suharan-africa/africa-analysis-who-needs-chief-scientific-advisor.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_subsuharanafricaTue, 30 Jun 2009 10:27:56 GMTAims to boost Africa's weather forecasting are taking advantage of its mobile phone infrastructure to mount weather stations on masts.http://www.scidev.net/en/sub-suharan-africa/mobile-masts-used-in-african-weather-monitoring-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_subsuharanafricaMon, 29 Jun 2009 02:51:17 GMTMalawi's newly re-elected president has plans for science and technology, including a new commission to coordinate research.http://www.scidev.net/en/sub-suharan-africa/malawi-to-boost-investment-in-science.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_subsuharanafricaFri, 26 Jun 2009 03:38:59 GMTStudies in maize show that benign strains of the fungus Aspergillus can outcompete toxic forms that contaminate African crops.http://www.scidev.net/en/sub-suharan-africa/field-trials-offer-hope-of-conquering-food-toxin.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_subsuharanafricaFri, 26 Jun 2009 03:35:52 GMTBiofuels from both food and non-food crops will be produced as a result of a research collaboration involving Brazil, Egypt and Sudan.http://www.scidev.net/en/sub-suharan-africa/sudan-sets-its-sights-on-biofuels.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_subsuharanafricaThu, 25 Jun 2009 03:38:17 GMTA simple HIV test could remove the obstacles to treating HIV-positive babies in their first year, say scientists.http://www.scidev.net/en/sub-suharan-africa/hiv-test-needs-just-a-spot-of-blood.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_subsuharanafricaWed, 24 Jun 2009 03:15:14 GMTChemicals in lizard and pig odour could be used to create traps for a tsetse fly responsible for sleeping sickness, say scientists.http://www.scidev.net/en/sub-suharan-africa/tsetse-flies-lured-by-lizard-scent.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_subsuharanafricaTue, 23 Jun 2009 03:12:22 GMTResearchers have found that keeping livestock as well as growing crops will reduce African farmers' vulnerability to climate change.http://www.scidev.net/en/sub-suharan-africa/livestock-may-do-better-than-crops-african-farmers.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_subsuharanafricaTue, 23 Jun 2009 03:01:32 GMTSmall farmers across the developing world could benefit from a project to measure the amount of carbon locked in soils.http://www.scidev.net/en/sub-suharan-africa/small-farmers-could-cash-in-on-carbon-monitoring.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_subsuharanafricaMon, 22 Jun 2009 03:26:21 GMTAn agricultural scientist whose work in sorghum improvement has benefited African farmers has won the World Food Prize.http://www.scidev.net/en/sub-suharan-africa/ethiopia-s-sorghum-superhero.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_subsuharanafricaMon, 22 Jun 2009 02:16:18 GMTA new tuberculosis drug found using an old method of drug discovery is the first in 40 years to have proved successful in trials.http://www.scidev.net/en/sub-suharan-africa/first-promising-tb-drug-in-decades-say-researchers.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_subsuharanafricaFri, 19 Jun 2009 03:49:49 GMTA report on African competitiveness has revealed Kenya, South Africa and Tunisia to be the continent's top innovators.http://www.scidev.net/en/sub-suharan-africa/kenya-south-africa-tunisia-top-innovation-poll.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_subsuharanafricaWed, 17 Jun 2009 03:08:43 GMTA layered and cooperative approach would help Southern African countries harmonise their biosafety laws, says Julius Mugwagwa.http://www.scidev.net/en/sub-suharan-africa/a-layered-approach-to-biosafety-in-southern-africa.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_subsuharanafricaWed, 17 Jun 2009 09:38:48 GMTSouthern African scientists are compiling the continent's scientific output in the hope of more global recognition.http://www.scidev.net/en/sub-suharan-africa/database-aims-to-put-african-research-on-the-map.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_subsuharanafricaMon, 15 Jun 2009 03:02:46 GMTCould a tea made from bitter oranges and the leaves of an African tree help curb diabetes?http://www.scidev.net/en/sub-suharan-africa/herbal-tea-gives-hope-to-diabetics.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_subsuharanafricaMon, 15 Jun 2009 02:08:28 GMTAfrican scientists have asked members of the G8+5 to help the continent stem brain drain and rebuild its university sector.http://www.scidev.net/en/sub-suharan-africa/africa-calls-on-world-s-richest-to-curb-brain-drai.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_subsuharanafricaFri, 12 Jun 2009 04:03:57 GMT http://www.scidev.net/images/logo_small.gif http://www.scidev.net/