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South Africa's White Paper doesn't outline how science, innovation and technology can improve ordinary people's lives.
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Taking a look at the interesting world of the South African Astronomical Observatory.
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Drones are being used to combat malaria in Zanzibar.
Gender biases are revealed in enrolment inequalities and policies that favour male students.
Kenyan-born Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, was passionate about finding solutions to Africa’s big challenges. He was…
African countries, like Nigeria and Ethiopia, increased their food production using a system-wide approach, and not the traditional reliance on isolated projects.
Three new HIV vaccine concepts which rely on high-tech designer proteins are being trialled to see if they can stop the virus.
Understanding where there are high numbers of new HIV infections is important to establishing whether interventions are working or not.
Creating a reliable, up to date land register is important for African countries. Drones can help collect and record the necessary data.
To get an effective vaccine for HIV/AIDS, scientists need to understand exactly how the virus works and immune system responds to it. African scientists have come one step closer.
Epidemiologists and public health managers are looking to complement indoor-based malaria solutions with those that focus on the outdoors. Drones are a crucial part of their armoury.
In a remarkable extension of technological leapfrogging, Somaliland will become the first country in the world to use iris recognition in a presidential election.
Jobs are not created or lost because of a single technology, but because of the business models designed to leverage the power of it.
To stimulate innovation in the agriculture sector education and training is in dire need of substantial reform for greater integration, cooperation and accountability.
A South African child, who has been in HIV remission for nearly nine years, could help researchers understand how to make remission possible for millions of other HIV positive people.
African countries need to start producing and developing their own medical devices. Suitably skilled biomedical engineers are needed for this sort of innovation to take root.
Linking policymakers with research relevant for implementing the SDGs is difficult. But building strong relationships between them and researchers is a good place to start.
In most developing countries hearing services are not available at primary healthcare clinics and those who need it the most are not screened for hearing loss.
The history of malaria prevalence in Africa is a long term cycle of highs and lows. However, there's been little change in the high transmission belt that covers parts of West and Central Africa.
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Professor of the Practice of International Development, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University Twitter @Calestous, Harvard Kennedy School
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Tutorial Fellow, School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, University of Nairobi
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PhD student, Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration (IDHEAP), Université de Lausanne
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Editor-in-Chief of the South African Journal of Science and Consultant, Vice Principal for Research and Graduate Education, University of Pretoria
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Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex
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Director, Cochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council
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Medical Scientist at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases; Research Associate at CAPRISA; Research Professor in the School of Pathology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Business and Sustainable Development, University of Edinburgh
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Clinical Senior Research Associate, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge
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Honorary Associate Professor in Medical Microbiology, University of Cape Town
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Reader and DST/NRF SARChI Chair of Virus-Host Dynamics, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, CAPRISA Research Associate, University of the Witwatersrand
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Independent Economist; PhD Candidate, University of Cape Town
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Senior Researcher in Urban Food Security and Food Systems, University of Cape Town
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Head of the Immunology Research Group at the Division of Molecular Biology & Human Genetics, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University
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Chief Research Officer, Kenya Medical Research Institute
