For anyone who relies on coffee to start their day, coffee wilt disease may be the most important disease you’ve never heard of. This fungal disease has repeatedly reshaped the global coffee supply over the past century, with consequences that reach from African farms to cafe counters worldwide. Infection with the fungus Fusarium xylarioides results…
Addis Ababa — Senior African researchers have called for deeper collaboration and greater integration to accelerate the continent’s research and development agenda. Speaking at a panel discussion on Actionable Approaches to Empower African Research and Development during Science, Technology and Innovation Week 2026 in Addis Ababa, experts stressed that coordinated efforts and stronger ecosystems are…
Every year, malaria kills more than 600,000 people worldwide. Most of them are children under 5 in sub-Saharan Africa. But the disease isn’t confined to poor, rural areas – it’s a global threat that travels with people across borders. For decades, the fight against malaria has felt like running in place. Bed nets and drugs…
Addis Ababa — The regional Land, Soil and Crop Information Services project has concluded with promising results for climate-smart agriculture in Eastern Africa. At the event held today in Addis Ababa, key results and lessons learned from four years of project implementation in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Rwanda were discussed. It was learnt that Land Soil…
When climate disasters strike Africa, the physical damage is obvious. But we’re only beginning to understand the psychological toll. Here’s why Western definitions of trauma can miss so much, and how one group of researchers are trying to get a better picture. When the World Bank compared data from 1970-1979 to weather patterns just four…
Luanda — Angolan and National Geographic researchers have confirmed the existence of one of the largest water towers in southern Africa in Angola’s central highlands, where major rivers such as the Zambezi, Kwanza, and Congo originate. The Vice President, Esperança da Costa, announced this on Tuesday at the opening ceremony of the Southern African Science…
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, The international team discovered how the immune system is kept in check to prevent it attacking the body. Published On 6 Oct 20256 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share The Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to Mary E Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon…
A nanocarrier is a microscopic drug delivery system that can transport therapies directly to targeted cells. A self-taught, Durban-based developer is seeking to push the boundaries of medical research by showing how human-AI symbiosis could strengthen HIV treatment with antiretrovirals (ARVs). Unlike conventional uses of artificial intelligence (AI), which typically focus on data analysis or…
Cape Town — U.S. President Donald Trump signed a new executive order that changes how the U.S. government awards research grants and foreign monetary assistance on August 7, 2025. The order is called Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking, and while the government says this will stop waste and ensure tax money is used properly, profoundly impact…
New research reveals that the brain’s handling of sentence formation goes far beyond word recognition, tapping into dynamic and syntax-specific activity that reshapes how we understand language production. PHOTO/Shutterstock. By JAMES OLOO [email protected] A team of New York University Tandon School of Engineering researchers uses machine learning to analyze neural activity data and uncover how speech is…
