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The scientific community needs to play an active role in fighting exclusion and inequality particularly in Africa. At the World Science Forum 2022, attended by about 900 delegates, in Cape Town, South ...
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Dom Byrne is a freelance radio and podcast producer based in Brighton, UK. Paballo Chauke and Shannon Morreira examine a drive by the University of Cape Town (UCT) to cultivate a more inclusive ...
When will Africa produce a Nobel Prize in science? Perhaps the closest the continent has come is Philip Emeagwali, who many have dubbed the "father" of the Internet. But the African content on the ...
Eric A. Jensen receives funding from the European Commission and other funders to conduct research on aspects of the science-society relationship globally. Jensen delivers training on evaluation and ...