Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid al Dbaiba, has reaffirmed his support for all scientific activities in all fields, particularly in the field of renewable energies and the fight against climate change. At the opening on Tuesday, in the company of the [...] Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Arab Alliances Initiative for Scientific Research and Innovation was launched at the headquarters of the Libyan Scientific Research Authority in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, aimed at promoting cooperation, coordination and partnership between Arab research centres. Speaking at the ceremony, the Director General of the Union of [...] Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Monaco Explorations, supported by the commitment of Prince Albert II of Monaco to protect the ocean and promote sustainable management, started a two-month expedition on Wednesday in the Indian Ocean on the South African oceanographic vessel, SA Agulhas II. The vessel called in Port-Louis on Wednesday. The expedition is [...] Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Parliamentarians on Thursday passed the Mauritius Emerging Technologies Council law which is to provide for the establishment of the Mauritius Emerging Technologies Council and to promote high quality research in emerging technologies. Speaking in Parliament, Information Technology, Communication and Innovation Minister, Mr Darsanand Balgobin, said the [...] Full text...

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese minister of Scientific Research and Technological Innovation, Martin Parfait Aimé Coussoud Mavoungou, and the CEO of the centre for International Cooperation in Agricultural Research for Development (CIRAD), Michel Edi, signed on Thursday, in Brazzaville, a framework agreement for the relaunch of scientific cooperation between Congo [...] Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Winners of the 2019 Chinguetti Prize were awarded during a ceremony organized on Tuesday at the Palais des Congrès in Nouakchott, in the presence of Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani. The Prize for Islamic Studies was jointly presented to Dr. Mohamed Lemine Ould Mohamed Mahmoud [...] Full text...

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government and the Center for International Cooperation in Agronomic Research for Development (CIRAD) in Central Africa intend to sign a scientific cooperation agreement in the near future,  the regional director of the institution, Denis De Pommier, said on Wednesday in Brazzaville. He was speaking with [...] Full text...

List of beneficiaries of African Peacebuilding Network research grants out   Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA)   -   The list of beneficiaries of the 2019 edition of research grants awarded by the African Peacebuilding Network (APN) of the Social Sciences Research Council (SSRC) was published Monday, a statement issued here said.   They comprise 15 researchers [...] Full text...

Ebène , Mauritius (PANA) - The third edition of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) - MERCK Africa Research Summit (MARS) opened on Tuesday at Ebène, in the centre of the island. Addressing the participants, Mauritian President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim said Africa faces considerable challenges to the health and [...] Full text...

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The German ambassador in Congo, Klaus Peto Schick, said on Thursday that his country is willing to back scientific research in Congo. He was speaking in Brazzaville at the end of talks with the Congolese minister of Scientific Research and Technology Innovation, Parfait Aimé Coussoud Mavoungou. According to [...] Full text...

Reduit, Mauritius (PANA) - The Planet Earth Institute (PEI), an NGO, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Pakistani-based company to ensure the sponsoring of 10 scholarships for Mauritius and Africa. It will be under the Ameenah Gurib-Fakim PhD Scholarship Scheme, that provides direct support to scientists and researchers, [...] Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union Commission on Wednesday launched Phase 2 of the African Union Research Grants programme with an open call for proposals for Research and Innovation in Africa supported by the European Union. "This call for proposal supports Africa’s Science Technology and Innovation Strategy-2024 [...] Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Dakar-based Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) is organising a conference on Open Access and Africa's knowledge economy to be held in the Senegalese capital in March. A senior official of CODESRIA, Dr. Williams Nwagwu, said Friday that the conference will [...] Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged that his administration would take concrete actions to correct the neglect of research, science and technology by past governments. Speaking after receiving a briefing on the activities of the Ministry of Science and Technology in the capital city of Abuja [...] Full text...

Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - The University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) are developing a new research facility, The Congo Basin Institute (CBI). According to a joint statement from the UCLA and IITA, the CBI is designed to establish an environmentally-friendly research campus [...] Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegalese Prime Minister Mahammad Boun Abdallah Dione on Monday said that his country will give the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) a site to accommodate its future "key for knowledge". He told the opening session of the 14th CODESRIA General [...] Full text...

Lagos , Nigeria (PANA) - A Nigerian natural products researcher has challenged fellow researchers in areas of health sciences across Africa to explore the use of indigenous medicinal plants to combat and manage the spread of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). “Africa should exploit our medicinal plants more for disease [...] Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Technology company Royal Philips has announced plans to establish its Africa Innovation Hub in Nairobi, Kenya, a move the company said underlines its commitment to invest in Africa. In a statement made available to PANA, the company said the 'Philips Africa Innovation Hub' would work both [...] Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The privately-owned Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, in South West Nigeria, has been designated an Animal Care, Use in Research, Education and Testing (ACURET.ORG) Centre, the first such facility in West Africa, according to a PANA report. ACURET.ORG, an umbrella organization for Animal Care and Use in Research, Education [...] Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The West African Research Centre (WARC) has appealed to governments across Africa to encourage the emergence of a new crop of young scientists to complement the efforts of their old counterparts, and also to ensure that minimum standards are maintained in the laboratories of their research [...] Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- In view of the increasing interdependence of co untries on global issues, the Robert S. Strauss Centre for International Securit y and Law Strauss Centre at the University of Texas on Friday announced that it h a d entered into a partnership with [...] Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Kenyan government has offered office facilities to t he Consultative Group of International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Consortium B oard. President Mwai Kibaki made the offer when he held discussions with the CGIAR Con sortium Board Vice Chairman, Mr. Carl Hausmann, who paid him [...] Full text...

Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- The Libyan leader, Mouammar Kadhafi, on Tuesday in Sirte c alled for a scientific revolution in Arab universities, stressing the need to pr o mote scientific research in these institutions and begin the battle for science a nd technology so that Arabs can achieve progress and [...] Full text...

Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Council of Research of Mauritius is currently working on two major projects: the production of electricity from geothermal sources and the exploitation of se aweeds for commercial purposes. The Executive Director of the Council, Arjoon Suddhoo, told PANA here that the c ountry was [...] Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The African Union Commission on Wednesday rewarde d five African women researchers for their excellent research works. The five women researchers, each of whom won a prize of US$ 20,000, are two from Mauritius, two from South Africa and one from Egypt. Professor [...] Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- The chief education officer of Cheikh Anta Diop Universit y in Dakar, Senegal, Prof. Abdou Salam Sall, has urged the African Union (AU) to set up a research foundation to ginger African researchers into action. ''This foundation is expected to make researches more inter-disciplinary [...] Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga has challenged African scientists to carry out research on viable farming methodologies that could help mitigate the perennial food insecurity in the continent during prolonged dry spells. Speaking at the opening of a three-day conference in Nairobi, convened for scientific [...] Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- A visiting American scientist has challenged African leaders to allocate more resources to science, technology and research work, in addition to providing the enabling environment for African scientists in the Diaspora to contribute to the development of the sector in the continent. "African government need [...] Full text...