Africa

Africa's most important resource are its people, and especially its young people, say Mohamed H.A. Hassan and Daniel Schaffer

Roseanne Diab, executive director of the Academy of Science of South Africa, talks about the involvement of scientists from the developing world in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

The agenda for nutritional research in Africa should be led by African scientists, says Patrick Kolsteren, coordinator of the European Union 'Sunray' project.

Science centres could help advance the cause of science-based development in Africa, says Jean-Pierre Ezin.

The Regional Initiative in Science and Education (RISE) is building strong scientific networks in Africa with the aim of helping to train the next generation of academics on the continent.

At a time when increasing access to electricity is driving economic growth in a number of developing countries, sub-Saharan Africa's electricity supplies remain stagnant.

Today is World Water Day (WWD), an annual date to raise awareness about the challenges posed by water quality and quantity

Felix Korbla Akorli from Ghana, now lecturer in telecommunications in Rwanda, was among the first awardees of a South-South fellowship

Three TWAS Fellows have been selected to present the TWAS Medal lectures at next year's annual meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina

The president of the African University of Science and Technology signes a five-year agreement of collaboration with TWAS.