Africa’s fast-growing young population and enthusiastic adoption of digital technology could pave the way for the continent to fast-track science innovation and become a world leader in diagnostics, ...

The Continent Professor Collen Masimirembwa deservedly won this year’s African Genius Award. The pharmacogenetics pioneer has ...

The Amani Hill Research Station in Tanzania was once one of East Africa’s leading laboratories – now it is a shadow of its past glory. Rachel Nuwer visited to find out what happened, and discovered ...

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A-first-of-its-kind medical and science research facility has opened in Pretoria to equip students from poor communities with real-world practical laboratory training. The Centre for Advanced Training ...

The countdown is on to analytica Lab Africa 2025, Africa’s premier trade fair for laboratory technology, analysis, biotechnology, and a must-attend for professionals in the food and beverage industry.

Last week, the World Anti-Doping Agency revoked the accreditation of the Bloemfontein drug-testing laboratory, the only one recognised in Africa, "due to its inability to satisfactorily address ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A British genetics lab has been accused of trying to make money from DNA samples taken from African tribes. Whistleblowers who formerly worked at the Cambridge-based Wellcome Sanger Institute have ...

The new fund is intended to back Africa-focused research A new fund has been launched for African science, amid concerns that research is too Western-focused. A lack of investment may threaten ...

Four African screenwriters have been selected for the second edition of the AuthenticA Series Lab, a development programme from South Africa-based Realness Institute. The selected writers for the 2023 ...