Tag Archives: African scientists

Kampala, Uganda | URN | African scientists are urging governments across the continent to take greater ownership of HIV cure research, saying Africa must move beyond serving as a testing ground for scientific breakthroughs and become a global leader in developing an HIV cure. The call was made during the 2026 …

Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Twenty-five geo-scientists from eleven African countries have been trained in geo-scientific survey techniques and mapping in order to strengthen their countries’ capacity to locate and exploit mineral wealth. The four-week training was conducted in Entebbe and Kabale, with the Uganda Geological Survey Department and experts …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has called upon African scientists to learn how to take care of themselves by making drugs that benefit them. He says Europeans have neglected diseases affecting Africans because such diseases like malaria are no longer prevalent in their countries. In …