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Africa
Science - Education | Technology

Pan-African parliamentary science forum launched

afrol News / SciDev.Net, 5 May - An Africa-wide forum for parliamentarians which aims to give science, technology and innovation a more central role in the policy-making process was launched this week.

Seychelles
Science - Education | Society

Seychelles gets its 1st university

afrol News, 30 November - Seychelles, a nation of only 85,000 inhabitants, yesterday inaugurated its first university. The small nation hopes to reverse the "brain drain" resulting from students having to travel abroad.

Africa
Technology | Science - Education

Open-source software intakes African universities

afrol News, 9 June - Academic research software is still unavailable in many African universities. Now, universities in Senegal, Mozambique, Cameroon, Madagascar and Equatorial Guinea work with partners in Catalonia to fill this gap.

Mali
Science - Education | Culture - Arts | Society

Timbuktu ancient document centre opening

afrol News, 27 May - Mali's famous old city of Timbuktu this weekend will see the opening of a new building housing and restoring a collection of an estimated 700,000 ancient manuscripts, recognised as one of Africa's principal cultural heritages.

Africa
Science - Education | Technology | Economy - Development

New broadband network for Africa approved

afrol News / SciDev.Net, 14 April - Funding for the first phase of an initiative to connect African research centres and link them to an existing European broadband network has been approved by the European Commission. The network is set to ease research in African institutions.


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