The launch of the South African Malaria Initiative (SAMI) initiative in February this year emphasised the need for wide ranging partnerships to launch a determined attack on poverty and ill-health to staunch the spread of the disease.
digital@SERA is leading the evolution in Human Language Technology (HLT) research, with group members working on projects including speech synthesis, speech recognition and machine translation.
According to Dr Anthony Turton who recently attended the Symposium on Groundwater Sustainability, groundwater development is an important driver of economic growth in many regions in the world.
EU opens projects to developing country scientists - The European Commission (EC) is providing 20 million euros (US$24 million) to allow scientists in developing countries to join existing European projects. Source: allafrica.com
Network to support African biotech research
- The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation is launching an online network to boost biotechnology research and policy development in Africa. Source: SciDev.Net
Origins Centre opened at Wits University - President Thabo Mbeki opened the Origins Centre exhibition dedicated to explore and celebrate the history of modern humankind through ancient human image making. Source: allafrica.com
Southern Africa to boost collaboration with Japan - Southern African nations are to increase their scientific collaboration with Japan through an organisation called the Southern Africa Science and Technology Community (SASTeC). Source: SciDev.Net
