Africa
Africa Was Never That Small: What the UN’s ‘Correct the Map’ Vote Actually Means
The UN’s 164–1 vote on the African-led ‘Correct the Map’ resolution does not ban Mercator. It challenges how a navigation tool became…
Category: Science
Health
Personalised mRNA Cancer Vaccine Clears Major Phase 3 Test in Melanoma
A personalised mRNA treatment from Moderna and Merck has met key Phase 3 melanoma trial goals, a major milestone for mRNA-based cancer…
Africa
EAC Launches Regional Centre of Excellence in Virology in Uganda
The East African Community has launched a Regional Centre of Excellence in Virology at the Uganda Virus Research Institute.
Artificial Intelligence
African-Language Science Translation Is Becoming a Technology Infrastructure Question
A new African-language science translation corpus highlights how language, AI and scientific access are becoming part of the continent’s knowledge infrastructure debate.
Science
AfDB and IFRS Foundation to Boost Sustainable Finance Disclosure in Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation have signed a letter of intent to enhance sustainability…