By Momar Dieng, Senegal Momar: Scientific communication has a low profile in Senegal, especially in the media particularly in the media. What do you think are the reasons for this? Yacine Ndiaye (IRD Senegal) from ‘Media time is not research time’: “In my opinion, the problem is a structural one, scientific journalism does not occupy […]
The African Genetic Biocontrol Consortium organized a consultative workshop with journalists, science communicators and scientists in Arusha, Tanzania. The aim of the workshop is to expand awareness and understanding of genetic biocontrol in Africa Read More
African Union (AU)’s quest for member countries to embrace and apply modern scientific tools including biotechnology to redeem Africa’s agriculture from the vagaries of pests, diseases and undesirable climatic conditions, will require the commitment of all stakeholders especially scientists, science communicators and science journalists. Read More
Mrs. Ogbaki who is also a PhD candidate, Development Communications at the Nasarawa State university, was speaking to a team of science journalists at a Webinar organised by the Science Communication Forum of the African Genetic Biocontrol Consortium under the theme: “To promote sustainable training and capacity building programmes on the science, development, use, and […]
Dr. Lwetoijera also highlighted the need for the development of collaborative frameworks to support the assessment of the dossiers submitted at the different stages of technology evaluation; the need to leverage on the existing ethics and governance guidelines on gene-editing for on-going trials; and the need to leverage on the existing technical platforms like the […]