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How can Africa play a major part in global science?

What if Africa became a science hub? Top African researchers discuss this question with Gareth Mitchell and Alan Kasujja in the first programme from the African Science Festival.

The 大象传媒鈥檚 African Science Festival at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, kicked off with a discussion that asked the question what if the continent became a hub for science. Presenters Gareth Mitchell and Alan Kasujja were joined by five leading researchers who have strong connections with Africa; Cern particle physicist Professor Jim Virdee, astronomer and head of the Square Kilometre Array project in South Africa, Professor Justin Jonas and an engineer at Nasa who designs robotic Mars landers, Dr Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu, agricultural expert Dr Jimmy Pittchar from ICIPE in Kenya and the Head of the Goma Volcanic Observatory in the DRC, Dr Katcho Karume.

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55 minutes

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Mon 25 Mar 2013 02:32GMT

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  • Sun 24 Mar 2013 14:05GMT
  • Mon 25 Mar 2013 02:32GMT

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