AAS

Interested scientists need to apply by 20 April 2015, 17:00 hours East Africa Time.

Nominations are invited from leaders of higher educational institutions and research institutions, and from Fellows/Associate Fellows of AAS. Deadline for receipt of nominations is 30 April 2015.

African Academy of Sciences' executive director and TWAS Fellow Berhanu Abegaz is pushing for more women in membership

A workshop held in Dakar, Senegal, on 27 June - under the Solar Radiation Management Governance Initiative - gave African scientists an opportunity to learn about the issues and join the discussion

TWAS Fellow (1999) Ahmadou Lamine Ndiaye from Senegal has just been elected the new president of the Nairobi-based African Academy of Sciences (AAS). He succeeds Mohamed H.A. Hassan.

Berhanu Molla Abegaz who was recently appointed executive director of the African Academy of Science (AAS), explains how "science for development" will be at the centre of the AAS's programmes