The “Golem effect’s ” nasty impact on academia
Collaboration is an integral part of science. By exchanging ideas, researchers from different fields with diverse backgrounds and skill levels...
Apply for Female Health Innovation Prize
The prize seeks to recognise researchers who have developed innovative advances with translational potential to impact women's health.The Bio-innovation Institute...
Let us Never Forget the Female Pioneers – Mae Jemison
Mae JemisonAs a doctor, engineer, NASA astronaut, Mae Jemison has always reached for the stars. In 1992, she became the...
Dr Evelyn Boyd Granville (1924 – 2023)
Dr Evelyn Boyd GranvilleEvelyn Boyd Granville was only the second African-American woman to receive a PhD in mathematics from an American...
Prof Quarraisha Abdool Karim -Trailblazer par Excellence
Prof Quarraisha Abdool KarimAn infectious disease epidemiologist and co-founder and Associate Scientific Director of CAPRISA, Professor Karim’s list of achievements has...
Dr Aayesha Kholvadia
Dr Aayesha KholvadiaAddressing disparities in healthcare access between the public and private sectorsThabo MohlalaA casual visit to her uncle’s surgery...
Dr Brenda Namumba wins prestigious Astro Society Award
Dr Brende MamumbDr Brenda Namumba, SKA Chair Postdoctoral Fellow at the Wits Centre for Astrophysics, has made history by winning...
Dr Demilade Fayemiwo
Dr Demilade FayemiwoCurrently a Senior Climate Policy Advisor at the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, Dr Fayemiwo focuses on environmental...
Is Science the Answer to Planet Harming Fashion?
Not only are global landfills reaching their limits as the world’s growing population inundates it with waste, fast fashion is...
African Women in Tech
At the moment, only 28% of women globally pursue careers in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM), the result of ingrained social,...