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What if Africa was the New Hub of Global Science?

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BBC World Service hosts an international science festival from the heart of Africa.

BBC World Service hosts an international science festival in the heart of Africa from Makerere University, in Kampala, Uganda, for the culmination of the What If… season.

BBC World Service hosts an international science festival in the heart of Africa from Makerere University, in Kampala, Uganda, for the culmination of the What If… season. We examine issues of culture, education, economics and development.

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What if Africa was the New Hub of Global Science?: How can Africa play a major part in global science?

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Gareth Mitchell

24/03/2013

How can Africa play a major part in global science?

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Top African researchers ask what if Africa became a hub for 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 BBC’s 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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