News News about our work: Mar 01, 2026 KRISP Fellowship Update - the gem - Feb 2026 Dr Hastings Musopole begins his research exchange in Switzerland. Mar 01, 2026 Building and Funding Globally Competitive African Ventures the gem - Feb 2026 On 14 February 2026, Day 2 of SWEAT Africa’s debut festival, an inspiring panel turned the spotlight on a question central to innovation: what does it actually take to build ventures that endure? True to SWEAT’s outdoor, movement-driven format – where dialogue continues between walks, runs and yoga –the discussion carried that same forward energy into a focused, practical exploration of systems, funding alignment and real-world impact. Mar 01, 2026 KRISP Sanger Sequencing Services promotion KRISP Sanger Sequencing Services promotion for 2026. Access the largest ABI 3730xl sequencer in Africa at very affordable rates. Mar 01, 2026 Addressing pandemic wide systematic errors in the SARS-CoV-2 phylogeny the gem - Feb 2026 The majority of SARS-CoV-2 genomes obtained during the pandemic were derived by amplifying overlapping windows of the genome (‘tiled amplicons’), reconstructing their sequences and fitting them together. This leads to systematic errors in genomes unless the software is both aware of the amplicon scheme and of the error modes of amplicon sequencing. Mar 01, 2026 The Public Squares Podcast: Launching March 2026 - the gem - Feb 2026 Hosted by the Public Squares Initiative at Stellenbosch University, this podcast bridges the gap between research and society through conversation and dialogue with researchers, practitioners, and community members. At the heart of these conversations is transdisciplinary research — research that is collaborative, engaged and impactful. Mar 01, 2026 Building Stronger Health Systems Through African Scientific Leadership the gem - Feb 2026 African STARS Fellow, Dr Alex Nka. Across Africa, epidemics do not unfold in laboratories. They unfold within complex systems shaped by funding structures, climate shifts, diagnostic capacity, and policy responsiveness. Mar 01, 2026 Strengthening the Science of Women’s Health the gem - Feb 2026 Prof Jo-Ann Passmore, one of South Africa’s leading voices in women’s health immunology, joins CERI. Mar 01, 2026 Better Health Security, Greater Self-Reliance - the gem - Feb 2026 CERI attended the launch of ACHIEVE Africa – a five-year, African led initiative designed to accelerate the development of safe and effective vaccines and biologics across the continent. Mar 01, 2026 Global Outbreak Expert Joins CERI the gem CERI has welcomed Prof Carla Mavian, an infectious disease genomicist whose work spans evolutionary biology, phylodynamic,s and real-time outbreak response. Her appointment marks a significant step in embedding a comprehensive One Health framework within CERI’s continental pathogen surveillance efforts. Mar 01, 2026 Scaling African DeepTech - the gem - Feb 2026 This month, CERI partnered in hosting BRAIN 5.0 in South Africa, convening founders, investors, and researchers to move science-based innovation from the lab into real-world health and climate impact. Mar 01, 2026 Urobo Biotech wins big at SWEAT Africa 2026 - the gem - Feb 2026 On 14 February 2026, under the main tent at Bertha Retreat between Stellenbosch and Franschhoek, Africa’s most promising biotech and hardtech founders took to the stage for the final of the SWEAT Africa Pitch Competition. With a winner-take-all R100 000 cash prize on the line, the stakes were high – and the standard even higher. Mar 01, 2026 SU at the Forefront of G20 Digital Governance Milestone - the gem - Feb 2026 Stellenbosch University’s (SU) Policy Innovation Lab is part of an international partnership that has formally handed over a landmark policy report tracing the evolution of the G20’s digital agenda to South African government partners. Loading more news... You've reached the end of all news articles!
