Saturday morning back in SA is for Franschhoek country market 🇿🇦

After an run in the mountains, we are excited to share our vision for Sweat Africa, which idea came with some drinks in Stellenbosch, of course. This innovative idea is gaining massive momentum and the potential to become the largest startup program in Africa! sweat.africa/about/

How do bioinformaticians look like? Please let us introduce Nokuzotha Nkiwane, who graduated today Cum Laude with a BSc Honors at Stellenbosch University at CERI. Nokuzotha developed Virolocate, a Nextflow-based pipeline for end-to-end viral assembly and discovery

Sunday morning is for snorkeling in Brazil...

Life in Arraial do Cabo, Brazil. How many sea turtles can you find?

Wow! High level and small discussion group on advances of AI for biology and health at the top of the modern art museum (MASP). Science, AI and DeepTech coming together in the most beautiful art museum in Brazil, priceless...

Raiz dos problemas que IA pode abrir soluções para problemas fundamentais da ciência ⁦‪@GoogleDeepMind

Fantastic to hear the big investment of Google on PhD fellowships in Brazil and partnership with Embraer to further develop AI for Science.

Starting the AI for Science for Brazilian science with Google - 'AI can hide scientists superpower' by Catherine Pollard from @googledeepmind.zpravobot.news.ap.brid.gy

Sunday is tor exercising in one of the largest parks in Brazil, Ibirapuera em Säo Paulo

What blast! 40 AI for Science Fellows from AIMS South Africa and Google DeepMind at CERI - Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation. This collaboration aims to advance AI technologies in Africa. We also welcomed the directors of AIMS, Ulrich Paquet and Karin-Therese Howell #AI #Africa #Science

Over 1,000 applications received for a highly competitive MBA fellowship. It is an honor to announce the selection of the 13 African STARS MBAs. These are the African leaders of tomorrow, winning as the top fellowship applicants! starsfellows.africa

The African STARS Fellowship is developing a generation of scientific leaders. In this video, we offer a glimpse into how the fellowship equips young Africans with scientific skills, leadership training, financial management, entrepreneurship, communication & power of networks. youtu.be/tApAgqvEnRE

New mantra for South Africa Science & Technology - Placing science, technology and innovation at the centre of government, education, industry and society.

The advanced metagenomics for virus discovery workshop is underway in South Africa. Participants from 20 countries, global South such as Argentina, Brazil, Cambodia, Kenya, Uganda, Senegal, and Ghana, collaborating with expert teams from CERI, Karolinska Institutet, Germany, Australia, Japan

Today, we start one of the most advanced virus discovery & metagenomics workshop in the world in Stellenbosch. Experts from Australia, America, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Italy, Nederlands, Japan, U.K and Sweden come together to teach participants from 20 countries.

Today is the #Health Day at #COP13, time to put health at the centre of climate change as health affect us all now, not in the future and multiple epidemics and pathogens as well as mental health and heat exhaustion affect billions of people worldwide. Act now! climade.health/climade-cop3...

Some of the key moments of today at #COP30 - One of my heroes, the Indigenous leader, Cacique Raoni Metuktire asked President Lula @LulaOficial to not explore oil in the Amazon Basin as well as not to build a major highway that will cut the Amazon to export grains.

Very good coverage of our CLIMADE report from Vietnam, Hoang Minh (Vietnam News Agency) with Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus were recently discovered in Chandannath, Nepal, at an elevation of 2,438m above sea level - baonghean.vn/en/bien-doi-... #CLIMATE #CHANGE #EPIDEMICS #COP30 #Health

It is so important that we keep scientific facts on the news in the time of anti-science! New section of the Mail & Guardian - The Green Guardian featuring an article of the report that CLIMADE released for the COP30 on how climate change is affecting health - mg.co.za/section/the-...

From mosquitoes carrying dengue and chikungunya in Indian Ocean islands to West Nile virus now endemic in parts of Europe, climate change is redrawing the global map of infectious disease. Mail & Guardian coverage our COP30 Report - mg.co.za/the-green-gu...

Ahead of the COP30 in the Amazon, Brazil, The Climate Change and Epidemics Report is released, access the full report, video of the launch and summary presentation at: climade.health/climade-cop3...

Now live Dr. Monika Moir, describing how the gradual increase in temperature affects diseases like West Nile Viruses - Join Live youtu.be/Aj4hsL0pCMo?...

Fun preparing the studio! 5 hours to the launch of the COP30 Climate Change and Epidemics Report - Watch live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj4h...

Tomorrow, please join the launch of the CLIMADE global report on Climate Change and Epidemics 2025, for the COP30 in Brazil - Join this exciting event online and get early access of the global report - Register: lnkd.in/dKyrJiP2 or Watch Live: lnkd.in/de-BsGMr

Join us online on November 6 at 3 PM SAST (1 PM GMT/IST & 8 AM ECT USA time) for the release of the COP30 Climate Change and Epidemics Report 2025 by CLIMADE. Please register here: lnkd.in/dKyrJiP2 You can watch the event live: lnkd.in/de-BsGMr #Climate #Change #Public #Health #Emergency

As an avid reader, I could not resist to buy around 10 books of writers that are participating in the Nobel Symposium of Literature, hosted for the first time in Africa! My luck, got all of them signed including from two Nobel winners that are here in Stellenbosch.

What an inspiring morning on the Nobel Symposium of Literature, the opening session today was phenomenal, I enjoyed listening to 4 amazing African writers: Aminatta Forns, Jamal Mahjoub, Petina Gappah and Najubulo S Ndebele talking about some of the award winning books m.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Always an honor to participate in the Nobel Symposium. This is my 6th Nobel Symposium and this is a super special as it is the first time that the Nobel of Literature is taken in Africa in Stellenbosch. A week of discussions and meeting with Nobel prize winners, priceless...

This week on 6 November, over 200 scientists from 40 countries will release the Climate Change and Epidemics Report ahead of COP30. In an era marked by anti-science sentiments, it is to come together to address the dual threat posed by climate change and epidemics. Join us in this historical event!

Today, we celebrate our PhD student, Haingo Andry award of the prestigious Google PhD Fellowship 2025! The Fellowship recognize outstanding graduate students who are conducting exceptional and innovative research in computer science. Read more - issuu.com/the.gem/docs...

African STARS strikes again! A one year fellowship and mentorship program for 20 individuals from 10 emergent AI, Health and Climate companies in Africa! Do not loose this opportunity in partnership Mastercard Foundation, Open Startup and MIT - Apply here: www.f6s.com/brain-accele...

This week, We hosting visitors from Google DeepMind & OpenAI to see Angel Investment & Biotech DeepTech Ecosystem in Stellenbosch, so we are taking then for a Tech and Trial Scenic Mountain Trial run! It is priceless to live in one of the most beautiful settings in the world!

Tomorrow, 12:30-14:00, we are hosting a OPEN Seminar on how to raise and scale funding in Africa. This event features a VC who invests in innovation and a Director of Impact Investments at ELMA Philanthropies. All welcome: t.ly/BuQwL #YoungAfricaWorks #AfricanSTARSFellows #Science #Funding #Africa

In our ongoing effort to advance science in Africa, we are hosting one of the largest OPEN global seminar series, this week, we will feature Dr. Chaoran Chen, a Software Engineer, ETH Zurich, on significant contributions to global public health and infectious disease. 21 Oct, all welcome t.ly/oVgpB

🦟 Explore the latest from Bioinformatics Advances: “Craft: A machine learning approach to dengue subtyping.”  Full article available at https://doi.org/10.1093/bioadv/vbaf224  Authors include: @tuliodna.bsky.social

Terrible weather in an ugly place at South Africa ...

View of Cape Town in the way to Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was a prisoner for 27 years. Together with Fellows from the Aspen Institute reflecting on the use of Robben Island as a cruel prison

Early morning walking by the sea in a scenic place... priceless

The inaugural Cape HealthTech Connect just happened. Over 150 from 50 HealthTech companies and startups attendees enjoyed a day filled with inspiration as a new platform was created to unite researchers, entrepreneurs and industry partners. Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CGl...

That is what an African scientific powerhouse looks like. African STARS Fellows are engaged in advanced laboratory training for genomics and the accreditation of labs. This initiative aims to create business opportunities, advance employment, and enhance health security across the continent.

We need more recognition of the people who quietly work behind the scenes to build a better world for all of us rather than always talking about attention seeking individuals who seek power through division and in the end do little to take humanity forward. RIP the prof.

Sunday cycling to reflect and exercise

This week, we lost a leading scientist. Prof Amilcar Tanuri, who died with 67 years after leading the scientific response to Zika, HIV, COVID-19 and multiple other epidemics in Brazil. I was so fortunate to have Prof Tanuri as a mentor and friend for over 3 decades. Rest in peace my friend.

Life is beautiful, when we celebrate our diversity. Our institute is a high performing scientific centre in Africa! We are around 130, from 28 countries, united in diversity and passion to make Africa a healthier and safer place! The photos speak by themselves, happy heritage week in South Africa.

End of week, dinner out with sunset and children playing... priceless

Exciting to be in the opening event of G20 technology and innovation program in Cape Town with Google; Microsoft and many of the leading AI companies, experts and researchers. #G20 #Science #Technology

How many drug compounds were developed in Africa? Zero, one, > 5, > 100?

Fabulous presentation and work from H3D! Advancing drug development for neglected diseases in Africa ⁦‪@H3D_UCT‬⁩ really motivating our African STARS fellows that it is possible to lead from Africa

Fantastic, US$ 40 a year, twice a year injection that can stop >99 infections! Time to Turn Back H.I.V. Major breakthrough in HIV prevention! www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/h...