Sunday, February 06, 2005

Fundraising Begins for Network of Four African Institutes

Science magazine article (Science -- Normile 307 (5709): 499a): (Subscription required.)

"A group of African scientists, engineers, and educators will gather this weekend in Ajuba, Nigeria, to announce plans to transform education and research in sub-Saharan Africa. Their goal is a network of four regional schools that will train 5000 scientists and engineers per year and provide world-class research facilities. And they are looking for big money to bankroll the plans--an endowment of $500 million by 2007 for the first institute and up to $5 billion to support all four."

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