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Africa: Malaria Vaccine Not Just a Dream - Dr. Aminatou Kone, MARCAD Postdoctoral fellow

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Dakar — An African scientific conference this week was "a platform for this young generation to express their views about how they perceive the future of science in Africa. We will leave here with new motivations and more opportunities." - Aminata Kone

The African Academy of Sciences (AAS) in partnership with: the Malaria Research Capacity Development in West and Central Africa (Marcad), Developing Excellence in Leadership and Genetic Training for Malaria Elimination in Sub Saharan Africa (Delgeme) and Afrique One African Science Partnership for Intervention Research Excellence (Afrique One ASPIRE), hosted the 2019 Deltas Africa Scientific Conference at the King Fahd Palace Hotel, Dakar from 15 – 17 July 2019. At the event, AllAfrica's Aminata Sall spoke with Dr Aminatou Kone, a post-doc Marcad fellow from Mali.

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Africa Science Desk Pitching Workshop: Twenty journalists from Senegal and other Africans countries trained in science stories writing

The African Academy of Sciences (The AAS) in collaboration with the DELTAS Africa programme, MARCAD, held the first edition of the Africa Science Desk (ASD) Pitching Workshop, held in Dakar, Senegal from 11-12 July 2019.  The workshop was part of a series of trainings to be held in ASD countries to build the Capacity of journalist to write science stories. It brought together twenty journalists from Senegal, Kenya, Mali, Cameroon, Zimbabwe, Uganda and Côte d'Ivoire.

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MARCAD Director Pr Gaye interview

MARCAD Director Pr Gaye interview with the Senegalese national press newspaper  about the next DELTASAfrica meeting in Dakar ( from 15th to 17th july) and the importance of DeltasAfrica programme for the Continent .

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