Physics in Africa

Rabia Salihu Sa'id; Ibiyinka Fuwape; Alain Moise Dikandé; Jamal Mimouni; Francis Hasford; Delia Haynes; Igle Gledhill; George Amolo; Omololu Akin-Ojo; Nashwa Eassa

doi:10.1038/s42254-020-0239-8

Physics in Africa

Nat Rev Phys. 2020;2(10):520-523. doi: 10.1038/s42254-020-0239-8. Epub 2020 Sep 18.

Authors

Rabia Salihu Sa'id¹, Ibiyinka Fuwape^{2

3}, Alain Moise Dikandé⁴, Jamal Mimouni⁵, Francis Hasford⁶, Delia Haynes⁷, Igle Gledhill⁸, George Amolo⁹, Omololu Akin-Ojo¹⁰, Nashwa Eassa¹¹

Affiliations

¹ Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria.
² Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria.
³ Michael and Cecilia Ibru University, Agbarha-Otor, Nigeria.
⁴ Physics Department, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.
⁵ University of Constantine 1, Constantine, Algeria.
⁶ Medical Physics Department, School of Nuclear and Allied Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
⁷ Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
⁸ Flow Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Witwatersrand, South Africa.
⁹ School of Physics and Earth Science, The Technical University of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya.
¹⁰ East Africa Institute for Fundamental Research (EAIFR), University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda.
¹¹ Al Neelain University, Khartoum, Sudan.

Abstract

Africa tends to be isolated and sometimes forgotten when it comes to scientific research and in particular physics. But the region has great potential, being home to the youngest population in the world, and despite a variety of issues, there has been steady, albeit uneven progress towards establishing a scientific infrastructure. Ten African researchers discuss the diverse challenges and opportunities faced by physicists across the continent.

Keywords: Physics; Scientific community and society.

Publication types

Review