Mentions

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Links to AfricaBP related press release or news story
Section A - selected mentions
1Sciencehttps://www.science.org/content/article/african-effort-sequence-continent-s-biodiversity-seeks-1-billion-over-10-years
2European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)https://www.embl.org/news/perspectives/safeguarding-african-biodiversity-through-genomics/
3Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Healthhttps://www.ctlgh.org/gene-insights-could-aid-african-food-systems/
4University of Edinburghhttps://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/news-events/latest-news-2022/gene-insights-could-aid-african-food-systems
5European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI)https://www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/perspectives/safeguarding-african-biodiversity-through-genomics/
6University of Cape Townhttps://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2022-03-17-the-next-frontier-for-african-genomics-safeguarding-biodiversity
7MSNhttps://www.msn.com/fr-xl/afrique-du-nord/maroc-actualite/africabp-lultime-ancrage-de-la-g%C3%A9nomique-en-afrique-sauvegarder-la-biodiversit%C3%A9-africaine/ar-AAVS7wT
8Kenooz Arabiahttps://kenoozarabia.com/2022/04/09/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8%d9%8a%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d9%88%d9%84-%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b4%d8%b1%d9%88%d8%b9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ac%d9%8a%d9%86%d9%88%d9%85-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ad%d9%8a%d9%88%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84
9SciDev.Net - Africa Editionhttps://www.scidev.net/sub-saharan-africa/news/sequencing-100000-species-to-secure-food-supplies/
10SciDev.Net - Global Editionhttps://www.scidev.net/global/news/sequencing-100000-species-to-secure-food-supplies/
11The African Scientisthttps://youtu.be/HTXvRe4P2AE
12The Conversationhttps://theconversation.com/why-african-scientists-are-studying-the-genes-of-african-species-and-how-they-do-it-180881
13EurekAlerthttps://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/946413
14University of California, Davishttps://www.ucdavis.edu/blog/genomics-africans-africans-african-biogenome-project-sets-out-goals-and-roadmap
15Nature Biotechnologyhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-022-01404-0
16Nature Africahttps://www.nature.com/articles/d44148-022-00076-x
17African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) Fellowshipshttps://awardfellowships.org/news/award-staff-and-alumni-contribute-to-a-position-paper-in-the-nature-on-safeguarding-africas-biodiversity/
18Alliance for Sciencehttps://awardfellowships.org/news/award-staff-and-alumni-contribute-to-a-position-paper-in-the-nature-on-safeguarding-africas-biodiversity/
19University of South Africa (UNISA)https://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/corporate/default/Colleges/Agriculture-&-Environmental-Sciences/News-&-events/Articles/Unisa-adds-academic-muscle-to-African-genome-research

S/N  Name of institution, newsletter or platform
publishing the blog/story/event
Links to AfricaBP related press release or news story
1 198 Nigerian News https://www.198nigerianews.com/2022/03/17/africa-the-next-frontier-for-african-genomics-safeguarding-biodiversity/
2 25 HourNews https://25hournews.com/news/africa-order-of-100-000-species-to-conserve-biodiversity-11369
3 48h https://48h.news/fr/africabp-lultime-ancrage-de-la-genomique-en-afrique-sauvegarder-la-biodiversite-africaine/
4 AAPS News Magazine https://www.aapsnewsmagazine.org/articles/2022/psu22/psu-22-may11
5 Aawsat https://aawsat.com/home/article/3647471/
6 Africa.com https://www.africa.com/bringing-africas-bio-diversity-to-the-fore/
7 African Women in Agricultural Reasearch and Development (AWARDS) Fellowships https://awardfellowships.org/news/award-staff-and-alumni-contribute-to-a-position-paper-in-the-nature-on-safeguarding-africas-biodiversity/
8 Afro Science Network https://afroscience.net/the-african-biogenome-project-what-it-means-for-africa/
9 All Africa https://allafrica.com/stories/202203170667.html
10 All Africa https://allafrica.com/stories/202204200139.html
11 Alliance for Science https://allianceforscience.cornell.edu/blog/2022/05/african-scientists-launch-biodiversity-genomics-revolution/
12 Bioengineer https://bioengineer.org/the-next-frontier-for-african-genomics-safeguarding-african-biodiversity/
13 Bojuri https://bojuri.com/why-african-scientists-are-studying-the-genes-of-african-species-and-how-they-do-it/
14 Capital https://www.capital-media.mu/2022/04/why-african-scientists-are-studying-the-genes-of-african-species-and-how-they-do-it/
15 CDNgrandmothers https://cdngrandmothers.com/africabp-le-point-dancrage-definitif-de-la-genomique-en-afrique/
16 Center for Genetics and Society https://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article/africa-sequence-100000-species-safeguard-biodiversity
17 Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI) https://www.cabi.org/news-article/cabi-contributes-to-position-paper-highlighting-plan-to-safeguard-african-biodiversity/
18 Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health (CTLGH) https://www.ctlgh.org/gene-insights-could-aid-african-food-systems/
19 CGIAR Gender Platform https://gender.cgiar.org/news-events/award-staff-and-alumni-contribute-position-paper-nature-safeguarding-africas
20 Claritan University https://claretianuniversity.edu.ng/nigerian-scientists-publish-in-nature-as-african-biogenome-project-seeks-funds-to-sequence-african-biodiversity/
21 EurekAlert https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/946413
22 European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) https://www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/perspectives/safeguarding-african-biodiversity-through-genomics/
23 European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) https://www.embl.org/news/perspectives/safeguarding-african-biodiversity-through-genomics/
24 Faidamax http://faidamax.com/africa-sequence-100000-species-to-safeguard-biodiversity/
25 Farm to Table Podcast KE By Wambui Mbichi https://anchor.fm/wambui-mbichi3/episodes/The-Africa-Bio-genome-project---Our-take-e1gpbnb
26 Flipboard https://flipboard.com/@flbd5qb692hes2i/africa-smooth-ibl4is2qz/why-african-scientists-are-studying-the-genes-of-african-species-and-how-they-d/a-2KjN4wXSSa-ouz1UZlS_VQ%3Aa%3A481039277-7168cad485%2Ftheconversation.com
27 Free-Mail https://free-mail.co.za/why-african-scientists-are-studying-the-genes-of-african-species-and-how-they-do-it/
28 Funancial https://funancial.news/why-african-scientists-are-studying-the-genes-of-african-species-and-how-they-do-it/
29 Genapagie https://genapagie.univ-tlemcen.dz/en/actualites/107/africa-sequence-100-000-species-to-safeguard-biodiversity
30 Genetic Literacy Project https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2022/06/17/african-scientists-launch-biodiversity-genomics-revolution/
31 Get About Columbia https://getaboutcolumbia.com/african-scientists-have-launched-a-revolution-in-biodiversity-genomics/
32 Global Advisors https://globaladvisors.biz/2022/04/19/why-african-scientists-are-studying-the-genes-of-african-species-and-how-they-do-it/
33 Horizons - The Swiss Research Magazine https://www.horizons-mag.ch/2022/06/02/africa-wants-to-sequence-the-genomes-of-endangered-species/
34 Human Hereditary and Health in Africa (H3Africa) https://h3africa.org/index.php/2022/03/16/the-next-frontier-for-african-genomics-safeguarding-african-biodiversity/
35 India Educational Diary https://indiaeducationdiary.in/university-of-cape-town-the-next-frontier-for-african-genomics-safeguarding-biodiversity/
36 Institute of Agricultural Science for Southern Vietnam (IASVN) http://iasvn.org/en/homepage/Massive-Genomic-Project-to-Benefit-African-Biodiversity,-Science-Community-10945.html
37 IT-ONLINE https://it-online.co.za/2022/03/16/why-genomics-and-biodiversity-are-important-for-africa/
38 IYBSSD2022 https://www.iybssd2022.org/en/food-security-africabp-to-sequence-100000-species/
39 Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) https://www.jkuat.ac.ke/prof-muigai-publishes-in-nature-as-africabp-builds-genomic-resource/
40 Kenooz Arabia https://kenoozarabia.com/2022/04/09/
41 Kenya Tribune https://www.kenyatribune.com/prof-muigai-publishes-in-nature-as-africabp-builds-genomic-resource/
42 Laboratory equipment https://www.laboratoryequipment.com/584325-The-Next-Frontier-for-African-Genomics-Safeguarding-African-Biodiversity/
43 llinois IGB https://www.igb.illinois.edu/article/african-biogenome-project-sequence-100000-endemic-species
44 Medium https://medium.com/@AfricaBP/afrikabp-die-volgende-voorpos-vir-afrika-genomika-bewaar-afrika-se-biodiversiteit-bafbf2972362
45 Medium https://medium.com/@tortygozie/dear-african-scientist-enjoy-my-article-recommendations-for-the-week-8d4efd2f2375
46 Menafn https://menafn.com/1104052660/Why-African-scientists-are-studying-the-genes-of-African-species-and-how-they-do-it&source=44
47 Mirage News https://www.miragenews.com/safeguarding-african-biodiversity-through-745397/
48 Mix Point https://mixpoint.in/breaking-news/2022/04/why-african-scientists-are-studying-the-genes-of-african-species-and-how-they-do-it/
49 MSN https://www.msn.com/fr-xl/afrique-du-nord/maroc-actualite/africabp-lultime-ancrage-de-la-g%C3%A9nomique-en-afrique-sauvegarder-la-biodiversit%C3%A9-africaine/ar-AAVS7wT
50 My Droll https://mydroll.com/why-african-scientists-are-studying-the-genes-of-african-species-and-how-they-do-it/
51 MyZa https://www.myza.co.za/why-african-scientists-are-studying-the-genes-of-african-species-and-how-they-do-it/
52 Nature Africa https://www.nature.com/articles/d44148-022-00076-x
53 Nature Biotech https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-022-01404-0
54 News continue https://newscontinue.com/why-african-scientists-are-studying-the-genes-of-african-species-and-how-they-do-it/
55 News Day https://www.newsday.co.zw/2022/04/why-african-scientists-are-studying-the-genes-of-african-species-how-they-do-it/
56 News Explorer https://newsexplorer.net/why-african-scientists-are-studying-the-genes-of-african-species-and-how-they-do-it-s1154634.html
57 News in Africa https://newsinafrica.blog/why-african-scientists-are-studying-the-genes-of-african-species-and-how-they-do-it
58 NewsBreak https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2576923110013/why-african-scientists-are-studying-the-genes-of-african-species-and-how-they-do-it
59 Newswise https://www.newswise.com/articles/the-next-frontier-for-african-genomics-safeguarding-african-biodiversity
60 North Western University https://www.nwu.ac.za/sites/www.nwu.ac.za/files/files/i-news/electronic_newsletters/Research-newsletter/2022/Vol2-2022/Research@NWU-VOL2Apr2022-Page2-Genomics.html
61 Noticea Sempleo - News https://noticiasempleo.es/sequence-100000-species-to-safeguard-biodiversity/
62 International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) https://www.isaaa.org/kc/cropbiotechupdate/article/default.asp?ID=19342
63 Open Source Biology & Genetics Interest Group https://opensourcebiology.eu/2022/03/18/safeguarding-african-biodiversity-through-genomics/
64 Open Source Biology & Genetics Interest Group https://opensourcebiology.eu/2022/04/11/sequencing-100000-species-to-secure-food-supplies/
65 Opera News https://www.dailyadvent.com/news/f7b8e1de3c23afaaf755453e87cb784f-The-next-frontier-for-African-genomics-Safeguarding-African-biodiversity
66 Paper Panda Blog https://blog.paperpanda.app/african-effort-to-sequence-continents-biodiversity-seeks-1-billion-over-10-years-science/
67 Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2022-03-frontier-african-genomics-safeguarding-biodiversity.html
68 Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2022-04-african-scientists-genes-species.html
69 Popular Mechanics https://www.popularmechanics.co.za/science/why-african-scientists-are-studying-the-genes-of-african-species-and-how-they-do-it/
70 Prestigious Scholarships https://prestigiousscholarships.com/african-effort-to-sequence-continents-biodiversity-seeks-1-billion-over-10-years-science/
71 Pretoria REKORD https://rekord.co.za/413510/unisa-bags-international-prize-for-research/
72 PrimeTimes.IN https://www.primetimes.in/technology/706135/african-effort-to-sequence-continents-biodiversity-seeks-1-billion-over-10-years/
73 Quid actus and analyses https://quid.ma/a-la-une/african-biogenome:-le-sequencage-de-la-biodiversite,-quel-interet-pour-le-m
74 Regional Agricultural Trade Intelligence Network - RATIN https://ratin.net/site/news_article/11533
75 ResearchCOM https://researchcom.africa/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/MwanaSayansi-Toleo-la-2.pdf
76 RETIME https://retime.org/why-african-scientists-are-studying-genes-of-african-species-and-how-they-do-so/
77 Roslin Innovation Centre https://www.roslininnovationcentre.com/news/gene-insights-could-aid-african-food-systems
78 Rural 21 https://www.rural21.com/english/news/detail/article/massive-genomic-project-to-benefit-african-biodiversity-and-sciencists.html
79 Sci Dev Net - Global https://www.scidev.net/global/news/sequencing-100000-species-to-secure-food-supplies/
80 Sci Dev Net - Sub Saharan Africa https://www.scidev.net/sub-saharan-africa/news/sequencing-100000-species-to-secure-food-supplies/
81 Science https://www.science.org/content/article/african-effort-sequence-continent-s-biodiversity-seeks-1-billion-over-10-years
82 Science Magazine https://scienmag.com/the-next-frontier-for-african-genomics-safeguarding-african-biodiversity/
83 Secular Times https://seculartimes.com/why-african-scientists-are-studying-the-genes-of-african-species-and-how-they-do-it/
84 Semergenclm https://semergenclm.com/the-next-frontier-for-african-genomics-safeguarding-african-biodiversity-bioengineer-org/
85 Solution Shints https://solutionshints.com/sequencing-100000-species-to-secure-food-supplies/
86 South African Omny Radio FM https://omny.fm/shows/safm-sunrise-1/why-african-scientists-are-studying-the-genes-of-a
87 TabbedNews https://tabbed.info/science/details/18623/Why-African-scientists-are-studying-the-genes-of-African-species-and-how-they-do-it
88 TDW The-Diplomatic-World https://thediplomaticworld.com/safeguarding-african-biodiversity-through-genomics/
89 TDW The-Diplomatic-World https://thediplomaticworld.com/the-next-frontier-for-african-genomics-safeguarding-african-biodiversity/
90 Tech Codex https://techcodex.com/why-african-scientists-are-studying-the-genes-of-african-species-and-how-they-do-it/
91 Telquel https://telquel.ma/2022/03/28/sequencage-des-especes-securite-alimentaire-les-enjeux-dafricabp-par-bouabid-badaoui-coordinateur-marocain-du-projet_1760787
92 Telquel https://ar.telquel.ma/africabp
93 The African Scientist on YouTube https://youtu.be/HTXvRe4P2AE
94 The Conversation https://theconversation.com/why-african-scientists-are-studying-the-genes-of-african-species-and-how-they-do-it-180881
95 The Global Plant Council https://globalplantcouncil.org/the-next-frontier-for-african-genomics-safeguarding-biodiversity/
96 The Greenstories https://greenstories.co.in/africa-sequence-safeguard-biodiversity/
97 The Oasis Reports https://www.theoasisreporters.com/why-african-scientists-are-studying-the-genes-of-african-species-and-how-they-do-it/
98 The Sunday Mail https://www.sundaymail.co.zw/new-why-african-scientists-are-studying-the-genes-of-african-species-and-how-they-do-it
99 The Value News https://www.thevaluenews.com.ng/uncategorized/nigerian-scientists-strive-to-sequence-105000-endemic-africa-pecies-in-10-years/
100 This Day Live https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2022/04/12/food-security-and-biodiversity-conservation/
101 This Day Live https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2022/04/13/striving-to-sequence-105000-species-in-10-years-through-african-biogenome-project/
102 This Page Newspaper http://www.thispagenewspaper.org.ng/2022/04/01/nigerian-scientists-publish-in-nature-as-african-biogenome-project-seeks-funds-to-sequence-african-biodiversity/
103 Tittle Press https://tittlepress.com/world/1633202/
104 Tolerance https://www.tolerance.ca/ArticleExt.aspx?ID=509872&L=en
105 Université de Tlemcen https://genapagie.univ-tlemcen.dz/actualites/107/
106 University of California, Davis https://www.ucdavis.edu/blog/genomics-africans-africans-african-biogenome-project-sets-out-goals-and-roadmap
107 University of Cape Town (UCT) https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2022-03-17-the-next-frontier-for-african-genomics-safeguarding-biodiversity
108 University of Edinburgh https://www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/news-events/latest-news-2022/gene-insights-could-aid-african-food-systems
109 University of Port Harcourt (UniPort) https://www.uniport.edu.ng/news/latestnews/2074-uniport-lecturer-publishes-in-nature.html
110 University World News https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20220420044120579
111 Vanguard https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/04/nigerian-node-seeks-n135mn-pilot-fund-to-sequence-genomes-of-endangered-species/
112 Verve Times https://vervetimes.com/why-african-scientists-are-studying-the-genes-of-african-species-and-how-they-do-it/
113 Yabiladi https://www-yabiladi-com.translate.goog/articles/details/126084/africabp-l-ultime-ancrage-genomique-afrique-sauvegarder.html?_x_tr_sl=fr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc
114 University of South Africa (UNISA) https://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/corporate/default/Colleges/Agriculture-&-Environmental-Sciences/News-&-events/Articles/Unisa-adds-academic-muscle-to-African-genome-research
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