First African School of Physics

The first biennial African school on fundamental subatomic physics and its applications opened in Stellenbosch from August 1st to 21st, 2010.

 

The aim of the school is to build capacity to harvest, interpret, and exploit the results of current and future physics experiments with particle accelerators, and to increase proficiency in related applications and technologies. The school will be based on a close interplay between theoretical, experimental, and applied physics.

 

You can follow the happenings at the school via Twitter.

Celebrations in Africa began in January with the launch of the African Physical Society in Dakar.

 

The birth of a Pan-African physics professional society is an exciting development for the state of physics in Africa.  The African Physical Society is envisioned to be an international society that unites the various national physics societies on the African continent, and to represent physicists, astronomers and physics students in governments across the continent, at the AU, in the international community of physics professional societies, and in the world community at-large.

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Dr. Sam Okoye, Africa's foremost astrophysicist dies

 

UK's Institute of Physics Pledges £10,000 to the African Physical Society