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Science 10 August 2001:
Vol. 293. no. 5532, p. 1029
DOI: 10.1126/science.293.5532.1029b
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The African Academy of Sciences (AAS) kicked off its $20 million endowment drive last week with a $5 million gift from Nigeria. The donation, three times the academy's annual budget, is the latest sign that science is riding high in the oil-rich nation. President Olusegun Obasanjo also recently established a science council to advise him on issues such as bridging the digital divide and improving the country's biotech industry.

The AAS gift will help fund peer-reviewed scientific grants across all of Africa. "We think this is quite visionary," says AAS president Mohamed Hassan, who hails from Sudan. Founded in 1985 and headquartered in Nairobi, the AAS has 112 fellows from more than 24 countries.

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