Status of the Computing for Research in Africa

TL;DR

This paper presents a survey on the computing needs of African research scientists, aiming to identify gaps and provide recommendations to enhance scientific research infrastructure and capabilities across the continent.

Contribution

It offers the first comprehensive assessment of computing requirements for African researchers and proposes guidelines to improve research support and infrastructure.

Findings

Identified key computing needs of African research scientists

Provided strategic recommendations for infrastructure development

Highlighted gaps in current computing resources

Abstract

In the framework of the African Strategy for Fundamental and Applied Physics AFSAP, we have launched a survey to understand the need in computing of research scientists in Africa. In this paper we summarise the survey and extract possible guidelines and recommendations to improve the situation and boost scientific research in Africa.