SEARCH BEGINS FOR AFRICAN EINSTEIN "Professor Stephen Hawking, who has devoted his career to finding the origins of the universe, is to begin a new search – for Africa’s answer to Einstein. … Some of the world’s leading high-tech entrepreneurs and scientists have backed the £75m plan to create Africa’s first postgraduate centres for advanced maths and physics, after the British government declined to provide funding. … 'The world of science needs Africa’s brilliant talents and I look forward to meeting prospective young Einsteins from Africa,' said Hawking."