The voice of physics in Africa

In 2017, the APS’s Committee on International Scientific Affairs, in co-operation with the IoP, EPS, ICTP, and SAIP conducted a survey of the state and needs of the physics community in Africa. To bridge communication gaps in and with the African physics community identified by the survey, the APS recently launched the electronically distributed quarterly, The African Physics Newsletter. The launch is timely. A lot is happening in the African physics community. In the past three years, the number of African national physical societies has increased from nine to fifteen. The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) recently opened in Rwanda its first institute in Africa, the East African Institute for Fundamental Physics. In addition, there have been numerous schools, workshops, and conferences. I will highlight several interesting articles that have appeared in the newsletter about these and other events. Subscriptions to the newsletter are free (https://go.aps.org/africanphysics).Recent issues have information about how you can contribute news articles. Whether you are from Africa or just interested in African physics, by subscribing, reading, and especially by contributing, you will be strengthening what has become the voice of physics in Africa.