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Why Africa Should Embrace Artificial Intelligence

May 28, 2018 | Africa, Blog, Highlight, News, Technology

Machines might scare policymakers from Brussels to Washington, but artificial intelligence could yield a significant developmental dividend in the developing world. In African markets, the technology behind Alexa and Siri can be harnessed to diagnose illness or address traffic gridlock. With better predictive models tapping into the alternative data that does exist, AI is helping small [...]

Young Nigerian scientist Tolullah Oni shines at World Economic Forum 2018

January 25, 2018 | Africa, Blog, Fellows, Healthcare, Highlight, News

NEF Fellow Dr Tolullah Oni at the global stage at this year’s World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, where she will be speaking about her work on public health to the forum’s theme: “Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World”, longside speakers like India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S.’s Donald Trump. As [...]

For tech to be funded, it must improve lives

January 9, 2018 | Africa, Blog, Highlight, News, Policy, Science

Technology can’t solve problems. Neither can data, for that matter. It can’t plug the holes of governance and political will but, without it, we cannot hope to address the myriad problems facing African countries. This idea permeated the Science Forum South Africa. Whether it was in the use of satellites to monitor the continent’s resources [...]

There’s No Such Thing as Being Bad at Math: How Neuroscience Is Changing the Equation

| Blog, Highlight, News, STEM

It’s common to hear well educated adults declare themselves “not a math person,” sometimes proudly. Indeed, many people of all ages believe that mathematical ability is something you are either born with or not, rather than something to be mastered with focused effort. This belief is wrong. What’s more, it’s harmful to kids as they have their first [...]

UGANDA’S SCIENTIST NAMED AMONG THE NEXT EINSTEIN FORUM AMBASSADORS, CHAMPIONS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ACROSS AFRICA

December 21, 2017 | Ambassadors, Blog, Highlight, News

Uganda’s Joanitah N Nalubega named among the champions of Science & Tech across Africa. She’s an industrial chemist, with a deep passion for technology, currently working to deploy solutions for the health sector using technology. Also a founding partner of a fellowship of creatives called Kafunda Kreative which seeks to build the capacity of young creatives [...]

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NEF Global Gathering, largest science and innovation gathering on the African continent

NEF Africa Science week, annual week-long science and technology events in each African country

NEF Fellows and Ambassadors, brilliant minds working together to create the African Brain Trust

Why Africa Should Embrace Artificial Intelligence

Young Nigerian scientist Tolullah Oni shines at World Economic Forum 2018

For tech to be funded, it must improve lives

There’s No Such Thing as Being Bad at Math: How Neuroscience Is Changing the Equation

UGANDA’S SCIENTIST NAMED AMONG THE NEXT EINSTEIN FORUM AMBASSADORS, CHAMPIONS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ACROSS AFRICA

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