“As a computational seismologist, I use these sensors to build images of the earth’s interior. It’s like holding a stethoscope to the earth’s surface and using a computer to reconstruct the anatomy of the planet. From mountain peaks to the inaccessible red hot depths of Earth’s inner core, the invisible is made visible,” Dr. Tolulope […]
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Science had a place in society “whether we support it or not”. However, “we would be the ones losing if we didn’t support it for the benefit of our people”, H.EPaul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwandaemphasizes the importance of partnerships in the development of science & technology at the NEF Global Gathering 2018. […]
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An open access inter- and multidisciplinary scientific journal known as Scientific African was launched at the NEF Global Gathering 2018, in Kigali, Rwanda by the NEF Chair Mr. Thierry Zomahoun and Mr. Ron Mobed, Elsevier. The journal aims to offer African researchers and scientists the opportunity to publish and showcase their research works. According to Benjamin Gyampoh, […]
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The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Institute of Mathematics and Sciences (AIMS) have partnered to groom about 250 mathematical scientists across each of the 45 African countries by 2020 to lead research and innovation. “If we are going to make substantial progress in industrialization within the next decade, be truly visible in the rapidly […]
Kigali-Declaration_Final-Draft-for-Closing-GG – ENG Kigali Declaration_Final Draft for Closing GG – FR Trackbacks/Pingbacks Au revoir Kigali, bonjour Nairobi! – […] Des recommandations ont été émises lors de ces discussions. Elles sont rassemblées dans la déclaration de Kigali, disponible en… […]
Scientists in Africa have long felt they were at a disadvantage simply by being in Africa, but NEF hopes to change that. We’re giving science based innovations and the researchers themselves, the much needed spotlight they deserve to impact our continent and world. The three Ci2i winners walked away with 25,000$ for their innovation prizes at […]
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African governments have been challenged to go beyond mere rhetoric and show real commitment towards the advancement of science and technology. South Africa’s Minister of Science and Technology, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane said that a shift in the mindset of all will go a long way to help the continent catch up with the ever-increasing levels of […]
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SciDev.Net announced the launch of a two-year pilot training programme called script, at a roundtable event for editors during Africa’s biggest science conference, the Next Einstein Forum in Kigali, Rwanda, for journalists and scientists in Kenya and Nigeria, which it aims to roll out across developing countries earlier this week at the NEF Global Gathering 2018.The objective of Script […]
“When Einstein discovered his equation he wasn’t trying to describe the universe. He was just trying to describe gravity. That’s very spooky, that these equations not only describe the universe but they predict phenomena that were unimagined,” said Neil Turok, founder of the African Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS). Building knowledge economies of citizens highly […]
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“When we started investing in ICT around the year 2000, many people thought it was a joke. They would say ‘how can you start investing in ICT when people have no food, no education, no access to hospitals?’,” says H.E President Paul Kagame giving his keynote speech at the NEF Global Gathering 2018. “The answer […]
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