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7 Innovative Products From Africa You Should Know

Posted on February 25, 2014 (May 21, 2019)

African innovation is not yet getting the level of global recognition and support it truly deserves. The continent is brimming with a rising new generation of bold, creative-thinking innovators and entrepreneurs who are constantly inventing and developing new technologies that will simplify our daily lives and transform societies- technologies with global appeal and commercial viability […]

Africa and India cultivate agricultural research ties

Posted on February 24, 2014 (May 21, 2019)

Africa and India are gearing up to further enhance cooperation in agricultural science, technology and innovation, and move beyond dialogue to a range of practical options from a virtual biotech platform to agribusiness centres, seed investments and even joint donor-aided project. Read more: http://www.scidev.net/global/biotechnology/feature/africa-and-india-cultivate-agricultural-research-ties.html […]

‘The winds of change are massive!’ Tech innovator calls African diaspora to come back and make a difference

Posted on February 21, 2014 (May 21, 2019)

What do the Apollo space missions, laser eye surgery and sustainable cocoa have in common? These are just some of the historic breakthroughs that IBM research labs across the world have helped become a reality over the years. But the prestigious tech firm had a glaring omission on their global map. Africa is now the […]

Africa’s untapped renewable energy

Posted on February 20, 2014 (May 21, 2019)

Africa’s abundant renewable natural resources such as wind, sunshine and water could be used to improve energy security for the poor, particularly in rural areas that are off the electricity grid. But policies and financial aid are needed to encourage the development of new markets in clean energy. Read more and watch the video here: http://www.scidev.net/global/energy/multimedia/africa-s-untapped-renewable-energy.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=webfeed&utm_campaign=en […]

Using mathematical models to make the best cuts in skull surgery

Posted on February 19, 2014 (May 21, 2019)

André Linhares is a University of Waterloo doctoral student who uses mathematical models to help children with facial deformities. Linhares, a PhD student in the Faculty of Math, is working with surgeons at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children to help ensure the best possible outcome for children who undergo skull surgery. Read more: https://uwaterloo.ca/stories/using-mathematical-models-make-best-cuts-skull-surgery […]

Top research universities join to boost minority science faculty

Posted on February 19, 2014 (May 21, 2019)

As an African American man pursuing a PhD in the seciences, Geoff Lovely has sometimes had to overcome a feeling that he didn’t belong in the halls of top research universities where he saw few peers of color. The Caltech student is intent on becoming a professor “where I think I can definitely make an […]

Mathematics: Why the brain sees maths as beauty

Posted on February 18, 2014 (May 21, 2019)

Mathematicians were shown “ugly” and “beautiful” equations while in a brain scanner at University College London. The same emotional brain centres used to appreciate art were being activated by “beautiful” maths. The researchers suggest there may be a neurobiological basis to beauty. Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26151062 […]

Why are so few women scientists

Posted on February 17, 2014 (May 21, 2019)

Science Minister David Willetts, Dame Ann Dowling, Head of Engineering at the University of Cambridge and academic and TV presenter, Alice Roberts discuss why it’s still the case that so few women become scientists or engineers. […]

Narrow funding base ‘puts WHO drug programme at risk’

Posted on February 12, 2014 (May 21, 2019)

The future of a WHO programme that ensures the quality of medicines for numerous global health NGOs and UN agencies is vulnerable unless more donors start funding it, health experts have warned. The Prequalification of Medicines Programme (PQP) relies on just two donors — the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and global health organisation UNITAID — for roughly 90 per cent […]

Project aims to build African health research capacity

Posted on February 11, 2014 (May 21, 2019)

A training programme is helping Ghana and Zimbabwe build capacity in health research to provide local evidence for policymakers, researchers say. Researchers implementing the programme — diploma in project design and management (DPDM) — say inadequate capacity for undertaking health research in Africa badly affects the ability of policymakers to have locally relevant evidence to guide their work. […]

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