In recent years the role of microbes in human health has enjoyed a huge surge of interest and popularity. Microbes are very small organisms (like bacteria, viruses and fungi) that cannot be seen by the naked eye. Meet NEF Fellow Doctor Mamadou kaba from Guinea, a specialist in medical microbiology. Kaba’s daily work include; Studying the role of […]
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In an opinion page published in project Syndicate, Joseph E. Stiglitz, Dean Baker and Arjun Jayadev, write that developing countries are increasingly pushing back against the intellectual property regime foisted on them by the advanced economies over the last 30 years. Economists have recognized for decades that the most important determinant of growth and thus […]
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In Africa, achieving a meaningful and relevant education means addressing a web of challenges in society in order to attain a trans-formative outcome. Only 43 per cent of young people have access to secondary education and only eight per cent can access tertiary education, according to UNESCO’s Global Monitoring Report, 2016. Gloria Iribagiza, writes in the […]
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Scientists; Prof. Dr. Christian Borgemeister from the Center for Development Research (ZEF) at the University of Bonn and his colleagues from Kenya and the UK have developed an innovative way of preventing tsetse flies from cows called antelope perfume, a method that prevents sleeping sickness disease. The scientists took advantage of the fact that tsetse flies […]
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The ability of facing the challenges and determination has been an empowerment firing flame for four undergraduate students from Omdurman Islamic University, College of engineering. We all time speak about lack of resources and uncomfortable environment to develop creative and advance project here in Africa, but those young fresh minded undergraduates (Mohammed Ishag, Yousif Elfatih […]
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Women’s role in science has been hotly debated and discussed in recent decades. Policy-oriented and scholarly studies have explored a range of topics on the issue. From girls’ participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM); to how women are represented and perform in STEM occupations and women’s access to technologies. Read more […]
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Rwanda pioneering this approach, East Africa is leading the world in pursuing innovative solutions to the problem. By jumping platforms in a rapidly evolving technology, Rwanda and Tanzania have secured the services of California-based robotics company Zipline to provide the world’s first drone medical delivery services. They do so with breathtaking efficiency, saving many lives. Read […]
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David Ferguson, external Communications and PR Manager University of Surrey writes that researchers from a group of UK universities have developed a 10-second test for HIV, based on mobile phone technology. The University of Surrey, working with colleagues at University College London, the Africa Health research Institute (South Africa), OJ-Bio (Newcastle), QV (holdings (Netherlands) and the Japan […]
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Researchers from Lancaster University in the UK show a novel technique that allows body movement, or movement of objects, to be used to interact with screens. The ‘Matchpoint’ technology, which only requires a simple webcam, works by displaying moving targets that orbit a small circular widget in the corner of the screen. The technology can turn […]
Nobel laureates give a human face to science, Wellcome Trust’s Jeremy Farrar gives his opinion piece in the guardian that, If we rely too heavily on the narrative that science is the history of great men and too seldom great women, we underestimate how much it is a result of team work and partnerships. Even in […]
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