A charity set up to support development by acting as a broker between UK scientists, NGOs and developing world firms has failed to gain traction and is trying to refocus its mission by launching an online collaboration on global risk. Science for Humanity was created in 2008 with the aim of letting scientists showcase technologies — in fields such as medicine, agriculture, energy, water supply and sanitation — […]
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Using market dynamics to roll out new technologies for development can bring unexpected challenges, say the developers of a low-cost innovation to treat jaundice in newborn babies, whose initial plan to let the tech ‘sell itself’ backfired. Read more: http://www.scidev.net/global/technology/news/market-forces-insufficient-to-roll-out-low-cost-tech.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=webfeed&utm_campaign=e […]
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Aid agencies have ambitious goals to empower women in the developing world. Yet many feminists believe donors’ gender policies are depoliticised — that they fail to address the unequal power balances between men and women. Read more: http://www.scidev.net/global/gender/opinion/tech-can-give-women-the-space-to-fight-for-their-rights.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=webfeed&utm_campaign=en […]
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How do you cross the digital divide to connect the remaining one billion people to the internet? A debate at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, yesterday looked at the remaining barriers and emerging opportunities as mobile operators and phone producers pursue new customers in developing countries who are not online yet. Read more: […]
On Saturday, The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) conducted a session in Chicago speaking about the state of biosciences in Africa. African experts in the field of agricultural biotechnology held presentations highlighting the impacts of biosciences on small holder farming sectors. The African economy is on an upward trajectory, and is among […]
Forty African countries showed reductions in malaria transmission between 2000-2010, but despite this progress, more than half (57 per cent) of the population in countries endemic for malaria continue to live in areas of moderate to intense transmission, with infection rates over 10 per cent. The findings are based on a series of prevalence maps […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 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 […]