A team of students from Willow International School in Mozambique were named the Best in Sub-Saharan Africa for their investigation into finding an effective and reusable method to eliminate Methylene Blue from water. The Willow team has been working tirelessly to create and expand an environmental project that could have a meaningful impact on the lives of […]
Tag: Innovation
Nairobi — Mozilla Corporation in collaboration with Nairobi City County Government (NCCG) hosted the inaugural Mozilla Africa Mradi Innovation Challenge at the Arboretum Park in Nairobi. The intensive pitching and selection process identified three tech start-ups: Getpayd, Deaf Elimu and Hali Halisi, and three student innovators: Classify Me, Audred and Mama Pesa. The innovators have […]
Ugandan software engineer Anatoli Kirigwajjo has been named finalist for this year’s Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation by the Royal Academy of Engineering. The Africa Prize, founded by the UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering in 2014, is Africa’s biggest prize dedicated to engineering innovation. Kirigwajjo will tussle it out alongside other three finalists from Nigeria, […]
The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Hi-Innovator innovation programme has created close to 60,000 employment opportunities for youth and women entrepreneurs over the last 3 years of implementation, the Fund’s actingNSSF, Managing Director Patrick Ayota has said. Speaking at the second Hi-Innovator Women Accelerator Pitch Day at Mestil Hotel in Kampala, Ayota also revealed that […]
Africa’s plans to build capacity to respond to future pandemics has received a major boost after the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) received an investment worth $4 458 033 (R80 million) from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to drive skills and health innovation. The investment, which seeks to strengthen Africa’s biomanufacturing capability […]
Nairobi — United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has launched ‘Oky Kenya’, an adapted version of the world’s first period tracker offline app, specifically designed for girls living in low- and middle-income countries like Kenya. The ‘Oky Kenya’ provides girls with appropriate and evidence-based information about their periods in fun, creative and positive ways. […]
Nairobi — Three startups in Mombasa county have been awarded $50,000 (Sh7.2 million) for their unique innovations designed to curb plastic pollution in the coastal region. The three, Team Twende Green Ecocycle (1st Place) – KSh 3.5 million , Oceania Pacesetter (2nd Place) – Ksh 2.5 million and Team Eco-Redemptors (3rd Place) – KSh 1.2 […]
“These intelligent women will speak on how they have succeeded at their craft overtime,” the statement said. The United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc said it is set to celebrate this year’s Africa Day in commemoration of African unity with the fifth edition of the annual UBA Africa Conversations. The event will be held at […]
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — Today, the National Bank of Ethiopia, together with the International Financial Corporation (IFC), Financial Sector Deepening-Ethiopia (FSD-Ethiopia), Kifiya Financial Technology, and the Mastercard Foundation participated in a second knowledge series entitled “Data-Driven MSME Digital Lending for an Inclusive Economy.” The knowledge series aims to: Bridge the knowledge gap in uncollateralized […]
Abuja — Artificial intelligence (AI) has the capability to close the gender gap by handling more domestic chores, thereby allowing women more time for work and leisure, a new research report by the World Economic Forum (WEF) has said. The WEF research revealed that AI overtaking domestic chores could close the gender gap, noting that […]
Nairobi — The Kenya National Innovation Agency (KeNIA) has launched a new online marketplace whose purpose is to spur innovation. It hosts 2,000 innovators, investors, and enterprise support organizations (ESOs) across the country. The platform will help innovators get noticed digitally while also connecting existing and emerging innovations. KeNIA CEO Tonny Omwansa said that the […]
The university said meat derived from the breeds is the healthiest of all red meats, having low fat, calories, low cholesterol, and high in protein. The Federal University of Technology Akure, (FUTA) said collaborative research between its Laboratory for Geoecology and Sustainable Food System, GeoLab, and Biospheric Scientific Nigeria Limited, BioSci, has come up with […]
By Sanja van den Berg Old Mutual Group Customer Experience Manager. When it comes to financial planning and management, artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming one of the most important tools at our disposal. In a world where market conditions can change rapidly and unexpectedly, being able to rely on AI to help us make […]
The UN in The Gambia is supporting initiatives to bridge the gender disparity gap in STEM through raising awareness and capacity-building support to women-owned businesses In the heart of The Gambia, an intrepid young woman called Fatou Juka Darbor is blazing a trail for women fuelled by her fiery passion for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering […]
Ghana is the first country to approve a new malaria vaccine that has been described as a “world-changer” by the scientists who developed it. The vaccine – called R21 – appears to be greatly effective, in a huge contradiction to previous ventures in the same field, BBC said. Ghana’s drug regulators have evaluated the final […]
Nairobi — The launch of Kenya’s first operational 3U Earth observation satellite, Taifa-1 has been pushed forward by a day. This is after Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) announced that the unfavourable upper level wind conditions would affect the flight trajectory of Falcon 9 Transporter 7 mission. Originally, the launch was slated to occur on […]
On April 12, 2023, Regulators, Policy Makers, Financial and technology Industry Executives, Fintech Founders, leading innovators, investors, and Government representatives from around the world will gather in Washington DC, USA, for the 9th edition of the Africa Fintech Summit (AFTS). The summit will take place on 12 April 2023 at Walter E. Washington Convention Centre, […]
Nairobi — Consumers in Kenya are calling for innovation in international money transfer services to enable them to manage their personal finances. The latest Western Union Global Money Transfer Index shows that 90 percent of receivers are of the view that providers should offer remittance services in an integrated mobile ‘super app’. The app, they […]