Localisation drives innovation within societies, says Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel. “Localisation is about driving innovation in our society,” Patel said. Speaking at the Proudly South African Buy Local Summit and Expo, held at the Sandton Convention Centre in Sandton, Patel said government has a role to play in encouraging localisation in the […]
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SILICON VALLEY, CALIF. — The African Diaspora Network demonstrated its dedication to leading diaspora philanthropy, investment, and innovation at the just concluded African Diaspora Investment Symposium (ADIS) with its diverse panel discussions, keynote addresses, and the presentation of its Barka and Luminarie awards to distinguished Africans and Diasporans. The African Diaspora Network (ADN) demonstrated its […]
Dodoma — MINISTER for Education, Science and Technology, Prof Adolf Mkenda has announced a 1bn/- award for local researchers in higher learning institutions who will emerge winners in the publication of natural science, mathematics, medicine, health and allied science features with a unique taste. The award will be presented to winners who will publish articles […]
African genomes carry more variations than European genomes because they have a longer evolutionary history, and thus they offer more insights into potential new therapeutic targets for detecting and treating rare diseases. For millenniums, whenever humanity has faced that which it could not explain, we have invoked magic or witchcraft. If we could not explain […]
Six mobile vaccine-production units developed by German pharmaceutical company BioNTech have arrived in Rwanda. This is the first such shipment to Africa as the continent seeks to boost local production of mRNA vaccines. The units, made from recycled shipping containers, arrived in the capital Kigali on Monday. Once assembled, they will become a vaccine production […]
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Namibia: ‘Slow Learner’ Builds Power Bank
Seeing his mother and siblings travel far just to charge their cellphones inspired pupil Mudjembo Matheus (23) to build a power bank which can charge five cellphones in one day. The power bank can also be used as a torch. Matheus is a Grade 11 pupil at Okankororosa Combined School at Omuthiya. The Namibian has […]
Ramiros — The second edition of the Angola Digital Forum (ADF) 2023 will be held on April 13 at the National Administration and Public Policy School (ENAPP) in Luanda, Angop has learned from the organisers of the event. The event aims to stimulate the creation, dissemination and application of knowledge about digital transformation in the […]
Gebeya Inc., the SaaS-enabled, Pan-African marketplace and the Mastercard Foundation have announced Mesirat, a five-year program that will equip 100 entrepreneurs in Ethiopia with their own multi-sided gig marketplaces. “Mesirat” means “to work” in Amharic. Powered by a $48 million partnership, the two organizations and several other consortium partners will leverage their combined experience and […]
Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Thursday said the state government has taken delivery of drones to assist the security agencies to track criminals. The governor stated this when he received the new Commissioner of Police in the state, Frank Mba, and the new Brigade Commander of the 35 Artillery Brigade, Alamala, Abeokuta, Brigadier-General Mohammed […]
State-owned National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST) says it is working towards ensuring that all research and innovations are helping towards achieving the goals of the Malawi 2063 (MW 2063) vision. NCST has since disclosed it will soon launch a “national research agenda” to align research themes or thematic areas to goals towards achieving […]
Cape Town — South African Researchers Bring Hope for Developing New TB Vaccines Researchers at the South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative (SATVI) based at the University of Cape Town have broken new ground in developing for tuberculosis (TB), Times Live reports. The scientists, in collaboration with colleagues from Stanford University in the U.S., said: “Determining […]
Nanyuki — A women’s group in Laikipia county has devised innovative ways to eradicate invasive cactus through biogas production. Iloplei Twala Cultural Manyatta Women Group Founder and Director Rosemary Nenini says Opuntia Stricta commonly known as cactus has invaded most of the farms in Laikipia North sub county affecting pastoralists community since when consumed by […]
The Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria, MSSN, has called for urgent investment by Muslims in the area of Islamized digitization and ICT content. MSSN made the call in a communique, jointly signed by Malam Muhammad Bin Isa, the National Chairman, and Malam Auwal Yunus, the Secretary, respectively, issued at the end of its 79th National […]
The government of Rwanda on Thursday, January 5, secured €37 million (approx. Rwf41 billion) loan from the French Development Agency (AFD) to transform more public services digitally and develop the country’s drone industry. The related agreement is also complemented with a €1.2 million grant to mobilize French expertise in project implementation. Providing quality services and […]
United Nations — The writer is a Senior Economic Affairs Officer and leader of the Policy Analysis and Coordination team in the UN Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (UN – OSAA). I recently overheard a conversation among three young people at a café in an African city. It was a passionate discussion on […]
A new study led by the University of St Andrews in the United Kingdom discovered that a special type of light created using an ancient Namibian gemstone could be the key to new light-based quantum computers that could solve long-standing scientific mysteries. The study discovered that it is possible to create Rydberg polaritons, the largest […]
The Senior Special Adviser to the President on Industrialization, African Development Bank, Prof. Oyebanji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka has expressed concern about the country’s weak engineering system. He said Nigeria’s Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) is affected by lack of funds and upgraded technology, as well as coordination and learning between organisations. Oyelaran-Oyeyinka said this recently, at a […]
A new Global Innovation Index (GII) report released by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has ranked Rwanda as the leading low-income country in Sub-Saharan Africa with the fastest broadband speed. Madagascar comes in 2nd place. Among the low-income group economies, Rwanda performs above average in six pillars, namely: institutions, human capital and research, infrastructure, […]