Feeding Africa’s future
By Rajiv Shah, Today, we have the tools and knowledge to end extreme poverty and hunger by working together to transform agriculture. This isn’t just a development hypothesis; it’s actually happening. Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to see firsthand the dramatic results of an emerging agriculture transformation on a visit to Tanzania. In [...]
East African researchers are collaborating to tackle the deadly maize disease affecting the crop in the region.
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The President of Sierra Leone, Dr Ernest Bai Koroma has assured the people of Kenema in the eastern part of Sierra Leone that his government will continue to prioritize agriculture in the Agenda for Prosperity.
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The Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and IITA has held a training session to improve the professional skills of laboratory technicians in soil and plant analytical laboratories in Ghana and Nigeria.
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Francisca Okeke, a physicist and first female Head of Department, University of Nigeria Nsukka has emerged as one of the winners for the 2013 L’Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science. She bagged the 2013 award for her significant contributions to the study climate change. She was the only recipient in that category from Africa and [...]
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Dr. Adediwura Fred-Jaiyesimi of the Department of Pharmacognosy, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Nigeria has emerged as one of the winners of this year’s Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early Career Women Scientists in the Developing World for work that could contribute to life-saving knowledge and therapies worldwide. The prizes were awarded by The Elsevier Foundation, the Organization [...]
Continue reading …New centre to accelerate drug development for diseases of low-income countries
February 24, 2013 No Comment
A new centre to boost the development of drugs to tackle the foremost diseases of low-income countries is to be created at the University of Dundee.
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Ugandan scientists are introducing Bacillus thuringiensis [Bt] to maize for resistance to devastating stem-borers (Chilo partellus and Busseola fusca), in a 3-year cutting-edge research under the Water Efficient Maize for Africa (WEMA) project.
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By DREW HINSHAW NKUNTESE, Ghana—Beside a coconut farm in this lush mountain town squats the signature endeavor of Ghana’s Space Science and Technology Center. It is a satellite dish, rusted and infested with bees, that technicians hope to convert into a stargazing radio telescope. In May, this West African country became the latest on the [...]
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Commerce drives science and technology In Africa
December 27, 2012 No CommentBy Calestous Juma African countries have long aspired to transition from being raw material exporters to technology-based economies. But this vision has remained elusive. For decades the continent believed that industrial development would be achieved through increased investment in research and development (R&D) along the paths pursued by industrialized countries. International consultants and United Nations [...]
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