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 [...]
Public health resources in Africa have long been devoted to infectious diseases such as AIDS and malaria and, for women, reproductive health services. But while these services are vital, the health needs of a growing population of African women who are living longer are not being met, says Allan Hill, Andelot Professor of Demography at [...]
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Alex Abutu Because of the situational challenges it faces, Africa is often described by many commentators as the dark continent, the hungry continent, the disease plagued continent among others derogatory appellations.. The stereotypes are further reinforced by statistics produced by global bodies such as the World Health Organisation and UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, which [...]
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A researcher at the UPM is collaborating in the characterization of genetic resource of the tree tomato to enhance its cultivation and commercialization in Andean and Mediterranean countries. Tree tomato is originally from South Africa and has a high potential for Andean cultivation but it is currently not properly exploited. To preserve and enhance this [...]
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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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By EMEKA ANUFORO Even if the world eventually develops an HIV/AIDS vaccine, it may not be applicable to Nigeria because the country has a peculiar HIV type that needs its own vaccine, EMEKA ANUFORO of our Abuja Bureau writes. IT is an open secret that the origin of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome [...]
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African governments urged to honour the Abuja Declaration and Maputo Plan of Action to honour their pledge to allocate 15 percent of their GDP to the health sector.
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By Mark Prigg A dazzling African rainforest fruit has been hailed as the most colourful biological species known to science. The small, spherical, metallic blue “beads” grow at the head of the 45cm high Pollia condensata plant that is found from Ethiopia to Angola and Mozambique where they are used as decoration. Its cells all [...]
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By Emma Okonji Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria-based MainOne Cable Company, Mrs. Funke Opeke, said the cable company decided to consider Nigeria and Ghana for its first landing stations among other coastal countries because of the economic viability and business similarities of both countries. Opeke who spoke to THISDAY shortly after a business forum organised [...]
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The unbalanced distribution of skilled birth attendants from the urban to the rural areas has been identified as one of the major causes of the high record of Maternal and child mortality rate in Nigeria.
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