Nigeria: Nigeria's Economic Solution Lies in Science and Tech - Onu By By George Agba and Nkechi IsaacThe Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, has asserted that the country's economic and development problems can only be properly fixed if Nigeria,...
Africa: Citizen Scientists Track Plant Diseases to Save Species analysisBy Joey Hulbert, University of PretoriaPlant diseases threaten food security and sustainability. They affect ecosystems and change natural environments. They cost money, too. An enormous...
Uganda: Ugandan Inventors Invent Better Way to Diagnose Pneumonia Photo: H. Althumani Makerere University Telecom graduates Brian Turyabagye (left) and Besufekad Shifferaw (Right). By Halima AthumanThree university engineering graduates in Uganda are taking on...
South Africa: Western Cape University Graduates First Black African Woman Honours Cum Laude in Biotech Sinazo Bali, 23, from the University of the Western Cape (UWC), has become the first black woman in Africa to earn an honours degree in biotechnology cum laude.In a statement by the university, Bali...
Kenya: Nairobi Sex Workers Want a Research Code of Conduct By Melanie GoslingThey have been inspired by example of South African San groupsNairobi sex workers, who made headlines in the early 1990s when researchers announced that a small group appeared to be...
Ethiopia: University Toiling Towards Water Research Excellence Centre By Sintayehu Tamirat"We are exerting efforts to be centre of excellence in water research,"said Dr. Yechale Kebede, Arba Minch University(AMU) Academic Affairs Vice- President.He told The...
Liberia: Liberian Students Urged to Pursue Science Education By Philip T. SingbahThe USAID Excellence in Higher Education for Liberian Development Project (EHELD) is urging Liberian students to develop interest in the Sciences in their academic pursuits.The...
Ethiopia: University to Commence Medicinal Herbs Clinical Trial By Yohanes JemanehDebre Birhan University announced that it has finalized preparations to commence clinical trial on four medicinal herbs. The university has been engaging in producing skin disease...
Tanzania: Govt to Build Radiochemistry Lab At 110 Billion/ Radiochemistry By Marc NkwameArusha — The government intends to build the country's first, fully fledged Radiochemistry Analysis Laboratories (RAL) at Themi Hills on the outskirts of Arusha City, close to the...
Africa: Tanzania on the Brink of Discovering Prostate Cancer Cure By Hazla OmarArusha — Tanzania is likely to be the first country in the world to discover the ultimate cure for Prostate Cancer. Researchers at Science and Technology Institution here are on the brink of...