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Kenya: Woman Researcher Tackles Aflatoxin Poisoning
03 09 2010 Despite a bumper harvest of maize just a few months ago, many residents in the eastern part of Kenya are facing hunger and starvation. While granaries in the region may be full, the grain cannot be freely sold, let alone eaten.
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Tanzania: Push to Protect Environment With Bio-Tech
03 09 2010 Scientists have been advised to use biotechnological approaches to revolutionaries agriculture, health, industry, living standards and protect the environment.
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Tanzania: Nation Adopts New Technology to Curb Fuel Adulteration
03 09 2010 Tanzania has introduced a new technology which experts tout as the effective solution to the problem of fuel adulteration.
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Angola: Techno-Scientific Events for Over 100 Nurses
02 09 2010 At least 160 nurses will attend the first techno-scientific events on health from September 15-16 in Lubango, southern Huila province.
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South Africa: Competition to Raise SKA Project Awareness
01 09 2010 A competition aimed at raising public awareness about Africa's bid to host the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) among high school pupils is to be held by the Department of Science and Technology.
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Zambia: African States Must Harness Science - RB
01 09 2010 PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda has emphasised the need for African countries, especially those in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) grouping, to harness science and technology for them to develop.
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South Africa: Flex Your Science, Tech Muscle to Help Win SKA Bid
31 08 2010 South Africans have been urged to help the country win the bid to host the world largest radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), by highlighting their science and technology strengths.
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South Africa: Science, Tech to Expand Job Opportunities
31 08 2010 Science and technology is a key enabler in government's efforts in expanding employment opportunities in South Africa, says Minister Naledi Pandor.
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South Africa: Science Centres Strengthen Grass-Root Campaigns
31 08 2010 Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor says science centres have a crucial role to play in strengthening grass-roots science awareness campaigns.
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Tanzania: Exhibition Promotes Science Education
31 08 2010 Science is a necessary part of an educational system, something indispensable to students.
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Nigeria: NEMA Installs Earth Tremor Monitors
31 08 2010 The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said it has installed earth tremor monitors in Abakaliki and Minna in Ebonyi and Niger states respectively for emergency response against earthquake.
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Ghana: Biotechnology Can Change Country's Agriculture
30 08 2010 A Ghanaian Biosafety and Biotechnology expert, Prof. Walter Alhassan has said that introducing Agricultural Biotechnology in the countrys agricultural sector will not only come to compliment the already traditional methods of farming, but deal effectively with issues of food security and the likely impact on farming from climate change.
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Ghana: Scientists Need to Collaborate With Media - Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafo
30 08 2010 The General Manager of Daily Graphic, Mr. Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafo, has tasked the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (GAAS) to collaborate with the media by developing programmes and activities that will empower the media and also expose journalists to the dynamics of evidenced-based health research. Such a project, when undertaken, he said, will enable journalists to respond to questions about the underworld since people hold strong views about diseases such as HIV/AIDS, mental problems and even headaches.
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Tanzania: Determined to Put Biotechnology to Use
30 08 2010 LEARNING to use biotechnology did not begin recently, but dates back to when the first human beings realized that they could plant crops and keep animals. Finding that fruit juices fermented into wine, for instance, or that milk could be changed into cheese or yogurt, or that beer could be fermented using malt and hops, all characterized the study of biotechnology. When the first bakers found that they could make soft, spongy bread rather than a firm, thin cracker, they were acting as fledgling biotechnologists.
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Namibia: Engage in Bio Discussions - Hengura Tells Youth
27 08 2010 Namibia is one of the most biologically diverse countries in the world and has a rich and spectacular array of terrestrial, aquatic and marine ecosystems.
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Nigeria: Local Chairs UN Session on Continental Shelf Extension
27 08 2010 A Nigerian marine scientist, Dr. Larry Awosika, has been elected to chair the 26th session of the United Nations (UN) Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf holding at the UN headquarters in New York.
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Africa: Science Outreach Brings Libyans, Moroccans to U.S. Space Camp
26 08 2010 Nearly 50 future Libyan leaders have trained as astronauts at the U.S. National Space & Rocket Center's Space Camp since 2009, and media coverage and a film of the students' experiences have helped ease U.S.-Libya tensions and inspired other Muslim-majority nations to pursue the program.
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Nigeria: Country Does Not Need Foreign Trips to Make Science Work - Minister
26 08 2010 The Nigerian Minister For Science And Technology, Muhammad Kaoje Abubakar, does not believe the ministry needs to embark on foreign trips anywhere to take science and technology to the next level in the country.
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Uganda: Bukenya Hails New Lab School
26 08 2010 The Vice-President, Prof. Gilbert Bukenya, has hailed the management of Chemequip Medical School in Gobero in Wakiso district, saying the institution will greatly contribute to the development of the medical profession by training laboratory technicians.
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Uganda: Country Embraces Digital Animation Technology
26 08 2010 Uganda's quest to embrace new trends in modern information communication technology is moving up, as the country now moves to digital animation.
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Africa: Govt Supports Science, Tech Devt in Africa
25 08 2010 The Federal Government of Nigeria has pledged its readiness to develop Science and Technology in the country in particular and Africa in general.
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Nigeria: Govt Donates Science Kits to Schools
25 08 2010 The Federal Government, through the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has donated science kits to selected junior secondary schools across the country as part of effort to improve the quality of teaching and learning, as well as to change the negative perception that students have about science subjects.
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Uganda: Government to Link Optic Cable to SEACOM
25 08 2010 The national data transmission backbone and e-governance infrastructure cable will be connected to SEACOM, the East African Marine System (TEAMS) and the East African sub-marine cable system (EAASy) cables, the ICT minister has said.
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Nigeria: Nuclear Power - Agency Insists On Enhanced Control
24 08 2010 With the nation's ambition for nuclear-generated energy, as well as growing demand for radioactive sources in other sectors, the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA) has called for tighter regulatory measures in order to prevent radiological mishaps in and around the country.
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Africa: Sixty Women Researchers Recognised
23 08 2010 A passion fruit pathologist, a catfish breeder, and a pigeon pea researcher are among the 60 outstanding women agricultural scientists from 10 African countries who received a fellowship from African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD).
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