Nigeria: Cell Phones for Farmers to Cut Corruption, Deliver Services
Nigeria's agriculture ministry has moved forward with a controversial plan to provide the country's farmers with cellphones. These phones will be used for vouchers to purchase seed and fertilizer, and it is hoped that the new system will help diminish corruption in the agriculture sector. Read more»
Web Tool Tracks Insecticide-Resistant Malaria Mosquitoes
A free online mapping system to track insecticide resistance in malaria-causing mosquitoes identifies places in more than 50 malaria-endemic countries where mosquitoes have become resistant to the insecticides used in bed nets and indoor sprays. Read more»
Partnering With Africa's Farmers
Grow Africa is a partnership of the African Union Commission, Nepad and World Economic Forum that seeks to accelerate private-sector investment for sustainable growth in African agriculture. Read more»
New Initiative to Create Digital Jobs in Africa
A nearly U.S.$100 million investment by the Rockefeller Foundation aims to impact one million Africans through jobs and skills for youth in the information communication technology sector (file photo).
Kangaroo Care Boosts Preterm Infants' Odds
In Kenya, as across Africa, the death rate of newborn babies is tragically high. But at Kenyatta General Hospital, in the capital city of Nairobi, medical staff are using a low-cost, natural intervention with encouraging success - Kangaroo Care. Read more»
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Top Headlines
- Africa: Technology Enhances Learning and Life (eLearning)
- Africa: Let's Make a Success of Failures (SciDev.Net)
- Nigeria: Firm Wins Award for Standard, Innovation (Daily Trust)
- Africa: China to Fund Centres of Research Excellence (SciDev.Net)
- Gambia: 'I Am a Gyiner Competition' Launched in Janjangbureh (Daily Observer)
- Rwanda: Innovation Prize Winners Struggle to Move From Theory to Practice (Focus)
- Africa: Technology and Innovation Aim at Greater Food Security (IPS)
- Nigeria: Expert Tasks Experiential Marketing Agencies On Innovation (This Day)
- Cameroon: Research Stakeholders Advocate Sustained Risk Surveillance (Cameroon Tribune)
- Ghana: Innovations to Fight Plastic Waste & Provide Jobs - Recycling Foundation Launched in Bolgatanga (Ghanaian Chronicle)
- Africa: SIP13 - a New Model for Africa's Technological Development (SciDev.Net)
- Nigeria: Innovation and Change in Petroleum Industry (This Day)
- Kenya: Samsung's S9 TV Motion Gestures, Enhanced User Control (CIO)
- Nigeria: Air Force Develops Bomb Disposing Robot (Daily Trust)
- South Africa: Communiqué From the Minister of Science and Technology, Derek Hanekom Following the Science Technology and Innovation Summit At the Legend Golf and Safari Resort, Limpopo. (SA Govt)
- Africa: Youth Innovative Network and Columbia University Launch Online Youth Entrepreneurship Program (GYIN)
- Uganda: One-Man Space Program Sparks Cosmic Dreams (VOA)
- Africa: Stanford Seed West Africa Centre Opens in Accra (Ghana Govt.)
- Africa: Algae Biofuels Deemed Unsuitable for Developing Nations (SciDev.Net)
- Africa: Unicef Capitalized On Innovation to Reach the Most Disadvantaged in 2012 - Report (UN News)
- Africa: Desperately Seeking Scientific Independence (SciDev.Net)
- Africa: Science is Key to Transforming Development (SciDev.Net)
- South Africa: Cities Must Be Innovation Sites - Manuel (SA Info)
- South Africa: Statement On the Establishment of the Centre for Urban Innovation in Gauteng (SA Govt)
- Africa: Lord Boateng On Africa's Scientific Independence (SciDev.Net)
- Kenya: Slum Fest - Bring Tech Resources to the Grass Root (CIO)
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