Kenyans can have there umbilical blood harvested and stored for future body repairs for more than 25 years with a human tissue bank based in the United Kingdom. Read more »
Tricks that prevent the rotting of cowpeas, an African staple, after harvesting, will have yielded U.S.$295 million of benefits in west and central Africa by 2020, according to new ... Read more »
An examination of the worlds largest river basins found nutrient-rich and powerful river discharges led to spikes in the blooms of plankton associated with cholera outbreaks. ... Read more »
A drug that is regularly given to people in Africa to prevent river blindness appears also to kill the mosquitoes that spread malaria, scientists have discovered. Read more »
Egypt's government has announced an ambitious plan for a tenfold increase in spending on scientific research within the next three years. Read more »
A range of stakeholders have been meeting to develop the country's first science and technology policy that will target areas such as research, investment and education. Read more »
Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger report the lowest number of confirmed meningitis A cases ever recorded during an epidemic season this year following the successful introduction of a ... Read more »
The 'Africa Innovation Outlook 2010', prepared by the African Science and Technology Indicators Initiative covers 19 countries and aims to plug an information gap on the state of ... Read more »
Scientists have discovered two genes in cattle that may help farmers improve their livelihoods by preventing premature deaths in their herds from the parasite that causes "sleeping ... Read more »
African governments could become more sensitive to what their people really need by harnessing the wealth of available geospatial information, a meeting of scientists and ... Read more »
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