August 02

• Jkuat Set to Offer Courses On Pertroleum Engineering

  The Star

  Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology will partner with an Australian university--Curtin University--to train petroleum engineers. This comes after Tullow, an oil... Read more »

• Forum On Biotech Technology Held in Benin

  Daily Trust

  Forum on agricultural biotechnology for the South-South zone of the country has held in Benin with the theme, "Modifying the quality of palm oil through biotechnology." Read more »

August 01

• Let's Make a Success of Failures [opinion]

  SciDev.Net

  Unsuccessful development initiatives offer vital lessons - but only if we are open about failure, says Ben Taylor. Read more »

July 31

• Brazil's Rising Interest in Science Ties [analysis]

  SciDev.Net

  The past decade has seen a boom in science collaboration between Brazil and Africa, finds Catarina Chagas. Read more »

• New Breed of Rice Raises Hopes for Domestic Rice Production [analysis]

  ThinkAfricaPress

  In Kenya's bid to reduce its reliance on rice imports, a new strain that uses less water and has high nutritional value could prove significant. Read more »

• Basic Science Linked to Faster Economic Growth

  SciDev.Net

  Middle-income countries that focus on basic sciences, such as physics and chemistry, grow their economies faster than nations that invest in applied sciences, such as medicine or... Read more »

• Professor Peter Piot On Science and Post-2015 Development

  SciDev.Net

  A panel debate at the Royal Society in London last month (6 June) brought together scientists, policymakers, NGOs and the media to discuss the role of science, technology and... Read more »

July 30

• China to Fund Centres of Research Excellence

  SciDev.Net

  China's science academy is to back five centres of research excellence to extend collaboration with developing world scientists in the fields of climate, water, biotechnology,... Read more »

• Scientists Help Farmers Battle Pests

  AlertNet

  Sithandile Ncube, a member of a farmers' cooperative in southern Zimbabwe, combs through her plot of rape, turning over each leaf and checking it for the yellowing or shrivelling... Read more »

• The Minister of Science and Technology Must Invest More in the Previously Disadvantaged Schools [press release]

  IFP

  This National Science Week we call upon the Minister of Science and Technology, Derek Hanekom, to ensure that our rural schools are receiving the necessary support when it comes to... Read more »

• Gateway To Development [analysis]

  Cameroon Tribune

  The curtains of the 4th edition of the Excellence Days for Scientific Research and Innovation (JERSIC) 2013 have been drawn and eyes are now turned towards the future. Read more »

July 29

• Half of Key Wild Crops Missing From Gene Banks

  SciDev.Net

  Gene banks are missing more than half the wild relatives of the world's most important food crops - which potentially harbour traits for higher yields, and resistance to disease... Read more »

• Equity Chief's Sh100 Million Gift to Meru University

  The Star

  The Equity Bank CEO James Mwangi has donated Sh100 million for the construction of a science and technology complex at Meru University of Science and Technology. Read more »

• Stimulant to Boost Flower Quality and Output Launched in Kenya

  The Star

  A new bio stimulant, Hicure, that is set transform the productivity and quality of the flower industry in Kenya has been introduced in the country. Hicure has been introduced by... Read more »

July 28

• 'Nigeria's Agrochemical Industry Is Worth U.S.$120 Million'

  Daily Trust

  To tap more into the estimated $120 million (some N18 billion) annual market for agrochemicals in Nigeria, the Pesticides Manufacturers & Formulators Association of India... Read more »

July 27

• Egypt's Mufti Participates in Jordan's Hashemite Scientific Council Meeting

  Egypt Online

  Egypt's Mufti Dr. Shawqi Allam participated in the third session of the Hashemite Scientific Council that was held under the auspices of Jordanian King Abdullah II. Read more »

July 26

• U.S. Takes Stock of Scalable Agricultural Technologies

  SciDev.Net

  A database of agricultural technologies that may be good candidates for widespread adaptation and adoption to improve food production is under development by Feed the Future,... Read more »

• Making a Career From a Miracle

  Destination Magazine

  One of the greatest gifts modern medicine has given us is In Vitro Fertilisation and surrogacy, which give couples who can't naturally create children the chance to have a baby of... Read more »

July 25

• GM Food Opponent Becomes Biotech Supporter

  VOA

  Genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, have been the cause of much controversy in recent years. Numerous environmental groups say these foods are not fit for consumption and may... Read more »

• Biotech Regulation Owes Much to Civil Society

  SciDev.Net

  This was the conclusion of research presented at the Science in Public Conference 2013 by Eveline Compaore, researcher at the University of Nottingham, which hosted the meeting... Read more »

• Secondary Students Invited to Compete for Science Awards

  Daily News

  OPPORTUNITIES for winning science and technology awards are up for grab by secondary school students in the country. Read more »

• Uranium Project to Attract Sh1.6 Trillion Investment

  Daily News

  THE Mkuju River Project, a uranium mining project in Namtumbo District, Ruvuma Region, is expected to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) amounting to US$ 1bn (about 1.6tri/-)... Read more »

• Kabwe - Home to Broken Hill Man [analysis]

  Times of Zambia

  EVIDENCE that Africa could be the cradle of mankind surfaced in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) in 1921 following the discovery of Broken Hillman's early stone age skull during... Read more »

• Fine Research Fruits on Display!

  Cameroon Tribune

  The ongoing 4th edition of JERSIC offers much for visitors at exhibition stands. Read more »

• Founder of Anti Gmo Movement Speaks On Turning Pro

  The Star

  You are being urged to support GMO technology. Anti-GMO activist Mark Lynas says he now supports the technology as it has great benefits. Read more »