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About 30 NGO leaders witnessed the signing ceremony of the extension of the EXCEL Project: - Empowering Civil Society Organizations through Capacity Building and Network Linkages (EXCEL PROJECT), a press release revealed.
Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor has ordered a probe into whether the government's investment in big science projects is taking a disproportionate share of her department's budget.
Dairy farmers in the North Rift region have asked the government to subsidise the cost of artificial insemination to boost the quality of breed and milk production in the country.
Organized by the Sidi Thabet technological park in collaboration with the National Institute of Research and Physical and Chemical Analysis ((INRAP), Hammamet is hosting from December 3 to 4, 2009, the first international symposium on "Bioactive substances".
The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) proposed the establishment of six different institutions under various capacities and responsibilities, involving the radical reorganisation of the Quality and Standards Authority of Ethiopia (QSAE).
China is continuing to show an interest in developing African research capacity with the announcement of a cooperation programme in science and technology.
A deadly type of Salmonella that is killing one in four infected people in Africa is a new strain, scientists have discovered.
Insurers will use satellite images of vegetation to assess Kenyan farmers' claims for cattle deaths during drought.
Tunisia is among the first countries in the world to have ratified the various conventions and agreements relative to environmental conservation and biodiversity. In 1998, Tunisia set up a strategy and a national action program for biodiversity which is being currently updated according to national, regional and global priority requirements.
Minister of Science and Technology Alhassan Bako Zaku, Tuesday lamented the inability of the country to meet its energy needs, describing it as the greatest hurdle on Nigeria's quest to achieve Vision 20:2020.
NATIONAL Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) has been commended for its effort to successfully sustain Nigeria 's first satellite to exceed its five years life span in the orbit.
Scientists must be paid better salaries if they are to be retained to work and develop Africa, President Museveni has said.
Kraatz Marine has terminated the agreement it has signed with Max Planck Institute (MPI) to build and erect the largest telescope in Namibia called HESS. Kraatz Marine is part of the Ohlthaver and List Group of Companies, saying MPI has breached the contract.
Africa, the continent already most affected by hunger and food scarcity, is likely to see its woes increased due to climate change and the changing rain patterns it provokes, experts and scientists say.
Following increase in the rate of paternity dispute in the country, which has put many families in disarray, Nigerians have been advised to embrace the use of DNA technology to resolve such crisis.
Last week, the Director General, National Automotive Council (NAC), Aminu Jalal, said in Abuja that over two million Nigerian auto mechanics may be rendered unemployed by the influx of new cars into the county.
Africa must increase its collection and analysis of data about climate change's impact on water supplies, a meeting has heard.
Scientists must become lobbyists to ensure the fruits of their research reach the poor, says the co-author of a report launched yesterday (9 November).
Tanzania's efforts to embrace nuclear technology may take much longer than anticipated because the country does not have nuclear scientists, according to the Tanzania Atomic Energy Commission (Taec) boss.
Director-General of the Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi (FIIRO), Lagos, Dr. Oluwole Olatunji has called on the National Assembly to assist the institute to provide funds for the replacement and upgrading of obsolete facilities
There appears to be new dawn in the Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON), representing the interests of the National Software Engineering and Services Developers Community in Nigeria as new National Executive Council to run the affairs of the Organisation for the next two years has emerged with the Oracle of the Nigerian ICT industry elected as the President.
Nigeria yesterday took a step towards using nuclear power for electricity generation, agricultural produce preservation and health care, among others, with the foundation-laying of low and intermediate nuclear waste management facility.
It has been revealed that after 20 years of trials, scientists are on the threshold of discovering a malaria vaccine.
A new study has just reinforced the fact that Mount Kilimanjaro icecap could be gone in less than two decades from now.
An Indian professor, a Vietnamese professor, a Tunisian expert in water management and the organization responsible for Spain's national park system are the winners of three awards announced today by the head of the United Nations agency tasked with promoting science.
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