In the Sahel, climate change has translated into more frequent, longer drought spells that threaten the resilience capacity of nomadic livestock pastoralists but with satellite ... Read more »

The South African National Space Agency has been selected by the International Civil Aviation Organisation to become the designated regional provider of space weather information ... Read more »

Africa's recurrent challenges can benefit from the many inventions coming off the continent but we must invest in creating an environment that makes it easy to discoverer these ... Read more »

Roy Allela, 25, has invented smart gloves which convert sign language movements into audio speech. The gloves, named Sign-IO, have sensors stitched on to each finger which ... Read more »

South Africa's Department of Science and Technology has welcomed the launch of the ZACube-2, which will allow cutting-edge remote sensing of ocean traffic and wildfires, as well as ... Read more »

Ketty Adoch and Torsten Bondo are among 11 people who have been selected to receive grants from Microsoft and National Geographic for projects on Artificial Intelligence (AI). ... Read more »

The Academy of Science of South Africa has released a study it says is aimed at creating a more certain regulatory environment for government departments on matters relating to ... Read more »

The government is conducting a pilot project to use drug-dropping drones to transport life saving blood and medical supplies to Ukerewe Island in Lake Victoria - a move that aims ... Read more »

The second Africa Innovation Summit has kicked off in Harare, Zimbabwe where investment in education, digital transformation and entrepreneurship are the focus of policymakers from ... Read more »

Fexinidazole is a new drug for the treatment of Human African Trypanosomiasis commonly known as sleeping sickness. It is the first all-oral treatment for the disease which is ... Read more »