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CALL FOR A CURATOR FOR THE NEXT EINSTEIN FORUM ARTS AND SCIENCE FESTIVAL (ASF) FOR THE GLOBAL GATHERING 2020

June 18, 2019 | Africa, Highlight, News, Person, Science

The Arts and Science Festival seeks to increase scientific and artistic awareness among the participants of the Global Gatherings; to promote widespread access to new knowledge and scientific experiences; to support and improve formal and informal science education; to encourage young people to study arts, science and technology subjects further and to consider careers in [...]

NEF Digital Economy Poll: Over half of all respondents believe infrastructure is the greatest need

June 12, 2019 | Africa, Highlight, News

In the days following the publication of Moving from goodwill to action: A call for a Coordinated Vision for Africa’s digital economy by the Next Einstein Forum, we conducted a poll on Twitter, inviting our online audience to tell us what the greatest challenges facing digital economy in Africa are. We listed four solutions: better [...]

The push towards artificial intelligence in Africa

June 5, 2019 | Africa, Blog, Feat Articles, Highlight

“Despite the support, many of us still have trouble making it to conferences. I have had papers accepted at meetings but been unable to attend because Western countries such as Australia denied me a visa, even though I was already settled and working professionally in Europe. We need more efforts to overcome these barriers and [...]

Will Africa Take Full Advantage of its Biodiversity?

May 23, 2019 | Africa, Highlight, News, Science

On the UN International Day for Biodiversity 2019, NEF caught up with Dr. Jessica Thorn, an AIMS Climate Change Science Fellow, on her viewpoint as a scientist especially the opportunities & challenges in the conservation of Africa’s and the world’s biodiversity today. This year’s theme is “Our Biodiversity, Our Food and Our Health. This day is [...]

Cities must lead the clean energy drive, says report

May 17, 2019 | Blog, Highlight

Did you know, that poor households in cities spend 14-22% of their income on energy? As urban growth intensifies energy use, cities must lead with efficient fuels and renewables. Cities can implement practical solutions to meet the need of the urban under-served through development models that slow carbon emissions & shift to cleaner cooking fuels [...]

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CALL FOR A CURATOR FOR THE NEXT EINSTEIN FORUM ARTS AND SCIENCE FESTIVAL (ASF) FOR THE GLOBAL GATHERING 2020

NEF Digital Economy Poll: Over half of all respondents believe infrastructure is the greatest need

The push towards artificial intelligence in Africa

Will Africa Take Full Advantage of its Biodiversity?

Cities must lead the clean energy drive, says report

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