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Ngalula Mubenga has developed a new technology referred to as a “bilevel equalizer.”
Ngalula Mubenga, an electrical engineer at the University of Toledo, has developed a new technology referred to as a “bilevel equalizer.” The device combines the high performance of an active equalizer with the low cost of the passive variety. The technology arranges...
Call for Nominations for the 2018 TWAS Young Affiliates
Every year the five TWAS Regional Offices each select up to five scientists to be Young Affiliates for a period of five years. During their tenure, Affiliates are invited to participate in TWAS general meetings and conferences as well as provide feedback to TWAS on...
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Saliva Technology Application Research Symposium (STARS)
STARS 2018 will once again bring the world’s greatest minds to Brisbane, Australia for the second saliva conference to discuss emerging research, technological advances and translation pathway. STARS 2018 will deliver content around the theme of “Liquid Biopsies”,...
How scientists listening to the earth can unlock Africa’s many riches
"As a computational seismologist, I use these sensors to build images of the earth’s interior. It’s like holding a stethoscope to the earth’s surface and using a computer to reconstruct the anatomy of the planet. From mountain peaks to the inaccessible red hot depths...
Overcoming Barriers, African Scientists Creating Award-winning Innovations
Scientists in Africa have long felt they were at a disadvantage simply by being in Africa, but NEF hopes to change that. We're giving science based innovations and the researchers themselves, the much needed spotlight they deserve to impact our continent and world....
Heads of state throw their weight behind science
Science had a place in society “whether we support it or not”. However, “we would be the ones losing if we didn't support it for the benefit of our people”, H.E Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda emphasizes the importance of partnerships in the...
A Pan-African Scientific Journal dedicated to African research launched
An open access inter- and multidisciplinary scientific journal known as Scientific African was launched at the NEF Global Gathering 2018, in Kigali, Rwanda by the NEF Chair Mr. Thierry Zomahoun and Mr. Ron Mobed, Elsevier. The journal aims to offer African researchers...
Kigali Declaration
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African governments challenged to catch up with technological advancements
African governments have been challenged to go beyond mere rhetoric and show real commitment towards the advancement of science and technology. South Africa’s Minister of Science and Technology, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane said that a shift in the mindset of all will go...
SciDev.Net launches Script training course
SciDev.Net announced the launch of a two-year pilot training programme called script, at a roundtable event for editors during Africa’s biggest science conference, the Next Einstein Forum in Kigali, Rwanda, for journalists and scientists in Kenya and Nigeria, which it...
Africa’s Future Rests On Her Scientists And Innovators
“When Einstein discovered his equation he wasn’t trying to describe the universe. He was just trying to describe gravity. That’s very spooky, that these equations not only describe the universe but they predict phenomena that were unimagined,” said Neil Turok, founder...
Building Wakanda: Africa’s search for the next Einstein
"When we started investing in ICT around the year 2000, many people thought it was a joke. They would say 'how can you start investing in ICT when people have no food, no education, no access to hospitals?'," says H.E President Paul Kagame giving his keynote speech at...
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