Category: Blog
December 1, 2017
Pruitt’s RFS Decision Defies Science, Undercuts Development of New Fuels
According to a Statement by Jeremy Martin, Union of Concerned Scientists, Scott Pruitt, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has finalized a change to biofuels policy, lowering the amount of cellulosic biofuel required under the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS). While political pressure from agricultural interests partly checked Pruitt’s effort to roll back the RFS […]
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November 30, 2017
Ethiopia’s waste-to-energy plant is a first in Africa
For half a century, the Koshe dump site has been the only landfill in Addis Ababa. As the city has expanded, the landfill – which used to lie on the outskirts of the Ethiopian capital – has become part of the urban landscape, sprawling over an area the size of 36 football pitches and attracting […]
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November 24, 2017
Call For Papers; Beyond the Debate: Climate Change as an Economic Opportunity for Africa
This workshop will be co-located with the second edition of the EAI International Conference on Innovations and Interdisciplinary Solutions for Underserved Areas (InterSol2018) (http://interdisciplinarysolutions.org/) to be held as a pre-event of the Next Einstein Forum Global Gathering (NEF GG) on March 24-25, 2018 in Kigali, Rwanda. All Authors of accepted papers (one author per paper) […]
November 24, 2017
Harnessing the healing power of stem cells
Newly selected Next Einstein Fellow Kevin Dzobo is a man with a simple desire of bringing the healing power of stem-cell therapies to ordinary patients. He is a specialist at the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology & University of Cape Town. But, while his aim can be simply stated, the science required to make it […]
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November 24, 2017
BCX launches free maths and science education platform
Earlier this month,Tech and infrastructure solutions company, BCX, launched an online free digital learning platform for maths and science teachers and pupils, where technology and education work hand-in-hand to tackle the challenges that currently face basic education system. BCXLearn provides free learning material for pupils from grades four to 12. “BCXLearn.com will revolutionize the way schools approach […]
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November 21, 2017
Africa needs to lead on the ‘quantum revolution’
What role can Africa play in the quantum revolution? Q&A on Africa’s position to lead the quantum tech revolution with Thierry Zomahoun, Founder and Next Einstein Forum Chairman, a platform that helps foster collaboration among young African scientists, in an effort to raise Africa’s scientific profile. In an interview with SciDev.Net during the 10th World Conference of Science Journalists, […]
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November 21, 2017
Des bourses de recherche d’une valeur globale de 3 milliards Fcfa pour les femmes scientifiques titulaires d’un doctorat en début de carrière, dans les pays en développement
L’Organisation pour les femmes scientifiques dans les pays en développement et au Canada, annonce le lancement d’un nouveau partenariat pour soutenir les femmes dans les sciences en début de carrière dans le Sud, d’une valeur de 3 milliards de FCFA. Le programme vise à donner aux femmes chercheurs de ces pays les moyens de devenir […]
November 21, 2017
African Mathematicians advised to it for engagements
Professor Louis Aime Fono, a visiting researcher from the University of Doliala, challenges African Mathematicians to solve problems peculiar to the Africa environment, as most of them were said to be inherently mathematical in structure and dynamics. ‘Now the main question is, how can African scholars use mathematics to solve problems of our environment because up […]
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November 21, 2017
Francine Ntoumi à l’avant-garde de la recherche en Afrique
Francine Ntoumi est une parasitologue congolaise spécialisée dans le paludisme. Elle est la première femme africaine responsable du secrétariat de l’Initiative multilatérale sur le paludisme. Elle dévoile ses efforts dans le domaine de la recherche biomédicale, notamment la création de la Fondation Congolaise pour la Recherche Médicale (FCRM), ainsi que les résultats obtenus et ses […]
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November 21, 2017
How Africa’s Tech Generation Is Changing the Continent
DESIGNING FOR AFRICA is the objective of many new technology ventures. Inspired by Silicon Valley, young entrepreneurs are bringing life-improving innovations to sub-Saharan communities. Robert Draper writes in national geographic that, Mark Kamau, Director of user-experience design for BRCK in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, holds a prototype for a mobile weather station.The continent is still a largely untapped market, particularly […]
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