Blog – Page 20 – Next Einstein Forum

October 3, 2017

Why it’s time African researchers stopped working in silos

A number of stumbling blocks like geographical and political barriers to intra-African collaboration must be urgently addressed because they prevent Africans and the rest of the world from working together. Free movement of researchers is necessary for networking and a foundation of collaboration. Unlike people, diseases and developmental challenges don’t know geographical barriers and their […]

October 3, 2017

Women’s Education Is Needed To Advance Society- Graça Machel

While there is a considerable gender imbalance in STEM fields, there are increasing numbers of women in these fields exercising their civic duty and finding solutions to global challenges. Female scientists are developing vaccines and women tech coders are creating technologies that are changing the world in which we live. Women simply being present at the […]

October 3, 2017

Ugandan Electrochemist among Africa’s top scientists solving global challenges selected for the Next Einstein Forum

Uganda’s Dr Justus Masa, a scientist from Kyambogo University/Ruhr-University Bochum was also announced among other 15 fellows for this year’s Next Einstein Forum programme, in the second cohort class of 2017-2019. Moris Atwine writes in enstartup that, Masa’s research aims to use electrochemistry to create green and sustainable energy systems for both portable and grid-scale energy conversion and storage, […]

October 3, 2017

Why we’re adding Black Mathematician Month to our calendars

Last week of October the 30th, marked Black History Month in the UK, an annual event to highlight the ongoing struggle for equality and to educate people on the achievements of members of the African diaspora. A reason why Black Mathematician Month has been added to black history month calendars, to start promoting black mathematicians and […]

September 29, 2017

Scientists say space science critical for development

Scientists are appealing to policy planners to begin integrating scientific data into development plans in order to realize benefits to society. According to the researchers meeting at the Regional Center for Mapping of Resources for Development, scientific data generated from the outer space, is key to dealing with the cyclic disasters that have been occasioned […]

September 27, 2017

Initiative to build African science journalism capacity

Earlier this month, a two-year programme was launched, with an aim to build capacity of science journalists and improve science coverage in Africa, recognising the important role of science journalism in promoting Africa’s socioeconomic development. Sam Otieno in scidev, writes that the project will focus on strategic areas of the AAS including health and wellbeing, climate change, food security and […]

September 26, 2017

NASA Langley’s Katherine Johnson Computational Research Facility Officially Opens

Earlier this week, during a ceremony held in the Reid Conference Center, NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, officially opened a new computational research facility, in honor of African American woman Katherine G. Johnson, who plotted key space missions to help advance the nation’s space program in the 1960s. In a ceremony that was […]

September 26, 2017

African scientists are punching above their weight and changing the world

John Butler-Adam writes in academic rigour that over the past five years, Africa’s contributions to the world’s research that is, new knowledge have varied from a low of 0.7% to the present and highest level of 1.1%. However much there’re sum of knowledge journals and articles published by scientists and scholars in scientifically recognised journals each year, including Africa’s contribution, […]

September 26, 2017

Closing the technology and science gap essential

Since the end of colonialism, African countries have suffered from a technology gap compared to their former colonial powers, which most African countries have been unable to overcome. African countries face the challenge of using technology to leapfrog industrialization, development and growth. This means African countries must pursue technology-led industrialization, development and growth. According to […]

September 26, 2017

Africa needs more engineers and makers

Kamau Gachigi, head of Gearbox, Nairobi’s leading maker space emphasized that technology can help Africa prepare for a doubling of it’s population by 2050 during TEDGlobal conference in Tanzania. Africa needs more engineers and makers with practical digital fabrication labs to help people become more practical and more productive building economies that will sustain it’s population growth. […]