by NEF | Jul 3, 2018 | News, Science, STEM
Western Washington University writes that the push for more women in tech has been a focus of many corporations, universities and even childhood programs for the past decade, yet the professional landscape of computer science shows it continues to be a man’s...
by NEF | May 15, 2018 | Africa, Highlight, News, STEM
Young Senegalese Michel Seck, has designed SimulaMath, a simulation and computation software that de-complexes the teaching of mathematics. A subject mostly seen as a subject of worry and tension among the students, can be a good learning experience with the advent of...
by NEF | Feb 15, 2018 | Africa, FeatArticles, Fellows, Highlight, Science, STEM, The NEF Blog
“Former une nouvelle génération de chercheurs congolais” est devenu son mot d’ordre. En attendant de mettre sur pied des écoles d’été, il soutient plusieurs initiatives. D’abord, entre le 9 et le 14 avril 2018, les Kinois pourront le croiser, lors de la cinquième...
by NEF | Feb 15, 2018 | Africa, FeatArticles, Fellows, Highlight, Science, STEM, Technology, The NEF Blog
Le physicien sénégalais Sidy Ndao, lauréat 2017 – 2019 du Next Einstein Forum, en est convaincu: la maîtrise des expériences est une condition indispensable à la réalisation d’innovations. C’est ce qu’il met en pratique dans ses travaux, et c’est aussi ce dont il veut...
by NEF | Feb 15, 2018 | Africa, FeatArticles, Highlight, Policy, Science, STEM, The NEF Blog, Women in Science and Tech
“A state that does not educate and train women is like a man who only trains his right arm.” Equal access to opportunities in STEM for women translates in bringing more of the neglected half of the global population to innovate for a greater good. Equal access to...
by NEF | Jan 25, 2018 | Africa, FeatArticles, Highlight, Science, STEM, The NEF Blog
The ‘Valley of Death’ or ‘Valley of Hope’ is the point from which many new ideas going through the innovation process fail or succeed in progressing to the market level. We are less than sixty-five days from one of the most transformative scientific gatherings...