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March 20, 2014

Ethiopia’s landfill of opportunities

Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, is growing so fast that the Repi landfill site, which 40 years ago was in the outskirts of the city, is now at its centre. The 40 hectares of solid waste it contains are not only contaminating the ground, but methane emissions are also escaping into the air. Read more: http://www.scidev.net/global/pollution/multimedia/ethiopia-s-landfill-of-opportunities.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=webfeed&utm_campaign=en […]

March 19, 2014

Young scientists neglected in Africa

Young scientists in Africa, widely recognized as being among the most creative and energetic researchers, must receive better financial support from their governments if they are to establish themselves in their fields and if Africa’s higher education capacity is to increase. Read more: http://www.southerntimesafrica.com/articles.php?id=9542&title=Young-scientists-neglected-in-Africa–&type=71#.UynhBK7v3iR […]

March 18, 2014

Higher Education in Science and Technology is Critical for Africa’s Development

As Sub-Saharan Africa develops rapidly, it is estimated that the continent will need millions of engineers just to reach a single Millennium Development Goal, that of access to safe water and improved sanitation. However, there is a serious shortage of engineers—and also of scientists, health professionals and technicians—in nearly all of Sub-Saharan Africa’s 48 countries. […]

March 17, 2014

Rwanda: WB Tips On Economic Development

With a notable percentage of the young population under 25 years of age and about to enter the job market, economic development can be pursued by maximising the labourforce. Makhtar Diop, the vice president of World Bank in the African region, said this yesterday in Kigali during the inaugural session of the forum on Higher […]

March 14, 2014

Addictive Candy Crush video game is officially hard

Feeling guilty about the hours you’ve wasted on Candy Crush Saga? Relax. A mathematical analysis of the notoriously addictive video game reveals that it belongs to a class of fiendish computational problems – and playing it might one day help solve them. Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25204-addictive-candy-crush-video-game-is-officially-hard.html#.UyLAQs75FZc […]

March 13, 2014

How computer analysts took over at Britain’s top football clubs

Why has David Moyes had such a horror show since taking over as Manchester United manager last summer? From our armchairs, the diagnosis has been relatively straightforward: taking over from a legend is inevitably a fool’s errand; anyone replacing Sir Alex Ferguson was doomed before a ball was kicked. Moyes inherited a patchy squad with too few players at the peak […]

March 12, 2014

Reshaping African PhDs for development

With the growing recognition that knowledge and innovation are critical contributors to national wealth and welfare, postgraduate education — specifically doctoral training —has become a priority for African higher education. South Africa’s National Research Foundation launched its PhD project some years ago with the specific intention of ramping up the number of doctoral graduates produced annually by the South […]

March 11, 2014

Rwanda: The winning journey of “tech girls”

The number of girls in ICT is on a steady rise thanks to the numerous awareness campaigns and other programmes in the country. The once male-dominated field is now attractive to women as well and those who have excelled are doing alot to encourage their compatriots. […]

March 10, 2014

Top 10 Predictions for Mobile Technology in 2014

What a difference a year makes. Over the last twelve months, sales of smartphones surpassed feature phones for the first time, global mobile subscribers hit close to seven billion, and data traffic grew by 80% – thanks largely to emerging market growth. As the year draws to a close, the developing world is not only […]

March 7, 2014

Mapping PhD enrolment in Africa

As part of our new series on PhDs and development in Sub-Saharan Africa, SciDev.Net is collating data over a range of issues – from postgraduate enrolment and gender equality to the links between PhDs and economic growth. We aim to gather and visualise the statistics underpinning stories about doctoral investment and growth on the continent. Read more […]