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Africa: Brain gain and good governance key to development
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Africa’s “best and brightest” have a key role to play in Africa’s development and efforts must be made to bring them back to the continent said Wole Soyinka, the first...
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Egypt: Green algae boost wheat yields, say scientists
[CAIRO] A substance derived from green algae has boosted wheat productivity by a quarter, according to Egyptian scientists. ‘Gorn 19′ was invented by an Egyptian agricultural engineer who claimed local...
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Africa Analysis: The benefits of open source software
Africa should embrace open source scientific software, cutting costs and boosting IT skills across the continent, argues Linda Nordling Restrictive academic software can be a pain. The message “please do...
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South Africa must strengthen green tech transfer
South Africa must get better at acquiring green knowledge and technology transfer — or be left out of global markets, says Radhika Perrot. Technology transfer has a fair mention in the...
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Uganda: Mobile technology doubles HIV treatment rate in babies
/ Computing & IT, Healthcare, Telecommunications
[KAMPALA] HIV-infected babies have had their diagnosis time cut from three months to two weeks thanks to a mobile phone-based technology. Infants with HIV need to begin medication as soon...
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South Africa: Investors keen on solar park
/ Energy & Power Generation, Green Technologies, Investment
Upington – More than 400 local and foreign investors, who attended the two-day Solar Park conference organised by the Department of Energy, went back to their boardrooms with a feeling...
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South Africa: Ministers promise better education
Pretoria – Several ministers have pledged to ensure South Africa’s children get only the best education at school – one of government’s top priorities. “Our children and young people need...