Advancing sustainable development in Africa
<p>The report provides a detailed analysis of the design and implementation of Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) roadmaps aimed at advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Sub-Saharan
Innovation
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Solar-Powered Electric Car Lightyear One Receives Prestigious Climate Change Innovator Award
We previously wrote about an interesting project called the Lightyear One, a fully solar-powered electric car. The project just recently won the prestigious Climate Change Award at the Consumer Electronics
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Green energy targets clear in mind, but is India technology-ready?
Technology innovation remains critical for both cleaner coal and energy storage systems India's green energy targets for the next few years may be clear and crisp, but the country may need to focus
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Recognizing and rewarding farmers’ creativity through contests: experiences and insights from four African countries
This paper presents the experiences and outcomes of applying contests to elicit farmer-generated innovations and to reward outstanding farmer innovators in selected districts in Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi
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Nigerian start-up develops solar-powered fridges
Nigeria's debilitating power supply and aging infrastructure is hampering the increasing population's growth and development. Responding to this problem, the Nigerian start-up, Go-Solar-Africa, has
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Shell Companies in Nigeria win sustainability innovation award
Shell Companies in Nigeria (SCiN), have emerged the 2017 Best Nigerian companies in Sustainability Innovation in Africa, beating two other finalists at the 11th edition of the Sustainability, Enterprise
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Kenya: Innovation for Climate-Smart Agriculture Key to Ending Hunger
Nairobi — Some parts of Kenya are reeling from the effects of probably the worst drought in the last 20 years. With nearly 3.4 million people food insecure, Kenya’s food security prognosis looks gloomy,
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Rwanda: Local NGO Scoops Global Award for Innovation in Environmental Protection
SaferRwanda, a non-profit organisation focusing on environmental protection through use of household solar systems and efficient cookstoves with reduced emissions, has scooped global award from Energy
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‘Whether it's fighting polio or meningitis, India has shown way in health innovation'
As co-chair of the foundation she started with her husband Bill, Melinda Gates is the world's leading woman philanthropist. In an exclusive interview, she tells Joeanna Rebello Fernandes how tech innovations
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New pen-like device can detect cancer in just 10 seconds- and it could be in hospitals by 2018
A new device can detect whether or not a tumor is cancerous in just 10 seconds - and should be in operating rooms as soon as 2018. The cancer 'pen', called the MasSpec Pen, was designed by researchers
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Egyptian students produce diesel from used car tyres
CAIRO – A group of engineering students in Cairo have built a machine that produces alternative fuel from vehicle tyres. The university students came across the idea when they were looking for a graduation