Follow AllAfrica News: Science and Biotechnology, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/all-africa-news-science Fri, 24 Mar 2023 20:36:12 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/m6kaMp5dzcIAbb4AZteviiRFMxTa8z4W [IPS] Nakuru, Kenya -- Using naturally occurring microbes, a Kenyan entrepreneur has developed a molasses-based supplement that pre-ferments animal feeds to unlock all the necessary nutrients that would otherwise find a way out of the animal through cow dung, and dairy farmers have fallen in love with the product.]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2023 13:50:01 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/m6kaMp5dzcIAbb4AZteviiRFMxTa8z4W https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/m6kaMp5dzcImMEzgZtRsN6bel3Iu4GjH [Shabait] I first met Helen Haile on the 5th of January 2023, a couple of hours prior to her public seminar on the subject "CubeSat for Academia in Developing Countries" at the NUEYS Junior Club in what was a fascinating conversation about space engineering, Eritrea's potential access to space and the possible integration of Space Science into the Eritrean higher education curriculum.]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2023 12:39:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/m6kaMp5dzcImMEzgZtRsN6bel3Iu4GjH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/m6kaMp5dzcIeDm2xD6NB1JNaYRWadcX6 [SciDev.Net] Health experts have condemned what they described as a disconnect between North and Sub-Saharan Africa, which they say is hindering the development of a comprehensive health strategy for the continent.]]> Tue, 21 Mar 2023 13:11:48 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/m6kaMp5dzcIeDm2xD6NB1JNaYRWadcX6 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/m6kaMp5dzcIeDm2xD6NB1Ivmyuk5fxzE [SciDev.Net] Nairobi -- Appolinaire Djikeng promises to strengthen research and innovation to improve the health of farmed animals as he becomes the first African to head the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI).]]> Tue, 21 Mar 2023 13:09:32 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/m6kaMp5dzcIeDm2xD6NB1Ivmyuk5fxzE https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/m6kaMp5dzcKcWqDTmc5hOCVCAQLB0bf5 [The Conversation Africa] Imagine being a policymaker at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. You have to decide which actions to recommend, how much risk to tolerate and what sacrifices to ask your citizens to bear.]]> Mon, 20 Mar 2023 09:59:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/m6kaMp5dzcKcWqDTmc5hOCVCAQLB0bf5 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/m6kaMp5dzcKczUEsbb_Q-um6srrLMsqK [SciDev.Net] African researchers will receive grants worth tens of thousands of dollars to study the impact of solar geoengineering despite concerns from environmental activists that solar radiation management could deepen climate injustices and carbon colonialism.]]> Fri, 17 Mar 2023 08:04:36 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/m6kaMp5dzcKczUEsbb_Q-um6srrLMsqK https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/m6kaMp5dzcKwBKVsD8hWyGhamfNIiY2W [The Conversation Africa] Curious Kids is a series for children in which we ask experts to answer questions from kids.]]> Thu, 16 Mar 2023 08:52:06 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/m6kaMp5dzcKwBKVsD8hWyGhamfNIiY2W https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/m6kaMp5dzcJxAxH3q38r0msGk81fO-bN [Observer] .... "Whoever becomes the leader in this sphere [Artificial Intelligence], will become the ruler of the world." Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin]]> Tue, 14 Mar 2023 14:46:36 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/m6kaMp5dzcJxAxH3q38r0msGk81fO-bN https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/m6kaMp5dzcI3-LKUJoD_C3CrAHWlao0B [The Conversation Africa] Many futuristic novels and films have explored what the world might look like without water. But water scarcity isn't a problem for the far-off future: it's already here.]]> Tue, 14 Mar 2023 08:28:28 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/m6kaMp5dzcI3-LKUJoD_C3CrAHWlao0B https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/m6kaMp5dzcJYCaqbBj0qEEGb1Jh49AJn [spotlight] The uptake and continuation of tuberculosis (TB) preventive therapy were much higher when it was provided through a community-based model compared to the standard clinic-based model, a study conducted in KwaZulu-Natal found. The findings were presented at the recent Conference for Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Seattle, USA.]]> Mon, 13 Mar 2023 21:46:36 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/m6kaMp5dzcJYCaqbBj0qEEGb1Jh49AJn https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/m6kaMp5dzcImFznwDuJ7_GnhpmeYcemU [SciDev.Net] Johannesburg -- Researchers in South Africa are feeling the effects of the country's continuing power cuts and fear for the impact the electricity crisis is having on their research output.]]> Thu, 09 Mar 2023 14:06:38 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/m6kaMp5dzcImFznwDuJ7_GnhpmeYcemU https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/m6kaMp5dzcKCCvdIz7xoz4eLGixeGJZp [Ghanaian Times] Many inven­tions have transformed the world today, with a significant number being the brain work of women, yet little light is shone on the achievements.]]> Thu, 09 Mar 2023 10:23:52 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/m6kaMp5dzcKCCvdIz7xoz4eLGixeGJZp https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/m6kaMp5dzcLIoNMgQ_NALxeIF_fEM9tn [UCT] Standing up to 3 m tall and weighing up to 600 kg, illustrations of the massive primate Gigantopithecus blacki call to mind the mythical Himalayan Yeti. Dental remains of the prehistoric ape, which lived in the tropical forests of south China, have been dated to 1.8 million years ago, and scientists now know they were ancient relatives of modern-day orangutans. This is thanks to advances in palaeoproteomics, keys to a vault of significant palaeontological data.]]> Tue, 07 Mar 2023 17:37:30 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/m6kaMp5dzcLIoNMgQ_NALxeIF_fEM9tn https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/m6kaMp5dzcLIoNMgQ_NAL--bbeigX9oC [allAfrica] While there are increasingly more African women in leadership roles, they are still significantly under-represented but there are a number of things businesses can do to change this ...]]> Tue, 07 Mar 2023 17:31:31 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/m6kaMp5dzcLIoNMgQ_NAL--bbeigX9oC https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/m6kaMp5dzcIN02Nqi1IBJEGT5aWO9DEx [Leadership] The federal government of Nigeria and the government of India have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for collaboration in the areas of meteorological science, technical research and development.]]> Mon, 06 Mar 2023 07:14:27 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/m6kaMp5dzcIN02Nqi1IBJEGT5aWO9DEx https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/m6kaMp5dzcL2UbYaTubq0n1d0VB8z-7c [Capital FM] Nairobi -- Heifer International Kenya has opened applications for young entrepreneurs for the 2023 AYuTe Africa Challenge Kenya.]]> Fri, 03 Mar 2023 11:20:01 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/m6kaMp5dzcL2UbYaTubq0n1d0VB8z-7c https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/m6kaMp5dzcLFghIYFhIDg4eLGixeGJZp [New Times] Africa should prioritize investment in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education to build and retain science skills on the continent, Niger's Minister for Secondary and Higher Education, Research and Technology, Habi Mahamadou, said on February 28 at the closing of the fifth African Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Forum 2023 held in Niamey, Niger.]]> Fri, 03 Mar 2023 10:45:19 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/m6kaMp5dzcLFghIYFhIDg4eLGixeGJZp https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/m6kaMp5dzcKwae8lkWkYMQC0qH-r7xlT [New Times] Stempower, a non-governmental organization promoting science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education across Sub-Saharan Africa, has encouraged girls and women in Rwanda to embrace sciences and not perceive it as a men's thing.]]> Fri, 03 Mar 2023 09:49:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/m6kaMp5dzcKwae8lkWkYMQC0qH-r7xlT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/m6kaMp5dzcIrxr3dTlgPYn1d0VB8z-7c [ANGOP] Luanda -- The Vice-President of the Republic, Esperança da Costa, defended Wednesday the need for a full and equal promotion of access to science for the participation of women and young girls in the country.]]> Thu, 02 Mar 2023 16:38:49 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/m6kaMp5dzcIrxr3dTlgPYn1d0VB8z-7c https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/m6kaMp5dzcIrxr3dTlgPYgO5yOwvVe_2 [Government of Mauritius] The Government of Japan has agreed to provide an additional grant of 300 million Japanese Yen to Mauritius, under the Japan's Grant Aid, 'Economic and Social Development Programme', to implement the new Coastal Surveillance Radar System project.]]> Thu, 02 Mar 2023 16:32:33 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/m6kaMp5dzcIrxr3dTlgPYgO5yOwvVe_2