African youth and the continent’s future will shape the planet in coming decades, and technology is the key to unlock that potential, said Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo during the Google for Nigeria event in Lagos. “In Nigeria, we cannot train our nearly 200 million young people by 2045, in…
Researchers working in Botswana say they’ve found asteroid fragments scattered across the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR), a discovery that followed the sudden arrival of the asteroid and subsequent meteor fireball witnessed last month across southern Africa. This is only the second time in history that a small asteroid observed…
Wildlife experts at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya were thrilled to hear the news Wednesday that scientists, working to save the nearly extinct northern white rhino, found a breakthrough in their search to develop an embryo suitable for assisted reproduction. Scientists at Avantea announced that their technique for developing…
Scientists who study the baobab tree – which can live for 2,000 years or more – say some of Africa’s oldest specimens are dying off in a relatively short period of time, and climate change may be the reason. Their research work, published in Nature Plants this week, calls attention…
Asfawossen Asrat is professor of geology, School of Earth Sciences at Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia. Nelson Torto is executive director at The African Academy of Sciences in Nairobi, Kenya. What they have in common – along with 10 other scientists from the Global South – is a concern over…
The high rise can mean high risks when making professional decisions, according to an intriguing new study set for publication in the Journal of Consumer Psychology. A team of U.S. researchers conducted experiments to measure the impact of elevation – commonly found in the high-rises of Nairobi, Cape Town, Cairo…
A researcher from Madagascar, with his South African and French counterparts, has discovered the existence of a coastal current off the island nation’s coast that may lead to improved fishing and marine industry management. Work from their study, published in Geophysical Research Letters, is part of a collaboration that includes…
Tanzania on Wednesday launched its new e-immigration system, designed to improve border security and migration at home while the new passports comply with international travel standards across the globe. “Tanzania is taking a leap forward in providing an electronic passport for our citizens,” said Anna Peter Makakala, Tanzania’s Commissioner General…
Scientists say they’ve discovered a new species of dinosaur in the Sahara Desert that will help to fill in gaps in the African fossil record that have long frustrated paleontologists. The new species, Mansourasaurus shahinae, is named after the Mansoura University in Egypt, whose team led by Dr. Hesham Sallam…
The race doesn’t always go to the swift, nor the battle to the strong – and new research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) at the University of London aims to understand more about why, at least among Africa’s big cats. The study conducted by RVC Professor Alan Wilson in…
Kenya has developed its first satellite and, in partnership with the Japanese space agency JAXA, will deploy it from the International Space Station (ISS) in spring. The cube satellite was developed at the University of Nairobi as part of a global program of the United Nations Office for Outer Space…
Scientists working in Nigeria say they’ve found evidence that glass was locally produced there rather than imported from Europe, the Middle East or other historically known centers of production. The scholars from Rice University, University College London and the Field Museum date the glass found at Igbo Olokun, on the…
For an island nation like Seychelles, the loss of coral reefs has impacts in tourism and fishing, two of the country’s key economic sectors. Yet protecting coral is a priority because of climate implications too, and new research from SECORE International – a global network of scientists and coral conservationists…
A high-altitude Google Internet balloon crashed to earth in Kenya over the weekend, alarming residents near the Nthambiro farm where it landed but without causing any damage or injuries. The balloon was one of 10 launched in July as part of Project Loon, all part of program testing in Kenya….
Egyptian lawmakers on Monday approved a long-awaited law formally establishing the nation’s space agency, while announcing a planned research satellite launch with partners Japan and China. Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar, Egypt’s Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, showed MPs a model of the satellite and said its components will be built…