Science And Technology

Nigerian tutoring app Tuteria wins UK engineering award

A tutoring app developed by a 27-year-old Nigerian has won an engineering award given by the UK's Royal Academy of Engineering.

Publication Date:

25/05/2017

Source: BBC (UK)

Tags:

Science And Technology, Nigeria, Energy, Awards, Health, Africa

Science And Technology

Evolution of Man Began in Eastern Mediterranean, Not Africa, Say Archaeologists

Man's evolution didn't begin in Africa, as has been axiomatic until now. It apparently began in the Mediterranean Basin, an area that includes Israel.

Publication Date:

24/05/2017

Source: Haaretz (Israel)

Tags:

Science And Technology, Africa, Israel, Greece

Science And Technology

Angola's first satellite launch set for this year - minister

The minister was speaking to the press after behind closed door meeting with Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and plenipotentiary representative of Federal District of the Far East,

Publication Date:

24/05/2017

Source: Angola Press

Tags:

Science And Technology, Space Technology, Angola, Africa, Communication

Science And Technology

Exhibition on wheels: Science Express to cover around 70 stations across India

KOLKATA: The Science Express Climate Action Special (SECAS II), an innovative mobile science exhibition on a 16-coach AC train, will stop at 68 stations across the country in its current phase tour

Publication Date:

11/05/2017

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Innovation, Climate Change, Floods, Climate Impacts, Global, Science And Technology

Economy

Niti Aayog - Three year action agenda (2017-18 to 2019-20)

The objective of eliminating poverty in all its dimensions such that every citizen has access to a minimum standard of food, education, health, clothing, shelter, transportation and energy has been at the heart of India’s development efforts since Independence.

Publication Date:

01/05/2017

Source: NITI Aayog

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Economy, Planning, Transport, Science And Technology, Public Sector, Private Sector, Energy, Agriculture, Trade, Health, Education, Water Resources, Land Ownership, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Economic Development

Science And Technology

Fungus-like mycelial fossils in 2.4-billion-year-old vesicular basalt

Fungi have recently been found to comprise a significant part of the deep biosphere in oceanic sediments and crustal rocks. Fossils occupying fractures and pores in Phanerozoic volcanics indicate that this habitat is at least 400 million years old, but its origin may be considerably older. A 2.4-billion-year-old basalt from the Palaeoproterozoic Ongeluk Formation in South Africa contains filamentous fossils in vesicles and fractures. The filaments form mycelium-like structures growing from a basal film attached to the internal rock surfaces.

Publication Date:

24/04/2017

Author(s): Stefan Bengtson, Birger Rasmussen, Magnus Ivarsson & et al

Source: Nature Ecology & Evolution

Vol:

1

pp:

1-6

Tags:

Fossils, Life Science, South Africa, Oceans and Seas, Micro Organisms

Agriculture

App helps Kenya’s small farmers tackle pests, map crops

Sitting under a cypress tree on his farm to escape the scorching heat, Michael Mwenda is deeply engrossed in his phone.

Publication Date:

21/04/2017

Source: Thompson Reuters Foundation (TRUST)

Tags:

Agriculture, Crop Pests, Farmers, Kenya, Science And Technology, Africa, Food Security

Science And Technology

Kenyan Entrepreneur Turns Invasive Weed Into Profit

An innovator at Kenya’s Lake Victoria has turned an invasion of water hyacinth into a business opportunity, making paper from the weed that he sells in local shops.

Publication Date:

05/04/2017

Source: Voice of America

Tags:

Science And Technology, Innovation, Kenya, Sea Weeds, Hyacinth, Environment, Africa

Science And Technology