PocDoc, a digital health platform and provider of personal diagnostics, has introduced a smartphone-based test for a cardiovascular illness that it claims to be the first in the world. Patients will be able to self-test at home later in 2022 after the PocDoc tests start in the spring, when they…
Author: Tajudeen Adegbenro
Following the opening of a state-of-the-art manufacturing complex, Africa aspires to become self-sufficient in vaccinations. President, Cyril Ramaphosa remarked during the formal inauguration of NantSA’s manufacturing site in Brackengate, Cape Town, that “Africa is ready to embrace a new age of medical research.” NantSA is a subsidiary of NantWorks, a…
Three Egypt-based edtechs startups, OBM Education, Super Fyn, and Crafty Workshop have raised new funding from the EdVentures and the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT). The amount generated is unknown, and the startups are currently in the preparatory stage of taking part in a 3-month acceleration program of…
Anything but a public – health order, with mechanisms better suited to prepare for and respond to the next health danger, is required for Africa, and it is ready for it. We have spent decades working in Africa on outbreak response, research, and capacity development, and we have seen firsthand…
Kenyan agriculture is being transformed by technology. Farmers who can’t afford their own equipment may now contact tractor owners and hire their services through a new app. Jehil Oliver is the founder and CEO of the firm behind “Hello Tractor,” as well as a former US investment banker. Various set-up…
In countries already grappling with natural resource scarcity and war, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic and locust invasions in 2020-21, a third consecutive year of insufficient rainfall poses a serious threat to food security. FAO fears that if food-producing rural areas do not receive adequate support in time for…
Experts cautioned that as the effects of climate change deepen in the coming years, small farmers worldwide who cultivate thirsty crops like corn would confront a significant adaptation problem. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), which commissioned a research on agriculture in southern and eastern Africa, produced a report…
Southern Madagascar is experiencing its worst famine in history. According to UNICEF, 20% of youngsters are malnourished. In 2020, a locust infestation decimated all crops, precipitating the famine. “We conducted active screening in each district and discovered that 20% of youngsters are underweight. This exceeds the tolerance level, and we…
Some of the country’s honey output is declining due to the usage of chemical pesticides that are harmful to the environment and the destruction of bee habitats, according to researchers. University of Rwanda professor Elias Bizuru told the New Times that his research indicated that honey production is steadily declining…
Several investors have been advised to make good use of Africa’s fertile land to boost food production and sustainable agriculture. Business executives and policymakers at the EU-Africa business summit in Marrakech, Morocco, came to this conclusion at the 4th edition of the EU-Africa summit. According to industry experts, more development…
Covid pandemic have a devastating impact on agriculture. The nuts from the Africa shea tree are processed here by about 90 women who are adept in processing and trading shea from all over the Tamale area. Clients stopped coming to the center when the Covid-19 protocols were implemented, and the…
Cyclone Idai hit Zimbabwe in March 2019, destroying large swaths of cropland in the country’s eastern regions. Approximately 50,000 households were destroyed, affecting approximately 270,000 people. Cyclone Idai’s torrential rains, strong winds, flash floods, and landslides destroyed large fields of maize, groundnuts, cowpeas, sorghum, and other crops, obliterating people’s livelihoods.…
Scientists in Taiwan reviewed at the latest wound healing technology and looked at how it could be used in the journal Science and Technology of Advanced Materials. The natural process of healing a wound involves ions, cells, blood vessels, genes, and the immune system all working together. Each player is…
New teachers, especially younger ones, are frequently taught to lead with toughness, authority, and a no-nonsense attitude. Unfortunately, these well-intentioned proposals may work against efforts to foster class camaraderie and form personal ties with pupils. When it comes to managing high school classrooms, there are a few “golden principles,” the…
Scientists in London have created new artificial intelligence (AI) technologies inspired by video games that will revolutionize the way we diagnose and manage depression. Patients and professionals are actively testing Thymia, a platform that aims to make depression and other mental health diseases as measurable as physical ailments. Thymia, the…
A health and wellness firm has created a series of at-home blood tests to address the growth in chronic sickness, which now affects more than 15 million people worldwide. Omnos, an intelligent health system, has developed finger-prick blood tests that will provide more data-driven insights into health and wellbeing. The…
Applications are now open for the Norrsken Impact Accelerator in Stockholm, Sweden, which provides chosen early-stage entrepreneurs from around the world with assistance, mentorship, and US$125,000 in investment. Norrsken, founded in 2016 by Niklas Adalberth, one of the founders of Swedish finance unicorn Klarna, promises to help entrepreneurs address the…
Promising entrepreneurs and innovation-driven firms in Nigeria are encouraged to apply for 2 new entrepreneurship programs designed by the University of Oxford. The Oxford Foundry, University of Oxford, and FMDQ Private Markets Limited formed a global alliance in July to foster collaboration and knowledge exchange between the UK and Nigerian…
The tool comes with a smart whiteboard and wireless projection, as well as other improved features that make the shift from offline to online collaboration much easier. HUAWEI just released the IdealHub Board Edu, a new model from its intelligent Collaboration product series. The new product, which was unveiled during…
The automated system will make access to these materials easier and faster for Tunisian academics and students. The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TKA) developed an electronic database and barcode registration system in the library of Tunisia’s Ez-Zitouna University. With Abdellatif Bouazizi, President of Ez-Zitouna University, Ali Fuat Cebeci, TKA’s…