Trends & Innovations

[Daily Trust] The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, has unveiled a car built by Mr Auwal Hassan, a 30-year-old Nigerian inventor.Read More

[UCT] Two giant radio galaxies – among the largest single objects in the universe, which were thought to be quite rare – have been discovered with South Africa’s powerful MeerKAT telescope. The discovery has been published online in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.Read More

[Daily Maverick] In a patch of sky long trawled across by countless telescopes, astronomers have discovered two gigantic radio galaxies – all thanks to MeerKAT, which spotted these distant objects from deep in the Karoo.Read More

[Daily Maverick] There can be no doubting the phenomenal run enjoyed by Bitcoin and other crypto devotees over the past twelve months.Read More

[SciDev.Net] Cape Town — African technology hubs are challenging the dominance of traditional universities as sources of knowledge production, and are becoming better suited to a fast-paced knowledge economy, a study says.Read More

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[Ethiopian Herald] Besides the legal aspect, patent rights have an important role in boosting productivity by giving confidence for innovators and hence encouraging innovation. Patent rights give confidence to innovators to pursue new ones and come up with product and service that benefits society.Read More

[Nation] Ensconced between a chicken coop and a sheep pen stands a small shed where two young men are huddled working on a table. A heavy whiff of chicken droppings hangs in the air.Read More

[Namibia Economist] The Startup Namibia’s Swakop Pop up camp, a coworking community office space for local startups which opened its doors in December last year, managed to give the coastal community a platform to connect, engage and develop ideas.Read More

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Near real-time data pinpointing tree losses is helping African countries tackle deforestation, finds studyRead More