innovation

The Ball in Our Court: Nurturing Corruption or Integrity

By Denis Wabuyi Some habits die hard if at all they die. Others don’t die until they take them with you. And in some countries like Uganda where the dead are deployed as ancestors, even in the grave some habits of some people still live on. As you all know, I live in a bizarre country where integrity has been kicked to the corner and mauled to pieces. In more than few instances, anyone’s act of honesty and integrity earns them a place on the wrong side of humanity according to Ugandan standards. And these signs have dogged us for Read More

BLUE ECONOMY: Salmon farmers finally invent way to get rid of sea lice by frying them – PICTURES

THE LASER BATTLE AGAINST BLOOD-SUCKING PARASITES OF THE DEEP Marine Harvest runs the world’s largest salmon fishery, with 220 farms around the globe, including this one near the town of Read More

SOUTH AFRICA could halve number of poor by 2030 – World Bank

A resident carries water to her home in the Khayelitsha township, Cape Town Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/BloombergAddressing corruption, getting free education right may help; Nation must build on comparative advantage as skilled Read More

HAWKINGS: The obituary

BBC – Stephen Hawking – who died aged 76 – battled motor neurone disease to become one of the most respected and best-known scientists of his age. A man of Read More

AGRICULTURE: How can African youth deliver transformation

There are more young people in the world than ever before. FARMingFIRST.ORG – 1.8 billion young people between the ages of 10 and 24, according to UN estimates. For some, this Read More

AFRICA: 4th edition of the African Entrepreneurship Award / 4ème édition de l’African Entrepreneurship Award

La version francaise suit apres l’anglais BMCE Bank of Africa launches its 4th edition of the African Entrepreneurship Award (AEA) supporting innovative entrepreneurs in Africa The African Entrepreneurship Award will Read More

AFRICA: 11 business opportunities that will make more millionaires

Top 11 African Business Opportunities That Will Make More Millionaires in 2017 & beyond. Written and first published on September 25, 2017 BY: Andrew Gwadiva (LINKEDIN). For decades, the biggest business Read More

REPRODUCTION: Scientists grow early-stage human eggs in lab to full maturity

DEUTSCHE WELLE – Scientists have succeeded in growing early-stage human egg cells to full maturity in a laboratory for the first time, according to a study released on Friday. The Read More

Helicopter inventor promised air by Winnie Byanyima, MPs

@UG_EDGE – Winifred Byanyima, a Ugandan-born aeronautical engineer, politician, and diplomat, is on the spot for making empty promises to an inventor of Uganda’s first private and locally made helicopter.Read More

Business advice for Africa innovators

Daemons & unicorns In 1938, the Nigerian author D.O. Fagunwa published his seminal work, Forest of a Thousand Daemons (its title after being translated from Yoruba by Wole Soyinka). The Read More

Kenya tech hub gets rebooted

‘Silicon Savannah’ is refocusing on profit and revenues, going beyond social activism After a decade of buzz that brought bold headlines but few profits, Kenya’s “Silicon Savannah” technology hub is Read More