A low carbon circular economy as an emerging concept is critical to the development of Africa and the achievement of sustainable development across the globe. The concept, circular economy is an emerging concept, it is believed to have been practiced in a disguised traditional way in African as posited by the Rwandan Minister of Environment. […]
Learners with disabilities are simply children or youth who are different. No child or youth is similar which is everyone is different. However, the type and level of difference in learners with disabilities is large enough to get much more attention and special educational services will be sought. Special education is a set of services […]
Cette Rencontre Internationale 2018 du NEF est l’occasion pour l’organisation, ainsi que pour l’African Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) de faire des annonces importantes sur de nouvelles directions de leurs opérations. Lundi 26, c’était d’abord la présentation officielle de Scientific African, nouvelle revue scientifique primaire : les articles de science de haut niveau seront tous […]
Économie numérique, égalité entre les femmes et les hommes en science, diffusion de l’information scientifique, physique du solide, astrophysique et pharmacie : le menu de la première journée de la Rencontre Internationale du Next Einstein Forum était de nature à rassasier les plus affamés. Une bonne entrée en matière pour cet événement de trois jours […]
Une session plénière modérée par Yinka Adegoké, de Quartz Africa, et réunissant Solomon Assefa, d’IBM-Research Africa, Josh Ghaim, de Johnson & Johnson, Lutz ZIOB, de Microsoft, Aminata Garba, de l’université Carnegie Mellon Afrique et lauréate du NEF, et Steve Mutabazi, du Bureau de développement du Rwanda, a discuté de la façon dont l’économie numérique pourrait […]
Les rues de Kigali étaient encombrées en début de semaine. Ce n’était pas (encore) à cause du Next Einstein Forum. C’étaient les chefs d’États de l’Union africaine, qui avaient choisi de se retrouver dans la capitale rwandaise pour poser les bases d’un accord de libre échange inédit sur le continent. Pourtant, le NEF, dont la […]
Over the past few months, we at Cyclica have spoken a lot about the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare, and in particular, the future of AI in drug discovery for the pharmaceutical industry. When applied appropriately to specific problems and questions, AI has far-reaching implications across the entire healthcare value chain, including: diagnosing […]
Dr. Katrin Rehak-Nitsche, Senior Vice-President of Science and Research at Robert Bosch Stiftung Research capacity in Africa is increasing rapidly, and needs to expand at an even faster pace to ensure the continent and its youthful population can compete in the global knowledge economy in upcoming decades. Recent developments look promising: In the last four […]
Dr. Josh Ghaim, Chief Technology Officer, Johnson and Johnson Family of Consumer Companies It is so gratifying to see Africa emerge as a world leader in the digital and technology space such as mobile pay, access to mobile devices and SMS. The rapid pace at which the continent is currently undergoing transformation and adapting new […]
How can we produce a scientific “genius”? Hard to tell. There are clear necessities but also unfathomable characteristics. Genetics and sheer good luck really matter (some level of intelligence seems to be inherited, but not all siblings get it) but so much has to do with serendipity. In any case, the scientific community has a […]