An intercontinental research team from Brazil, India and South Africa, comprising researchers from the University of Cape Town (UCT), has been announced as an IChemE Global Awards 2020 finalist in the Energy category for their Decentralised Diesel system, which aims to produce fuel from waste.
Africans Rising
Africans rising African farmers are younger than you think. Here is why
Africa is far from having an ageing farming population. What is missing is a critical mass of skilled, young farmers with access to finance who could drive productivity in farming.
Arts and Culture How grassroots video is building a film industry in Zimbabwe
Low-budget, grassroots video-film efforts are beginning to blossom and will shape the film industry in the long run.
Africans rising Why one of three African candidates fits the bill as the new head of the WTO
Africa accounts for nearly 27% of the World Trade Organisation’s membership and 35% of members from developing countries, but an African has never run it.
Arts and Culture A tricky legacy: How Fela lives on in pop stars like Wizkid and Wyclef
How do two artists from different ends of the world get inspired by the pioneer of Afrobeats?
Africans rising Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur is the first Arab woman to reach a Grand Slam quarter-final
25-year-old Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the highest-ranked Arab woman in tennis history, knocked out China’s Wang Qiang to become the first Arab woman to reach a Grand Slam quarter-final.
Africans rising South Sudanese teens develop ocean cleaning robot in STEM challenge
The 2019 FIRST Global Challenge brought attention to the troubling amount of pollutants that find their way into the world’s oceans. Participating teams learned about real-world challenges related to cleaning up the world’s oceans and got a chance to create machines that could tackle these challenges
Africans rising The young female duo redefining laboratory science in Namibia
Loide Uushona and Pendapala Shiyuka are co-founders of Namibia’s youngest owned Medical laboratory. The young women are pushing to create innovative solutions in a field that has long been stagnated and are encouraging other African youth to do the same.
Lifestyle Africa – the dark continent – does it again
Africa is often referred to as “the dark continent” – which is foolish, really. This label is often attached to the Motherland by countries whose sky is permanently dark and sunless. Africa is a place of innovation.