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The Innovation Prize for Africa, an @AfrinnovFdn prgm, provides $185, 000 total to winners who develop African solutions to African challenges. Apply today!
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Happy and Prosperous 2019! We take this opportunity to thank all our partners, #innovators, #entrepreneurs and #innovation Enablers for working with us towards innovating African future. THANK YOU. Because of your partnerships, our impact to date is great!
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#Technology plays a huge role in medical care and three district hospitals in #Rwanda have managed to bring maternal deaths down to zero — in part thanks to technology. Click to see how they have managed to do this -
devex.com
A number of efforts are seeking to bring innovation to the blood cold chain, and the most successful ones focus both on technological solutions, and on national health care policy and infrastructure.
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#IPA2018 nominee @GreenKeeperAfrica is working hard to reduce pollution in an eco-friendly way using GKSORB - a 100% organic and biodegradable fiber with the potential to absorb up to 17 times its weight. https://t.co/kogECRZXYC
#Africa #Innovation
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HepC & TB are critical health burdens in Africa. Professor Abdeladim Moumen and Dr. Hassan Ait Benhassou's #innovation allows for the rapid, accurate and effective detection and load quantification of both diseases. #Morocco #Africa
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"The lack of technology policy and its poor implementation can lead to economic and political instability, and the effects of this are magnified in African countries with weak rule of law." Do you agree? Click to read more - https://t.co/911JM8Vy11
#Innovation #Africa
fairobserver.com
The lack of technology policy and its poor implementation can lead to economic and political instability, and the effects of this are magnified in African countries with weak rule of law.
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Paediatric study on the #ECGF device at the paediatrics oncology ward at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital @MulerwaMartha @ID_UIRI @UIRI2017 @0X2020 @IPAprize @gchallenges
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According to the @UN, Africa is on the right path to eradicating plastics. Innovator Christian Mwijage (#Tanzania) recycles and transforms post-consumer waste plastic into durable and environmentally friendly plastic lumber using “Waxy ӀӀ technology” #Africa #Innovation
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#African leaders have been urged to fully leverage the creativity, talent and innovation of the youth towards achieving the @UNs Sustainable Development Goals in record time. Do you think this is feasible on the continent? Click to read more -
businessghana.com
Dr Eugene Owusu, the Special Advisor to the President on SDGs, Wednesday, urged African leaders to fully leverage the...
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Does innovation have the power to boost #agricultural development in #Nigeria? Click to read more - https://t.co/hBXe4aCRsg
#Africa #Innovation
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#IPA2018 nominee Juslain Nomenjanahary Raharinaivo has developed biodegradable germinators which increase rice yields to allow for more sustainable rice farming in #Madagascar. #Africa #Innovation
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Awesome and thanks for being a great @IPAprize Ambassador
Humbled to be invited to speak on Innovation at the African Society for Laboratory Medicine Annual Conference (#ASLM_2018) in Abuja, Nigeria! @IPAprize @NextEinsteinFor @SciAf_NEF @Kaepernick7
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As we celebrate @UNs International Universal Health Coverage Day, we recognize #IPA2018 nominees in this field @AnthonyBasing,@keoglobalheal2 & Professor Abdeladim Moumen and Dr. Hassan Ait Benhassou
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Acc to @qzafrica "African languages are being left behind in the field of voice recognition" & innovations such as Voice Recognition and Speech Synthesis Software for African Languages, developed by Omolabake Adenle, #IPA2017 nominee are important Read -
qz.com
When internet connectivity is discussed in Africa, the conversation usually revolves around those who have access and those who don’t, namely the digital divide. But there’s also a language divide, a...
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To date, @AfrInnovFdn has supported 55 IPA winners/nominees with US$ 1 million+ and mobilized 9 400+ innovators from all 55 African countries. #Africa #Innovation
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Paediatric study on the #ECGF device at the paediatrics oncology ward at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital @MulerwaMartha @ID_UIRI @UIRI2017 @0X2020 @IPAprize @gchallenges
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Climate change affects the continent in various ways. Click to see 10 #Startups for Climate Smart Technologies & Innovations in #agriculture
https://t.co/Rs1FFCvdjn
krishijagran.com
The challenges faced by agriculture are no less nowadays. Climate change one big challenge in agriculture that needs to be addressed seriously as it affects various sectors of agriculture such as...
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This year, for the first time #IPA has nominees from #Ghana, #Madagascar and #Rwanda. Kudos Dr. Laud Anthony Basing @AnthonyBasing, Juslain Nomenjanahary Raharinaivo and Henri Nyakarundi - @henrinyakarundi!
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