PhDs in Focus: Mining women’s potential in Zambia
Mar 7, 2014, 7:00 pm By SciDevA video interview with Zambian PhD student Mususu Kaonda on mentoring women to become scientists and…£25,000 prize for African engineering innovation launched
Mar 7, 2014, 11:00 am By SciDev
The prize will aim to build capacity in, and raise awareness of, the role of engineering in…View on Gender: The need to dig deeper into ICT data
Mar 7, 2014, 6:00 am By SciDev
Unless we know who is using mobile phones, we can’t tell if interventions are helping both sexes,…Conservation cooperation a ‘matter of survival’ for Arabs
Mar 7, 2014, 5:00 am By SciDev
Collaborating on conservation and health is key to tackling the threats posed to the Arab region,…Focus on Migration: Movement inherently brings benefits
Mar 6, 2014, 9:00 am By SciDev
Migration has helped development for millennia. Today it aids the spread of skills as well as genes,…Crop pests ‘vastly underestimated’ warns study
Mar 6, 2014, 8:00 am By SciDev
Around 200 crops pests per country go undetected because countries do not have enough scientific…Mapping PhD enrolment in Africa
Mar 6, 2014, 5:00 am By SciDevThis interactive map shows the disparity in PhD enrolment for selected countries in Africa and…Giving Pacific islanders greater say in ocean science
Mar 5, 2014, 11:22 am By SciDev
At an ocean science meeting, the number of attendees from Pacific island nations seemed way too…Building the world's largest radio telescope
Mar 5, 2014, 11:00 am By SciDev
A film on the Square Kilometre Array (S.K.A), a project delivering telescopes across Africa boosting…Reef fate in hands of chiefs and researchers — for now
Mar 5, 2014, 9:00 am By SciDev
When scientists work with local chiefs on ocean pollution, reefs recover quicker, Ocean Sciences…The case for boosting Africa’s knowledge ecosystem
Mar 5, 2014, 4:00 am By SciDevSciDev.Net launches a series of pieces showing how PhDs contribute to the continent’s development.Q&A: Doctoral research and economic growth in Africa
Mar 5, 2014, 3:00 am By SciDevAdam Habib of the University of the Witwatersrand talks about PhDs and South Africa’s role in…Q&A: Doctoral research and economic growth in Africa
Mar 5, 2014, 3:00 am By SciDevAdam Habib of the University of the Witwatersrand talks about PhDs and South Africa’s role in…Reshaping African PhDs for development
Mar 5, 2014, 2:00 am By SciDevPhDs are still crucial to Africa's development, but must evolve to meet future needs, argues Cheryl…Secrets to a successful mHealth campaign
Mar 4, 2014, 11:00 am By SciDev
When conducting mHealth programmes, don’t bother running a pilot project but be sure to…Science for Humanity falters but hopes to reinvent itself
Mar 4, 2014, 9:00 am By SciDev
The UK charity plans an online collaboration on global risk after researchers shun its attempt to…Mobile technology improves water access in Rwanda
Mar 4, 2014, 6:02 am By SciDevThis video explains how remote sensors on water pumps send updates that help to reduce system…Market forces ‘insufficient’ to roll out low-cost tech
Mar 3, 2014, 11:00 am By SciDev
An NGO behind low-cost technology is struggling to get its products to people due to corruption and…Tech can give women the space to fight for their rights
Mar 3, 2014, 2:00 am By SciDev
Big talk should be combined with small-tech advances to help the world’s poor women, says…Mobile mast vaccine storage project wins global prize
Feb 28, 2014, 11:00 am By SciDev
Mobile mast vaccine storage project wins global prize
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