Mosquito sterilization offers new opportunity to control diseases
admin 14th November 2019 0 COMMENTSAccording to the World Health Organisation, a technique that sterilizes male mosquitoes using radiation will soon be tested as part of global health efforts to control diseases such as chikungunya, dengue, and Zika. The Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) is a form of insect birth control. The process involves rearing large quantities of sterilized male mosquitoes in […]
READ MORETogo partners with Dangote cement to transform phosphate into fertiliser
admin 8th November 2019 0 COMMENTSDangote Industries Limited (Dangote.com) and the Government of Togo have concluded an agreement to develop and transform Togolese phosphate into phosphate fertilizers for the West African sub-region; in a bid to improve consumption of the product in Africa. With over two billion tonnes of phosphate reserves, Togo is one of the leading phosphate producers in […]
READ MOREFollow the money, an initiative by Connected Development (CODE), an organisation dedicated to empowering marginalised communities in Nigeria, wins the Council of Europe Democracy Award. This comes after winning the United Nations SDG award earlier this year. Taking to twitter, the founder of the organisation, Hamzat Lawal, announced the good news. He says the initiative, […]
READ MORECan we really afford not to be interested in Politics? Watch how to encourage politics in the family
Ides Ofune 4th November 2019 0 COMMENTSOne thing I find very interesting is political discussions. Now, I know some people may say politics is divisive and don’t like talking about it. In Nigeria, we say politics is too dirty. But politics is everything! Politics is what determines the kind of education available to your children, the type of jobs you work […]
READ MORECommonwealth Split-site Scholarships are available for PhD candidates from low and middle income Commonwealth countries to spend 12 months at a UK university as part of their doctoral studies in their home country. The scholarships are for study starting in October 2020 and are aimed at high-quality graduates whose proposed research has a developmental focus […]
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Through the Eyes of Ides Ofune – Women Shouldn’t Have to Choose Between Motherhood and Higher Education
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Meet the 2022 shortlisted authors for the AKO Caine Prize for African Writing.
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6 African startups among World Economic Forum’s Technology Pioneers 2022 cohort
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Canadian Based NGO GoldenKes Foundation holds First Empowerment Program in Nigeria
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Meet the 6 Africans shortlisted for 2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
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Facebook invests in fibre optic cables to improve internet access in Edo State
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GoldenKes Foundation, a Canadian Based NGO, Launches Empowerment Initiative in Nigeria
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The Nigerian National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Needs to Consider Human Rights
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Can Chess Inspire Ambition in Children? Read the Story of Chess in Slums Africa
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The Nigerian National Assembly and the Struggle for Gender Equality
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Equiano Google’s First Subsea Cable in Africa Lands in Togo