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WEF identifies top 10 emerging technologies to address global challenges
DALIAN, June 25, 2024 – The World Economic Forum [WEF] has published its annual Top 10 Emerging Technologies Report featuring technologies with the greatest potential to make a positive impact in the world…
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Ugandan chimpanzees ‘self-medicate’ with healing plants
KAMPALA, June 21, 2024 – Wild chimpanzees eat plants that have pain-relieving and anti-bacterial properties to heal themselves, according to scientists. They described their “detective work” in the forests of Uganda –…
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Meet Alfred Bolo, a pawpaw farmer in Kenya who has deployed wasps to fight pests
NAIROBI, June 19, 2024 – Alfred Bolo is a father of two children, an agricultural officer by profession, and a practising farmer in Kwale County, Kenya. He grows over 400 pawpaw [papaya]…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Bundibugyo cocoa farmers reap big as prices shoot up
BUNDIBUGYO, April 26, 2024 – Cocoa farmers in Bundibugyo district are reaping big from the crop as prices rise to between Shs 25,000 to Shs 31,000 per kilogramme which farmers say has…
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Cooperatives & Communities
CoopStar: Empowering research and the cooperative movement in Africa
NAIROBI, December 7, 2023 – The Cooperatives for a Sustainable Transformation in Africa [ CoopStar ] workshop held in Nairobi, Kenya, from December 3-6, 2023 has marked a crucial step forward in…
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East Africa
IUCEA begins Phase II construction of multi-million-dollar headquarters
KAMPALA – The Inter-University Council for East Africa [ IUCEA ] held a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the second phase of its Headquarters in Kampala. The project worth over US$…
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NWSC’s Mugisha says 2023 AFWA Congress in Ivory Coast ready
The stage is set for the 21st African Water Association [AFWA] Congress and Exhibition 2023, according to Dr. Eng. Silver Mugisha, the President AFWA, and National Water and Sewerage [NWSC] managing director.…
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