Archive for January 2022
Government urged to support locally produced food products
A woman from Oshiziya village in the Oshana region has called on the government to support entrepreneurs who make food products using underutilised indigenous fruits, vegetables and plants in order to grow their businesses and gain access to formal markets. Maria Ndengu (58) makes jams, sweets, bread spreads and syrups using local crops. https://www.namibian.com.na/6217413/archive-read/Government-urged-to-support-locally-produced-food-products
Read MoreNSTC-NTBC disburses K11.3m in grants
January 18, 2022, will forever be a memorable event for 21 local innovators, youths and researchers dotted across different parts of the country. This is because it was on this day when the successful applicants were awarded grants by the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) and the National Technology Business Centre (NTBC) at a…
Read MoreMozambique’s cows set to drive local yogurt industry
Fifty-four year old Agripa Congolo dumped his well-paying job as a painter in South Africa and returned to his homeland in Xai xai, Mozambique’s southern province of Gaza to take care of his father’s livestock following his death in 1992. Since then, Congolo embraced what he described as his childhood dream of becoming a livestock herder. https://www.nepad.org/news/mozambiques-livestock-set-boost-high-locally-produced-yoghurt
Read MoreO.R. Tambo Africa Research Chairs Initiative
The O.R. Tambo Africa Research Chairs Initiative (ORTARChI) builds on the work of Oliver Tambo, a prominent South African and pan-Africanist with a science education background, who believed in creating change through education and in cooperation and solidarity among African nations. The Initiative is in celebration of his legacy in building knowledge based economies for…
Read MoreRwanda STI investments spur innovation and Science-Industry collaboration
During the second phase of the Science Granting Councils Initiative (SGCI2) which begun in 2018, NCST is emphasizing the use of robust science, technology and innovation (STI) to strengthening its capacity through knowledge exchange with other national science councils in Africa. https://rwandadispatch.com/rwanda-sti-investments-spur-innovation-and-science-industry-collaboration/
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