Why Rwanda Looks to S&T to Speed Development

By Romain Murenzi*
Rwanda’s recent history, which culminated in the genocide of 1994 and the deaths of up to one million people, also devastated the country’s economy and infrastructure.
The country remains one of the poorest in the world, with 57 per cent of the population living on less than US$1 per day.
Contributing factors include a high [...]

Sustainer, the Biodiesel Retrofit Ideal for Africa

By Bas Vlugt*
The Sustainer is a unique solution to produce fuel and electricity in remote rural areas, for example in the African countryside where only 5 to 20 percent of the population have electricity.
In many of these situations, access to energy would facilitate development, higher productivity and better education. Moreover, locally available resources can be [...]

Africa’s IT Governance Event to Address Economic Downturn

Green information technology (IT) and critical issues around the global economic downturn are the major features in an IT governance event coming up in South Africa next month.
The meeting will bring together IT experts and business leaders from around Africa and will provide a path towards adaptation measures by businesses in Africa.

International IT governance experts [...]

New Body to Boost Knowledge Management in Africa

By David Dickson*
African science researchers and policy advisers have agreed to set up a foundation, endorsed by a range of African-based banks, to promote the use of scientific and other forms of knowledge by both public and private decision-makers in the continent.
The body, to be known as the Knowledge Management Africa (KMA) Foundation, will be [...]

Ericsson Targets Africa with Earth-friendly Telecoms Infrastructure

The global telecoms technology and and services provider, Ericsson, has announced it will target poor communities in Africa and the rest of the world with earth-friendly infrastructure as part of efforts toward contributing to the creation of a low-carbon global economy.
In its annual Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Report for 2008, released today, the company highlights [...]