By  Dr. Melba K. Wasunna , Strathmore University   Kenya’s extractives sector – covering oil, gas and mining – is booming. There have been recent discoveries of commercially viable resources, like oil and gold. The sector’s contribution to the country’s gross domestic product c…

By:  Liam Bullock , University of Aberdeen   To the west of Ethiopia near the Sudanese border lies a place called the Asosa zone. This may be the location of the oldest gold mine in the world. Dating back some 6,000 years, it provided a …

By: Dr Silke Bollmohr The use of herbicides and pesticides in developing countries, mostly as a perennial and annual weeds control measure, is widespread. The most heavily used herbicide is glyphosate because it requires less field preparation and fewer expenses linked to farm m…

Gwen Ansell , University of Pretoria Trumpeter, flugelhorn-player, singer, composer and activist Hugh Ramapolo Masekela has passed away after a long battle with prostate cancer. When he cancelled his appearance last year at the Johannesburg Joy of Jazz Festival, taking …

Photo By Homekyle (Own work) [ CC BY-SA 4.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons By:  Brendon J. Cannon , Khalifa University   Kenya has suffered the far-reaching effects of repeated attacks by Somalia-based Al-Shabaab terrorist group for years. Tourism has…

By: Katherine Lindemann   The technology uses deep learning to analyse chest scans, identifying patterns humans can’t see. Using medical imaging of 48 patients, artificial intelligence developed by researchers at the University of Adelaide was able to predict patient li…

Photo by Jason Blackeye    By: Brendon J. Cannon , Khalifa University From The Conversation Kenya wants to go nuclear. Since 2012, Nairobi has been talking the talk and walking the walk. It has engaged the International Atomic Energy Agency and signed mul…