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This episode of AAU Talks discusses how Higher Education institutions can build sustainable technological, innovation and entrepreneurial development in Africa with Prof. Ben Honyenugah - Vice chancellor; Ho Technical University and chairperson of the Vice Chancellors of Technical Universities of Ghana towards the 2nd Annual Applied Research Conference 2022. #HoTechnicalUniversity #2ndAnnualAppliedResearchConference2022 #VCTU
UNCTAD’s Economic Development in Africa Report 2023 - Africa’s rise as a global supply chain force.
Africa can become a prominent manufacturing destination for tech-intensive industries & a key link in global supply chains, with its abundant resources and a growing consumer market.
African economies offer many advantages:
A shorter and simpler access to primary inputs;
A younger, technology-aware and adaptable labour force;
A growing middle class demanding more sophisticated goods and services.
Expanding energy supply chains into Africa is an opportunity to accelerate climate action. But only about 2% of global investments in renewable energy go to Africa.
Debt relief is key to offer African countries fiscal space to invest in supply chains. On average, African countries pay 4x more for borrowing than the US and 8x more than European economies.
UNCTAD urges governments to create sound policies, regulations and programmes to promote the widespread adoption of digital technologies.
UNCTAD reiterates its call for better financing solutions to offer African countries and businesses affordable capital and liquidity to invest in strengthening their supply chains.
Explore UNCTAD’s Economic Development in Africa Report 2023 - The Potential of Africa to Capture Technology-Intensive Global Supply Chains: https://unctad.org/edar2023
Report in Science, Technology, and Society
Uploaded: June 21, 2022
Report includes:
-Ancient technological contributions of Africa
-Africa's technological state and development in the modern world
References:
Module in STS (GCT) - by Dr. M. Villanueva
ASBMB Today (2013)
Great achievements in science and technology in ancient Africa
https://www.asbmb.org/asbmbtod....ay/science/020113/gr
Development Bank of Southern Africa (2022)
How technology can unlock Africa’s economic growth potential.
https://www.dbsa.org/article/h....ow-technology-can-un
Mensah-Opoku, Aida (2019)
Historical perspectives on African scientific heritage.
Retrieved from https://www.linkedin.com/pulse..../historical-perspect
Dartmouth's Jones Seminars on Science, Technology, and Society.
"The Development of Technologies in Africa."
Nii Narku Quaynor, Professor of Computer Science, University of Cape Coast/University of Ghana.
April 06, 2018.
With the fast pace of global technology advances one wonders how the developing world would cope and survive the potential digital divides. The adoption of internet technologies in Africa, which occurred in four phases, is reviewed with its challenges and successes. This reflection informs approaches to mass adoption of other new technologies such as blockchain in Africa.
China has laid out seven technological areas of focus in its 14th five-year plan. The research will focus on artificial intelligence, space, quantum computing, and semiconductors. CGTN’s Daniel Arapmoi has been speaking with an analyst on what this year’s focus means for Africa’s growing tech industry.
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A commitment from China to enhance artificial intelligence capabilities in Africa remains in the pipeline. Experts and academics believe the global standards set by China in the field will be beneficial to the continent and transform several critical industries.
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How important are co-working spaces to start-ups?
As part of our GMF Start-up Ecosystems series, we travel to South Africa this week, where the latest tech meets cutting-edge innovation at the Bandwidth Barn in Cape Town.
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This week, we explore the potentials and pitfalls of artificial intelligence Africa, as the continent embraces AI-driven businesses and technological innovations while demanding more accountability from big tech companies.
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The Strategic Partnership Technology in Africa (SPTA) is a business network that brings together companies and public partners to promote the potential for transformative technologies across Africa. Launched by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in 2017, the network generates innovative projects and implements them to transform economies and improve living conditions through technology across Africa.
To find out more, visit our website: https://www.bmz.de/de/mitmache....n/wirtschaft/digital
*South African archaeologists have rediscovered an ancient lost city known as Kweneng using laser technology.*
The researchers - who are with the University of Witwatersrand - have been studying the site in the Suikerbosrand National Park for decades.
But it was not until cutting-edge laser technology known as LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) became available in recent years that they were able to study the ruins in detail from above, and discovered that what they thought was only a scatter…
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Africanews on YouTube brings you a daily dose of news, produced and realised in Africa, by and for Africans.
Africanews is the first pan-African multilingual media outlet, unique in its concept and vision.
Subscribe on our Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/africanews and receive all the latest news from the continent.
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Musa Kalenga, Brand Communication Specialist, answers these questions:
- Often people talk about Africa as a country and not as a continent, do you think that this is still a common notion or is it a perception that is changing?
- Do you think that South Africa is still falling behind in terms of development and innovation?
- Going into 2018, which African Countries should we be watching and why?
You will be surprised to see the level of technological advancement in Africa that could be stolen in the name of immigration visas to Western countries.
And the proponent of such advancement are majorly youths that have lost interest and love for their motherland simply because they are not being cared for.
It's time for us to develop strategies on how to help such youths embark on their technological breakthroughs that will have a multiplier effect on the continents economic growth.
Through the challenges and victories of young African entrepreneurs, we learn how tech startups are launching ride-sharing businesses to address the problems of traffic congestion, safety, and cost of travel.
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In South Africa, the fight to protect wildlife is ongoing. The country has the largest number of rhinos in the world, but it is also the hardest hit when it comes to poaching.
Technology is now playing an increasingly large role in supporting conservation efforts.
Al Jazeera’s Stefanie Dekker reports from the Limpopo province.
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From a scientist in Tanzania who created a water filter to combat water-borne diseases to apps in Kenya that give school children access to unlimited information, Africa is home to incredible technological innovations.
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