Sandile Ngcobo, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) scientist responsible for developing the world's first digital laser
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Phone Charging Invention Gives New Meaning to 'Walk and Talk'
A 24-year-old inventor in Kenya has come up with a new way to keep your phone charged, walking. Anthony Mutua says the secret is in a small, crystal chip you place in your shoe's sole that gathers a charge while you walk.
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World's First Black Owned Car Manufacturer in Nnewi Anambra Nigeria IMPACTarthouse
::: hello world! we are truly excited to have you here to be a part of history as we reveal and celebrate some amazing and creative things happening in Africa. From Nigeria, is a ground-breaking venture from the automobile industry; the world's first black-owned car manufacturer in Nigeria from Nnewi in Anambra State.
Creativity is a gift, and each invention contributes to the progress of humanity. However Dr. Ovadje regrets that a lack of resources prevents many inventors in developing countries from realizing their creative potential.
A perfect demonstration that the African is capable, that the time has come for us to erase the perception that the men of our continent are sleeping. This is another period of conscience re-awakenness. Wake up Africa, said Apsotle Safo at the just ended 31st Technology Exhibition of the Kristo Asafo Mission. Posted by Francis Kujoji
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Uganda to start exporting ARVs within region
Publish Date: Jul 16, 2012 Members of the IRCU led by Archbishop John Baptist Odama (C)listen to QCI director, George Bagume (R) By Francis Kagolo
Uganda is to start exporting antiretroviral (ARV) drugs in the region, officials have announced. This comes after the Kenya Pharmacy and Poisons Board (KPPB) awarded Luzira-based ARV manufacturer, Quality Chemicals factory a certificate for good manufacturing practice (GMP). Kenya's certification follows that of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) which authorized the company to sell its drugs to any part of the world. “The KPPB certification allows us to export our medicines to Kenya. We are going to start this month [July],” said George Baguma, the company's chief commercial officer. He was addressing the top leadership of the Inter-Religious Council of Uganda (IRC-U), consisting of archbishops and sheikhs who toured the factory over the weekend. According to Baguma, Tanzania's Food and Drugs Administration (TFDA) also inspected the plant and is yet to issue certification. “We have completed registration in Rwanda and Burundi. We are waiting for their bodies in charge of drugs to come and inspect the plant so that we can also export there.” East Africa has millions of people living with HIV who need ARVs. Besides ARVs, Quality Chemicals also produces Lumartem, an anti-malarial drug. It currently produces six million tablets a day. However, given the widening market, they are to put up a second plant which will increase the capacity to 24 million tablets every day. The plant will be ready in one-and-a-half years, Baguma said. Other innovations include producing bi-layer ARV tablets which will reduce the burden involved with consuming ARVs from the current two to three tablets daily to just one. This is in line with the latest technology in the developed world like US and Germany where only one ARV tablet is enough for a day. Northern Uganda Catholic archbishop, John Baptist Odama commended the innovation, saying it would improve people's adherence to taking ARVs. “Failure to adhere to the doctors' instructions concerning the number of times one is supposed to consume ARVs is what mainly causes early HIV/AIDS-related deaths. Any plan to reduce the number of tablets one is supposed to take is welcome,” said Odama. “This is a great achievement. You have done us proud as Uganda,” added Odama, and urged other clergymen to be the company's advocates whenever they travel abroad. During the tour, the clerics were mesmerized by the high emphasis placed on quality and sanitation in the Kampala-based factory, which even involves denying the smallest of insects entrance into the plant. Samuel Opio, the company pharmacist explained that each of the products goes through 250 tests by the time it reaches the packing line. “We are not demand-driven. We are mostly quality-driven. If you produce substandard drugs, you may close soon. We cannot mortgage our long-term benefits with short-term demand requirements,” said Baguma.
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(L-R) Alvin Kabwama, Nigel Kinyera and David Tusubira, who are in their Senior Six vacation, display the robot that can detect and disarm explosive material at Makerere University yesterday. PHOTO BY ABDU KIYAGA By ABDU KIYAGA (email the author)
Posted Tuesday, June 5 2012 at 00:00 In Summary Three St. Mary’s College Kisubi students under guidance of Makerere University don manufacture device that can detect and defuse explosives.
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Necessity is the mother of innovation and this seems to have been the main motivator for an Explosive Ordinance Disposal (OED) device that Makerere University’s College of Engineering, Design Art and Technology showcased at a press conference yesterday.
The device with capability to detect and defuse explosives is the brainchild of three students about to join university. They are tutored by Mr Cosmas Mwikyirize, a lecturer at the engineering college.
Mr Mwikyirize said the device, still a prototype for development of more effective systems to deal with the threat of terrorism and especially use of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), the favourite of terrorists, “was developed from scratch.”
It is the third in a series of other robot prototypes the college has made, including a chemical dispenser robot and an automatic scooter. “We built this robot from scratch, we did not have any blue print to look at,” Mr Mwikyirize said last evening.
Initially unveiled for the communications awards, two weeks ago, the robot runs on 12 motors, censors, and a Central Processing Unit of the tetrix system. It uses Bluetooth for movement control and Wifi and Wimax for the video field to send signals. It stands on metallic beams also procured locally.
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An outcome of the iLabs@MAK, project for promotion of innovations, the robot is remotely controlled on a computer to navigate through relatively flat surfaces within a 20 meters radius.
It’s most important advantage is that it minimizes the risk of officers involved in counter-terrorism missions. “The design and construction of the robot was motivated by the need to demonstrate local capacity in the development of technology in the fight against terrorism,” college spokesperson Betty Kyakuwa told journalists at the Vice Chancellors monthly press briefing yesterday.
Brains behind project Former St Mary’s College, Kisubi students, Alvin Kabwama, David Tusubira and Nigel Kinyera manufactured the prototype.
Last year, Makerere’s engineering college unveiled an electronic system for the electronic car Kiira EV automobile more recently announced the founding of the Winsenga device for antenatal investigations.
Vice Chancellor Venansius Baryamureeb said it was a great achievement for the university and country. However, Ms Kyakuwa said the public should not be excited by the machine because in its current state, it is not useful to the country but only to show that such innovations are possible.
“In its present state, it cannot go out to be experimented but only a proof and an inspiration to young people to work harder and realise that there is no limit to their imagination.
However, she said the university needed more funding or security partners to advance the robot innovation.
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Makerere designs Metallic Mobile public toilet Publish Date: Jul 19, 2012 Share
Proposed metalic mobile toilet. By Abu Mwesigwa
By Henry Sekanjako
Makerere University is designing a metallic mobile toilet named ‘Smart Portable public trailer toilet’. The toilet which is in a trailer like form is intended to benefit mainly urban centers and slum communities around the country.
Unlike, the usual mobile public toilets that are made out of plastic, the smart portable trailer toilet will be constructed using metallic materials.
The metallic toilet whose technology is new in Uganda has four units and is being designed by Makerere University College of engineering design, Art and Technology under the Architecture and mechanical engineering.
Unveiling the project recently at Makerere University , Dr.Allan Birabi the project team researcher said the toilet will benefit the urban residents and communities faced with poor sanitation especially in slums and informal settlements where access to clean and decent toilet facilities is still a problem.
“Major institutions with poor toilet facilities like schools, hospitals, army and police barracks will also benefit from this technology,” Birabi added.
According to Birabi, the smart trailer toilet will integrate the unique qualities of a portable, self-contained toilet model with the dynamic ecological systems of urban centers. Unlike the existing local mobile toilets, the smart public toilet by Makerere will cater for the needs of disabled people which the current mobile toilets have ignored.
“Designs under this project will incorporate the application of solar energy in the functioning of the mobile trailer toilet,” noted Dr. Amin Tamala Kiggundu project team researcher.
Kiggundu explained that most of Kampala suburbs such as Kalerwe, Bwaise and Katanga have a high water table which cannot allow the construction of normal pit latrines.
He said they are done with the design and hope to go into full production within a space of four years but are constrained with finances.
“We are calling for funding so that we can further this project, we hope this facility can help our brothers in slums, refugees and those in disaster prone areas like Bududu,” Kiggundu said.
One of the researchers Dr. Allan Birabi explaining about the mobile toilet. By Abu Mwesigwa.
Currently Makerere is partnering with Kampala capital city authority, (KCCA) Urban authorities association of Uganda, ministry of local government among other partners for a successful project.
On completion of some of the toilets, Makerere will deploy some of them under a pilot business arrangement where proceeds from the pilot will be used to finance more research on sanitation and management of human waste in Uganda.
The brains behind the smart portable trailer toilet include Dr, Assumpta Nnaggenda designer manager, Pro Dr.Nawangwe Barnabas principal investigator, Wilfred Wadada, and Komakech Patrick among other project members.
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Breaking news: South African delivers locally made aircraft parts for French A400M military aircraft European aircraft manufacturer Airbus delivered the first of a batch of 50 A400M military transport planes - complete with critical components manufactured in South Africa, by South Africans - to the French Air Force on Monday.
Engineers, artisans and technicians at South African company Denel Aerostructures took time off work to watch the handover celebrations - attended by Crown Prince Felipe of Spain and French Defence Minister Jean Yves le Drian - via live video linkup with Airbus Military's facility in Seville, Spain.
The giant airlifter, the first of 50 ordered by France and one of a total of 174 on order, will be based at France's Orleans Bricy Air Base, where it will be initially used for training before being deployed on military and humanitarian missions.
South Africa is one of seven countries working on the A400M programme. Denel Aerostructures, the only tier 1 supplier of manufactured parts to the A400M outside of Europe, is responsible for the design, engineering and fabrication of the aircraft's wing-to-fuselage fairing and fuselage top-shells.
South African company Aerosud manufactures the A400M's cockpit lining, cabin lining and the wing-tip, while Cape Town-based Cobham South Africa supplies the aircraft's satellite communications antennae and underlying systems.
According to Denel, the A400M's wing-to-fuselage fairing, which functions as a protective, aerodynamic shroud over sensitive equipment located in the centre wing part of the A400M, is the largest single aerostructure component yet produced in South Africa.
At the Paris Airshow in France in June, Airbus Military placed a third multi-million rand contract with Denel, for the manufacturing of the "ribs, spars and swords" making up the inside structure of the A400M's distinctive tail section.
Denel chairman Zoli Kunene said the R200-million (€15.1-million) work package, contracted to run over the entire life of the A400M programme, "demonstrates Airbus Military's confidence in Denel and South Africa's design and manufacturing capabilities, coupled with our ability to deliver on time and within budgets".
Denel describes the A400M as "the most cost-efficient and versatile airlifter ever conceived and absolutely unique in its capabilities".
With a cargo hold designed to carry the outsize equipment needed for both military and humanitarian disaster relief missions, a range of over 3 300 kilometres, and the ability to land on unprepared terrain, the airlifter has been "designed to meet the needs of the world's armed forces in the 21st century", the company says.
It is also "ideally suited to the typical African peace-support missions which continue to be undertaken by South Africa in support of African Union and United Nations mandates on the continent". __________________
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CarDioPad First Live démo: First African MEDICAL TABLET PC
This video was recorded in the laboratory by the doctoral designer Cardiopad in persone September 26, 2011. (Ecole Polytechnique Cameroon Arthur Zang Engineer). All applications contained therein have been developed locally in Cameroon. the cardioad is a tablet for medical use, which will be officially released November 26, 2011 in Yaounde and will be available from December 3, 2011.
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A camerounais invente LE SYSTEME anticollision
Severin is Kezeu Cameroonians. Industrial engineering and a doctorate in computer science, it is The inventor of a collision avoidance system called Navigator. A revolutionary concept.
Professor Souleymane Mboup is a renowned Senegalese scientist who holds PhDs in Bacteriology, Virology and Pharmacy. He is mostly known for having, with other scientists from the US and Europe, discovered a new HIV virus referred to as HIV-2 as opposed to HIV-1, the first virus that was discovered. __________________
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Moctar Dembele (from Burkina Faso) and Gerard Niyondiko (from Burundi) have developed an anti-malaria soap. These two young Africans study at the 2iE international school located in Burkina Faso. With this invention, they have won the 2013 Global Science Venture Competition (GSVC) organized by the University of California Berkeley (USA). Actually, they are the first non-Americans to win the GSVC.
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Yemi Adesokan African Inventors
September 3, 2013 --- Yemi Adesokan is a Nigerian scientist and entrepreneur, based in the United States, who has innovated by developing a technology that sequences DNA very rapidly for clinical diagnostics. His innovation can be used to screen a range of harmful pathogens found in water, livestock and food manufacturing.
Tebello Nyokong, a South-African scientist, has won the Africa-Arab State 2009 L’Oreal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science for her pioneering research into photodynamic therapy specifically suited to the African environment. She is a Professorof Medicinal Chemistry and Nanotechnology at Rhodes University, and is the third South African Scientist to receive this award. __________________
Prof. Tebello Nyokong, 2009 For Women In Science
Tebello Nyokong, Professor at the Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa, has been awarded in 2009 for her work in phototherapy and environmental remediation combining organic dyes and quantum dots.
Ludwick Marishane is a 23 year-old South African student who has invented DryBath, a clear topical gel applied to the skin that yields the same result as soap and water. In other words, DryBath provides a new way to take a bath without water.
November 5, 2012 --- Bertin Nahum, from Benin, born in Senegal and a French citizen too, has created a robot called Rosa™ that assists surgeons with brain surgery. He started his company (Medtech SAS) that conceives surgical robots in 2002. In his mind, robots are one of the best means to help surgeons perform their tasks efficiently and with precision. He is a graduate of The National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA Lyon, France) and holds a Master of Science in Robotics from Coventry University (England).
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Victor Kossikouma Agbegnenou African Inventors
Update on the PWCS December 7, 2011 --- "Matloop" is the name given to the PWCS technology conceived by Victor Agbegnenou. He is currently working on a project in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso). The inventor is looking for about 10 million dollars to spread the benefits of his invention to the African continent. No doubt other African countries will soon adopt this technology that has been developed by an African, for Africans.
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Telecom: Invention of MATLOOP by an African for African
His name is Victor Agbegnegou it is Togolese. The guy invented alone in his lab fortune formula that will allow Africans to call as do the Americans and Europeans: cheaper!
So the Yanks companies want to buy his patent: What neni! said the guy, my project was mainly a social significance, it is not to make big profits at all costs!
The Yanks are thinking, "But what a fool?"
We are told: "BRAVO HURRAH!"
They had come to believe that the South never never would lift his head. After the successful launch of the first African rocket by another team of Congolese scientists launch, this invention is a second part to be paid in terms of giving and receiving,
Pape Gorgui Toure is a Senegalese engineer who has developed an exceptional network and services simulator based on telecommunications / ICT called ictNetSim. To date, no simulator has reached this level of sophistication and precision, even in the management of network and services convergence.
Pierre Djibril Coulibaly, from Côte d'Ivoire, is a computer engineer who has designed a Universal Business Software called NexPro UBS. He created his own company in 2003, NEXAT Informatique, after working 20 years for the SIR (Ivorian Refining Company) as Head of Computer Studies. He is also a founding member and vice president of the Federation of Inventors of Côte d'Ivoire.
November 28, 2012 --- Ishmael Msiza is a South-African researcher, based in Pretoria, who has contributed in the conception of a revolutionary electronic fingerprint system. He works for the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) that he joined towards the end of 2008 to work on an electronic fingerprint system project financed by the South-African Department of Science and Technology (DST).
June 28, 2013 --- Senegalese designer and inventor has innovated again. He has developed a container home, 50 to 65% less expensive than its equivalent in cement, and also resistant to earthquakes. This work was presented at "The Economist-InnoCentive Entrepreneurship Challenge", and the house has been ranked in the Top 10 out of more than 200 projects. The house costs about 5 to 6 million CFA francs ($10,000 to $12,000) and can be erected within two (2) weeks.
Tirs de Fusées Expérimentales 100% made in Sénégal
Sandrine Ngalula is a Congolese engineer from Congo-Kinshasa. She works and lives in the United States where she graduated in Electrical Engineering. She is particularly gifted and has succeeded in transforming an electric car prototype into a hybrid car by integrating a fuel cell.
Update on the Biodiesel Plant November 14, 2011 --- The continuous biodiesel plant developed by Joel Nwakaire was scaled up to 100 liters per hour, from 30 liters originally. A software called Nwakaire Joel's Biodiesel Plant Scale Up Software has also been developed, and designed to accelerate the plant scaling up process.
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Gebisa Ejeta African Inventors
December 5, 2012 --- Professor Gebisa Ejeta is an Ethiopian plant breeder and geneticist and the father of Africa's first commercial hybrid variety of sorghum that resists drought.
Uganda has launched the second(after ghana) space observer called Cadimella , Capt. Chris Nsamba, the chief executive officer and founder of the African Space Research Program (ASRP), has revealed. There will be a rat on board.
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Norbert Okec is a former bio-chemistry engineer from Uganda who has designed and built a solar-powered traffic light controller system. Traffic lights are not many in his city (Gulu, in Nothern Uganda), and the current ones do not always operate effectively. It is from this observation that Norbert Okec decided to develop his system that is essentially composed of recycled materials.
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Edgar Hardy African Inventors
A Congolese (Congo-Brazzaville) inventor living in France, Edgar Hardy has developed a solar lamp he has named Mona, which means "to see" in Lingala. This inventor has studied at the Ecole Centrale de Paris, and it is in partnership with the latter that he has developed the Mona lamp as an entrepreneur. Indeed, Edgar Hardy is heading Solar21, his own company.
PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN IS PLEASED WITH THE CREATIVITY OF THE NIGERIAN NAVY AND BY EXTENSION THE ARMED FORCES WHICH HE SAYS IS IN TUNE WITH REPOSITIONING THE COUNTRY THROUGH LOCAL CONTENT UTILIZATION.IT WAS AT THE LAUNCHING OF THE NAVY'S SEAWARD DEFENCE BOAT NAMED NNS ANDONI WHICH HELD AT THE NAVAL DOCKYARD IN LAGO
Located in Lome, Capital of Togo, WoeLab is the first hackerpace in west Africa. A young Togolese maker at WoeLab wants to bring 3D printing technology to the land, to create a 3D printer "Made in Africa". He calls it W.AFATE, a composition of "W" WoeLab, and "Afate" the name of the inventor.
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INNOVATION SUMMIT - low cost hand - 2012 South Africa
young South African inventor Hearn Johnson tells us about his low cost prosthetic hand suitable for South African conditions. more info at www.robotscience.co.za
ARX 2012 - A video summary of the first Ashesi Robotics Experience (ARX) programme
On Saturday, August 11, Ashesi announced the winners of our inaugural robotics competition, the Ashesi Robotics Experience (ARX) 2012. The four winning teams were culled from a field of 62 high school students from across Ghana participating in the program. The event, hosted in partnership with The MasterCard Foundation, aimed to encourage greater interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) among African high school students.
The program culminated in a competition that challenged students to design task-oriented prototype robots. The competition focused on the mock harvesting of pineapples (which is popular in Berekuso) arranged along a path and in a grid pattern.
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South africa CyberTracker Software integrated for the use of tracking animals, birds, insects and other creatures in the animal kingdom through the latest in modern science.
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Egyptian scientist find a new way to bottle stored energy.
Cairo University graduate Maher El-Kady wired a small piece of graphene to an LED and found that it behaved as a super-capacitor, able to store a considerable amount of electricity. Their laser-scribed graphene is ideal as a super capacitor partially because of its enormous surface area, 1520 square meters per gram.
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Dr. Cedrick Ngalande, a Malawian aeronautics engineer who has just invented a generator that uses yeast and sugar to charge cellphones, laptops, and other electrical appliances in places where there is no electricity available.
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Sulaiman Famro is a cheerful, 65 year old engineer, and a master of branding. He built the prototype “Farmking” three years ago and claims he can save the country $1 billion a year, just in savings on starch importation.
Urine powered generator, created by four girls. The girls are Duro-Aina Adebola (14), Akindele Abiola (14), Faleke Oluwatoyin (14) and Bello Eniola (15).
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However, what made the 2011 launch unique was the fact that one of the two satellites, an experimental satellite called the Nigeria Sat X was wholly built by Nigerian engineers and scientists. Abuja- Prof. Ita Ewa, the Minister of Science and Technology said on Thursday that Nigeria would launch three satellites and send astronauts to space by 2015.
Ewa stated this in Abuja at the ongoing ministerial briefing to commemorate 2012 Democracy Day and anniversary of President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration. He said the move was part of government efforts to boost the economy through space technology. The minister enumerated the country’s space programme from now to 2028 when it expects to launch a made-in-Nigeria satellite into space.
“In 2015 we are preparing to launch NigeriaSAR-1 satellite. The NigeriaSAR is a security satellite with an acronym that stands for Synthetic Aperture Radar. “This satellite will have a very high resolution that can cover kilometres, and for a backup of the communication satellite there will be NigeriaSat-2 and NigeriaSat-3.
“Also because of the experience we gained in Surrey, UK, we are going to build an Assembly Integration and Testing Centre for satellite technology, it is ongoing but this year we will put in more efforts to that technology. “And before I leave office in 2015 we will send Nigerian Astronaut into space ’’ He said by 2018 Nigeria would launch a manufactured satellite and in 2025 develop rocket and propulsion system. “In 2026 we have allies in electronics and software involved in space technology, and in 2028 we would now launch a Nigeria made satellite.”
Ewa enumerated the achievements of the ministry to include the launch of two low earth observation satellites – NigeriaSat-2 and NigeriaSat-X as well as a communication satellite-NigComSat-1R. He also said a rocketry was successfully launched on Wednesday in Epe, Lagos, while about 40 doctors and 60 masters degree holders had been trained in space technologies. “100 personnel from the military who have been trained in space applications this year are now ready to be involved in surveillance satellite project.”
Ewa said the ministry had conducted several biotechnology researches and developed products to boost food production. On bio-safety, he said the ministry was awaiting the assent by the President to the Bio-safety Bill earlier passed by the National Assembly. Some of the ministry’s achievements in biotechnology according to him, include the development of baseline data generation for tsetse fly, human and animal trypanosomiasis control and eradication in Jigawa. Others are pilot production for malaria Hepatitis B and pregnancy test kits, and development of thermophilic anaerobic bio-digester for the management of bio-degradable waste and production of organic fertiliser. He also mentioned capacity building for commercial production of snails and freshwater fish, design and construction of mushroom houses at Obasanjo Farms, Ota, and domestication of grass cutters among others. The minister disclosed that arrangement was ongoing on secure funding for the implementation of National Science and Technology Policy (NSTI). Ewa said the policy would focus on the promotion and coordination of scientific and technological researches in the country. The minister urged Nigerians to take advantage of available satellite resources and other products developed for full commercialisation. (NAN) - See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/05/n....NzsgOLNF.dpufPosts: 2573 | From: Somewhere | Registered: May 2012
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Young officers from Nigerian Air Force School of Engineers, Aircraft Design Centre, Kaduna, yesterday, dazzled the Minister of Science and Technology, Prof. Ita Okon Bassey-Ewa when they displayed to him an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, UAV, referred to as drone, which could fly non-stop for about four hours at 3000 feet.
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A common weed, Mimosa pudica or the 'sensitive plant', was an inspiration for Justus Nwaoga. A chemist at the University of Nigeria in Nsukka, he noticed the plant's leaves opened at sunrise and folded at sunset. He started searching for the compound responsible for this and found 'black silicon'. He has built a prototype system using extracts from the weed to light 0.9V solar panels. "It's a natural phenomenon," says Nwaoga, who explains that the weed is widely available and cheap. He was one of 10 finalists in the 2012 Innovation Prize for Africa. His patent has been approved in Nigeria, and he has interest in his invention from China and the UK.
Guanomad is a company that produces and supplies natural fertilizers and organic manures from bat droppings in caves for use in organic agriculture
Guano (sea birds and bats droppings) – some call it “The fertilizer of the Green Revolution” - is known for ages as one of the best natural fertilizers. The Peruvian and Chilean used it (“Quechua Wanu” in Indian language) to make soils depleted from organic components more productive. Outstanding fertilizing virtues are due to high concentration of nitrates and phosphorous compounds, combined with organic matter and a microbial flora.
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Saphon Energy is a Tunisia-based cleantech company specialized in Research and Development in wind energy. I founded it together with my friend Hassine Labaied. We developed a new breakthrough innovation named “The Saphonian”: a radical new way to generate efficient and cost effective green energy. The Saphonian is a patented technology and is in the process of being registered in 70 different countries.
Modern Machine Technology founded by Abdulkariim Katende is a machine fabrication company whose aim "to provide modern but affordable machines used for "making candles ,chalks ,breaks among others."
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DEMONSTRATION OF THE LEATHER EMBOSSING AND DIE MAKING MACHINES.
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Jessica Mathew, a 25-year-old Nigerian, from Edo State, yesterday presented an electricity generating football and skipping rope she invented to President Goodluck Jonathan at the State House in Abuja.
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MAKERERE UNIVERSITY INVENTS MILK BOOSTER FEEDS
By Brenda Asiimwe
Makerere University College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) has developed a milk booster to help improve milk production among farmers.
According to Dr Fred Kabi the leader of the project and senior lecturer at the college, the booster is meant to mitigate malnutrition, extreme hunger and poverty through improved milk production and daily cash flow.
“The milk booster contains urea a rare component that facilitates proper functioning of the microbial population in the rumen. By supplementing 1 kg per animal per day, a farmer increases milk production by 30 %,” said Kabi.
He noted that majority of farmers underfeed their cattle using elephant grass that does not contain all the food nutrients that an animal needs. The milk booster is made out of sugar cane industrial waste of molasses mixed with other ingredients like maize barn, cotton seedcake, urea, mineral salts and lime that can promote healthy growth of the animals.
The project which entitled “participatory research for technology development on use of molasses urea blocks and local feed stuff for improved diary production” was done in partnership with Kakira sugar works limited, Diary Development Authority and Kakira Out growers Rural Development fund.
Kabi noted that the milk booster feeds will come on market in July though on small scale production due to lack of improved technology to produce on a large scale.
Professor Samuel Kyamanywa the principal of the CAES added that the Makerere University Agricultural Research institute (MUARIK) has also piloted the use of ICT in agriculture through use of voice messaging.
“The project which integrates mobile technology in the provision of agricultural related services, research and developments was championed in districts of Kabale, Ntungamo and Kisoro,” he said
Kyamanywa however noted that though the university is ready to provide technical expertise, they still lack financial capacity to commercialize the technologies given the over whelming demand.
Venansius Baryamureeba the university’s chancellor noted that the university has been allocated $30 million dollars from the African Development Bank (ADB) to improve science and technology.
He said the $30 million will go towards the rehabilitation and refurbishment of teaching specialized laboratories in the science based units, setting up multidisciplinary labs and construction of central teaching facilities. __________________
South African Cheslyn Swart has invented a super-fast washing machine for sports shoes "out of pure desperation" after losing his job as floor manager in a cell phone warehouse six years ago. He has no formal qualifications - the 24-year-old taught himself by taking apart his washing machine at home bit by bit.
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Founded by Misaki Wayengera, Restrizymes Biotherapeutics was created in hopes of utilizing Zinc Finger Nucleases for the restriction of the global burden of human infectious pathogens.
Their mission is to: Identify and develop molecular targets as novel biomedical diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines.
Conceptual Achievment: The primary research focus of the Restrizymes is the development of novel-antiviral therapies against human infecting viruses of either native or intermediary DNA-nature. Our work and indeed the source of our name—draws its primacy from a natural antiviral immune model inherent within-and by which, bacteria fights off infestation by a group of bacteria-infecting viruses-phages or bacteriophages
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Over the years, Odundo’s prototypes have incorporated bicycle sprockets and frames, motorcycle chains, rims from car wheels, bevelled gears from truck transmissions, and motors for windshield wipers. “I was trying to make [parts] that didn’t exist,” he says. And so, at times, he had to re-design the decorticator around what was available in local scrap yards. ___________________________
Founded by prolific maker Dominic Wanjihia Simply Logic's flagship project is its Flexi Biogas system "an affordable sustainable alternative cooking energy" source:
the Flexi Biogas system design and operation allows for the use of any biodegradable organic matter. So apart from only dung, including human poop, the system will run on any biodegradable matter including kitchen waste & plate leftovers, market place waste, garden weeds, water hyacinth, grass etc. In short, YOU DO NOT NEED TO HAVE A COW.
Plant matter should be supple, fleshy or leafy. Avoid dry, fibrous and bone matter. Simply finely chop the matter or 'mash' using a large traditional mortar and pestle - chokaa na mchi, ndiri or pany. The chopped/crushed matter can be mixed with dung if available or simply washing down the inlet funnel with an equal volume of water.
As a standard rule of thumb, "Anything goes" and the aerobic micro organisms doing the rest. Different inputs will produce varying volumes of gas and the user soon gets attuned with what's available and works best for them __________________
cket Internet’s SafePay is poised to empower Nigerians through e-commerce says Kaymu Managing Director, Lukas Zels. According to him, SafePay will make transactions across Nigeria safe for buyers and sellers by providing a great environment for trade for small and specialized sellers.
SafePay is an escrow service by Rocket Internet’s Nigerian eBay clone, Kaymu that releases payments to sellers on directive from buyers after the delivery of a good. According to Zels, “if goods bought are not delivered to the buyer or doesn’t meet the expected conditions as displayed online, Kaymu refunds the money paid to the buyer and the seller gets their goods back from the buyer.” __________________
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Michael Nthenge gets disturbed when people burn plastics in the open and inhale the polluted air without regard for protection.
Mr Nthenge did not stop there but tortured himself, thinking about the way out. He dovetailed this restlessness with his childhood dream of becoming “a greater inventor.”
Today at his home in Nyeri County, he has invented a plastic shredder, which, he says, under varied temperatures produce useful products like ‘kerosene’ and ‘diesel’, wax, ‘gasoline’, briquette and hydrocarbon char for making fertiliser.
The bush pump, also known as the Zimbabwe bush pump, is a positive displacement pump based on lever action [1] used to extract water from a bore hole well. It is the standard hand pump in Zimbabwe, and is used in large parts of Africa. There are approximately 40 000 pumps (2009)[2] in Zimbabwe, and annually about 3000 pumps are installed.[3]
__________________ Pascal Katana
“The trap employs amplification of the sound made by fish while feeding. The acoustic signals are radiated and attract other fish who head toward the direction of the source thinking there is food there. Once a good catch is detected by a net weighing mechanism, it triggers a GPRS/GSM device attatched to the system and the fisherman gets a call/sms informing him that his catch is ready. Pascal is in the process of developing a by-catch control system which will ensure that his contraption doesn’t cause overfishing.” __________________
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