Place a sample on a semi-transparent disc, scan it on a DVD reader, see the results on a monitor, and you can test blood cells, DNA, RNA, and proteins. One of the team believes it could have a "transformative effect" on health in East Africa.
Using the 2-million-year-old remains of several partial skeletons, the archaeological team created a reconstruction of a species with a human-like pelvis, hands, and teeth, and a chimpanzee-like foot--an australopithecine by any other name.
The Dadaab Stories site gives you a window into daily life in the African camp, home to 500,000 Somali refugees. But it’s not Western filmmakers making sob stories: The site is reported by the refugees themselves.
It can get quite cold in Norway, so after years of receiving help and aid from the Scandinavian country, it’s time for Africans to give back--by sending their radiators north to warm the freezing country. And, of course, by writing a power ballad about it.
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David Chancellor’s photography examines the competition between man and wildlife in Sub-Saharan Africa by focusing on one of the game’s most contentious players: the tourist trophy hunter.
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Using mobile phones, organizations are making it easy for anyone to access banks and insurance, creating a more stable life for rural farmers in the developing world.
Two new programs hope that giving the continent more business-degree holders will boost production and outside investment. But is an MBA really an indicator of potential success?
