December 2022 – Page 2 – Science Africa

GM Crops, Sustainable Alternative to Improve Food Security in Africa

GM Crops, Sustainable Alternative to Improve Food Security in Africa By Mary Hearty More than 90 African agricultural science experts from 25 national science academies, including the Kenya National Academy of Sciences have endorsed the adoption and commercialization of genetically modified (GM) crops in Africa, terming it as a viable option that can sustainably address […]

Double Financing into Nature-based Solutions to Deal with Global Crises – UN report

Double Financing into Nature-based Solutions to Deal with Global Crises – UN report By Sharon Atieno Unless investments into nature-based solutions (NbS) are quickly doubled from the current USD 154 billion/year to USD 384 billion/year by 2025, climate, biodiversity and land degradation goals will be out of reach. This is according to a new United […]

DNDi: New Drug for Sleeping Sickness Coming Soon

DNDi: New Drug for Sleeping Sickness Coming Soon By Gift Briton Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) and Sanofi have co-developed a single oral dose(Acoziborole) treatment that could help eliminate sleeping sickness disease with the drug showing a success rate of up to 95% from Phase II/III study investigating its safety and efficacy. Acoziborole, unlike […]