RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT – Page 5

05 Dec, 22

Kenya: Cultural Techniques Controlling Invasive Snail Pest in Mwea

Kenya: Cultural Techniques Controlling Invasive Snail Pest in Mwea By Mary Hearty Andrew Kariuki, a rice farmer at Mwea along Nyamindi main canal in Kirinyaga County uses alternate wetting and drying technique to manage the invasive golden apple snail that is ravaging rice in the area, especially the seedlings. So far, it is considered […]

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 […]

23 Nov, 22

Fifteen Innovators to Compete for the 2023 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

Fifteen Innovators to Compete for the 2023 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation By Gift Briton A shortlist of 15 African entrepreneurs and their pioneering technologies aimed at environmental rehabilitation, education, and human health and safety have been selected for the 2023 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, founded by the Royal Academy of Engineering. The 2023 […]

23 Nov, 22

Africa’s First Air Pollution Hub to Aid in Curbing 634,000 Deaths

Africa’s First Air Pollution Hub to Aid in Curbing 634,000 Deaths By Sharon Atieno The smoke produced mainly from cooking and heating with fossil fuels such as wood, kerosene and charcoal is responsible for 634,000 preventable deaths each year in the Sub-Saharan Africa region. It is against this background, that the region’s first Air Pollution […]

22 Nov, 22

Kenya: Guidelines to Promote Healthy Homes Launched

Kenya: Guidelines to Promote Healthy Homes Launched By Samwel Doe Ouma The Architectural Association of Kenya (AAK) and Habitat for Humanity International have launched guidelines to educate the industry players and the general public on the relationship between housing and health, and the various elements one needs to consider when planning to build or rent […]

21 Nov, 22

Kenya: Gates Foundation to Continue Funding Research at KEMRI

Kenya: Gates Foundation to Continue Funding Research at KEMRI By Gift Briton The Gates Foundation will continue funding health research at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI). Bill Gates, Co-Chair Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), reaffirmed this during his visit to the institution’s headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya where he held discussions with some of the country’s […]

World Records Increased Uptake of Modern Contraceptives

World Records Increased Uptake of Modern Contraceptives By Sharon Atieno Despite obstacles including the COVID-19 pandemic, more and more women are using modern contraceptives especially, in low –and lower-middle-income countries. This is according to a new report by FP2030 dubbed the 2022 Measurement Report launched at the International Conference on Family Planning in Thailand. The […]

Nuclear Power can Propel Achievement of Net Zero Emissions

Nuclear Power can Propel Achievement of Net Zero Emissions By Mary Hearty Countries have been urged to include nuclear power among national strategies to achieve the global goal of net zero emissions by 2050. Speaking at the Atoms4Climate Pavilion, a side event at the climate change conference (COP 27) Li JunHua, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs at […]

04 Nov, 22

Kenya: Cassava Solar Driers Cushioning Farmers against Post-harvest Losses in Busia

Kenya: Cassava Solar Driers Cushioning Farmers against Post-harvest Losses in Busia By Joyce Ojanji Fresh cassava roots are highly perishable with some studies showing a shelf-life of less than 72 hours after harvest and post-harvest losses of about one in four (more than 23%) for freshly harvested roots. To preserve the crop, farmers especially in […]

01 Nov, 22

Experts Ask for Further Research on the Management of Fall Armyworm

Experts Ask for Further Research on the Management of Fall Armyworm By Gift Briton With fall armyworm (FAW) causing annual yield losses of up to USD 9.4 billion in Africa alone, significantly impacting household income and food security, experts call for further research on the management of FAW and its relationship with the environment in […]