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It is important that herbal medicine be checked for its safety, its potential to treat particular ailments, and to ascertain its chemical components.
A post-pandemic healthcare service in Ghana and beyond may usefully incorporate elements of mobile health programmes.
Tea growers in Malawi and Kenya wanted site-specific climate information to help them manage and plan their farming practices to maximise yield and quality.
The fossil material was recovered from the surface of a tight, narrow passage that can only be accessed with difficulty by one person at a time.
This tool can identify cause of death by fatal lightning strike in skeletonised remains.
Knowing that our North African ancestors were making handaxes helps scientists to understand how our human ancestors spread across the African continent.
Mobile phones are enhancing the lives of internally displaced people in Nigeria.
Huduma Namba data processing poses high risks, since very personal data, including biometrics, is collected.
Most jellyfish are “passive” feeders. This means that they float through the water eating whatever they happen to pass in the water and can fit in their mouths.
Detailed field notes can help researchers track down rare species.
Governments are purposefully using laws that lack clarity, or ignore laws completely, to carry out illegal surveillance of their citizens.
Studying ancient DNA in Africa is valuable for understanding human evolution, population migrations, and human history locally, regionally and globally.
Studying these deposits gives scientists information about how past environments change. That, in turn, gives us informed estimates on how climates and environments will change in the near future.
The FinTech ecosystem in Ghana provided the basis for understanding how various actors work together to shape financial inclusion.
There are calls for measures to reduce the burden of red tape and promote and facilitate biodiversity research in South Africa.
Sardines from the cold waters off South Africa’s Atlantic coast are attracted to cold water upwelling in the Indian Ocean. When the upwelling ends, they are trapped in water that is too warm for them.
This grass may hold the key to improving milk yields from cows kept by small-scale farmers across the African continent.
The African evidence community has built strong relationships across traditional boundaries. This has allowed researchers to mobilise quickly and effectively to improve policy outcomes.
Beetles exposed to elevated carbon dioxide emerged later and smaller and had a reduced chance of making it to adulthood.
Cell-mediated immunity is particularly effective at eradicating viruses, and more durable. This is important in the fight against COVID-19.
An extract of a plant’s fruit in Nigeria could protect against seizure and prevent brain degeneration. It could therefore be studied further for the development of a new antiepileptic drug.
There is no linear approach to the process of decolonisation. But any attempt must start with looking at how the internet spreads knowledge and ideas about Africa and Africans.
While we know that most chameleons have such a prehensile tail, it’s not yet clear how it works and what makes it simultaneously so flexible and strong.
Technology is allowing astronomers to study and analyse galaxies in far more detail than was previously possible.