Africa is rapidly catching up with the Western world in the field of robotics. Robots are being created in the continent and programmed to help undertake difficult tasks and carry out complex actions automatically. Last year, 40 African countries participated in the maiden FIRST Global international robotics competition for students in the United States where BeninContinue reading “African countries taking giant steps in robotics”
Author Archives: Ismail Akwei
Ethiopia, Sudan to develop nuclear power with the help of Russia
Ethiopia recently signed an agreement with Russia to set up nuclear technology to help power the Horn of Africa country. The agreement was signed last week during the visit of the Russian foreign affairs minister, Sergey Lavrov who met Ethiopia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr Workneh Gebeyehu in Addis Ababa. “We agreed to strengthen economic,Continue reading “Ethiopia, Sudan to develop nuclear power with the help of Russia”
Trump-loving Ugandan president blames African poverty on excessive sleep
Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni has decoded the cause of poverty in his country and Africa as a whole. He attributes it to “sleep”. “Africa is so rich because we have got water, land, minerals, good weather. So, how does this [poverty] come about? It is because of nino [Langi word for sleeping],” he was quotedContinue reading “Trump-loving Ugandan president blames African poverty on excessive sleep”
Scientists claim they’ve found the origin of sickle-cell anemia: West Africa
Scientist claim sickle-cell anemia started in one person in West Africa some 7,300 years ago who was born with the genetic mutation that altered his hemoglobin. This child had survived in the Sahara which was not a desert at the time but a green belt of savannas with lakes and rivers in which hunter-gatherers caughtContinue reading “Scientists claim they’ve found the origin of sickle-cell anemia: West Africa”
Ghana to join East African countries in banning shisha smoking
Shisha, hookah or waterpipe has become very popular among the youth in Africa, and a few countries have taken steps to ban its use after the World Health Organisation (WHO) outlined its lethal health effects in 2015. Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda are the only African countries that have banned shisha smoking which is reported to be more harmful thanContinue reading “Ghana to join East African countries in banning shisha smoking”
Ismail Akwei 