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South African universities need to know why students' suicide risk is so high
Shutterstock Jason Bantjes, Stellenbosch University An estimated 800,000 people die by suicide globally each year. It’s the second most common…
Richard Spikes, the blind automobile genius who invented the traffic indicator lights
Even among people of color, the life and times of barber and inventor Richard Bowie Spikes is obscure. But his…
Smart cars, smart cities, why not smart Great Lakes?
Buoys and underwater probes can measure water quality, like this one outside of Cleveland, Ohio. (Ed Verhamme, LimnoTech), Author provided…
How to narrow the gap between what universities produce and what employers expect
LumiNola/Getty Images Angelo Fynn, University of South Africa Higher education is usually seen as a way for individuals and families…
Zimbabwe's education law now does more for children, but there are still gaps
Zimbabwe’s amended education act seeks to protect, respect and fulfil the right to education for all children. GettyImages Rongedzayi Fambasayi,…
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Coronavirus: what researchers know about the risk of reopening schools – and how best to limit it
Across the world, over 1.5 billion children and young people were deprived of school during the first phase of the…
Mobile technology can improve access to healthcare in Nigeria -- if it's regulated
Lack of technology infrastructure is a barrier to mobile healthcare in Nigeria Stefan Heunis/AFP via Getty Images Funke Fayehun, University…
Why it's time for adults to accept that Nigerian teenagers have a digital life
Nigerian teenagers need knowledgeable digital mentors and coaches. Frederic Soltan/Getty Images Chikezie Uzuegbunam, University of Cape Town All over the…
African health research needs support: here's one programme that's working
Investment health-related research is not adequate. GettyImages Jude Igumbor, University of the Witwatersrand African countries bear a disproportionate burden of…
This 25-year-old has manufactured Nigeria’s first carbon fiber sports cars
Jerry Isaac Mallo has inked his name in Africa’s automobile industry as the first to launch Nigeria’s maiden Carbon Fiber sports…
