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Rwandan President Paul Kagame said in an interview the week of June 11, that Africans would never grow up if they needed eternally “European, American, Asian or other babysitters”. “We will never grow as long as we feel we have an eternal need for European, American, Asian or other baby-sitters,” Rwandan President Paul Kagame said in an interview published the week of June 11 in the weekly  Jeune Afrique  . “The less the world cares about us, the more we are able to care about ourselves. We must understand that the time for babysitting is over, “added the one who is the current president of the African Union. Returning to his visit to France in May 2018 where he was received at the Elysee Palace for the first time since 2011, Paul Kagame said that Emmanuel Macron had “introduced a dose of freshness” especially “in relations between France and the rest of the world, including Africa “. “It helps and it changes from the neocolonial positions o...

Techno Brain has partnered with Microsoft Corporation to launch a Digital Agriculture Platform in Africa to help farmers improve crop yields and increase income. Farming Smallholder farmers are the most vulnerable to impacts of climate change, with rain-fed agriculture accounting for more than 90% of farmed land in sub-Saharan Africa. These farmers face many risks beyond their control, including drought, disease and pest epidemics. The technology solutions being offered by Techno Brain will collate data; farm location using Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates, expected rainfall and weather patterns, land type and soil nutrition, and process the information on intelligent cloud to create insights that help farmers in Africa make better farming decisions. Microsoft is already working with government and enterprises in India to help farmers with small hold farmlands and dependence on rain-fed agriculture and this partnership is now being extended in Afri...

Are you a Witch, you can upgrade your level with a University Degree The University of Zambia has received US$340,000 to develop a Degree Programme to train students in witchcraft from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Named Intangible Cultural Heritage, the degree programme will be commencing lectures with a total of 20 students. According to news reports, the Zambia National Commission for UNESCO revealed that the Intangible Heritage will include practices such as Witchcraft, Social Practices such as expression through music, Knowledge, skills as well as the instruments, objects, artefacts and rituals. In November last year, Higher Education Minister Professor Nkandu Luo announced that Zambia should consider research and the study of witchcraft as a science that can be used productively for the benefit of the country. Professor Luo said Zambian scientists can learn from the South African counterparts who have comme...

17 African universities are among the best universities in the world. According to the QS World University Ranking 2018, Africa can look forward to being world-renowned in terms of knowledge. Every year since 2000, QS World University Ranking publishes a list of the 1000 best universities in the world. Dominated by American, European and Asian universities, 17 African universities are in the top 50 of the world rankings. With first and second place Egypt and South Africa . According to the ranking, these universities are considered the best of African academic excellence. The selection criteria are the perception of the establishment by the employers, the number of students per teacher or the number of teachers holding a doctorate. The top 17 African universities listed in the world ranking of the best universities. 200 1 University of Cape Town public South Africa 381 2 University of the Witwatersrand public South Africa 405 3 Unive...

Marian Croak, an African American woman who invented VOIP which is also known as Voice Over Internet Protocol has been credited. The technology invented by this woman has allowed many all over the world to communicate effectively via video as well as audio while using the internet. This technology has proven to be very useful as even famous organisations like MajicJack, Skype, Vonage and the likes also indulge in the use of  VOIP. More than 125 patents and manages over 2,000 engineers Marian, who holds a PhD in quantitative analysis from the University of Southern California, has more than 125 patents in VOIP technology. She has worked at AT&T for more than 30 years in data services, and is currently a Senior Vice President at the company. She manages over 2,000 world class engineers and computer scientists responsible for over 500 programs impacting AT&T’s enterprise and consumer wireline and mobility services. Marian says that when the int...