SEATTLE, Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI) announced its technical support of the Sabin Vaccine Institute’s (Sabin) first ever Phase 1 clinical trial of a human hookworm vaccine candidate, which began last week in Brazil. The trial is a very significant and a critical step toward developing a vaccine that [...]

WebAxn Solution Recognized as the Most Innovative Product New Delhi, January 23, 2012– Comviva, the global leader in providing mobile solutions beyond VAS, today announced that it has been honored with the prestigious ‘Golden Peacock Innovative Product Award 2011’ for its ingenious effort towards democratizing internet access through its WebAxn solution. Comviva’s WebAxn allows operators [...]

QUEBEC CITY, Jan. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Medicago Inc. (TSX: MDG), a biotechnology company focused on developing highly effective and competitive vaccines based on proprietary manufacturing technologies and Virus-Like Particles (VLPs), today announced that it has successfully completed initial studies towards the development of a new VLP vaccine candidate for rabies. Over the past 12 [...]

OBJET LTD EDEN260V 3D PRINTER REHOVOT, Israel, Jan. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Objet Ltd., the innovation leader in 3D printing for rapid prototyping and additive manufacturing, today announced that the Objet Eden260V 3D Printer has been recognized as a 2011 “Readers’ Choice” by subscribers to Dental Lab Products magazine. The Objet 3D Printer was the [...]

DAKAR, Sénégal, January 13, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ – TrustAfrica (http://www.trustafrica.org) is the proud recipient of a $1.5 million grant from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to support a project entitled “The Learning Innovation Fund.” The project will provide small grants and technical assistance to local organizations in four countries to improve literacy and [...]

  The African Committee on Metrology (CAFMET) is organizing the 4th  International Metrology Conference – CAFMET 2012 – Apr 23-27 CAFMET 2012. Marrakech, Morocco . The event will be held at the Convention Center of Marrakech. * Conference Topics* * Metrology Development * Quality, Metrology and Accreditation * Energy * Flowrate Measurement * Electricity, Time, [...]

The deployment of cloud services and new IT technologies is set to rise dramatically across the African continent this year. That’s the verdict of a number of industry professionals and analysts across the globe, and something that has led one of the sector’s leadingevent series into holding their first trade show on African soil – [...]

The data is based on the millions of books Google digitized.  The occurrence of the word “africa” has steadily grown. English (1900 – 2008 years) American English (1900 – 2008 years) British English (1900 – 2008 years) French (1900 – 2008 years) afrique German (1900 – 2008 years) afrika   English (2000 – 2008 years) American English (2000 – [...]

WHY AFRICANS ARE ASHAMED OF THEIR ANCESTRY’S RELIGIOUS PRACTICE Professor Jean-Paul Pougala explains why Africans have abandoned their religious practice in the past to embrace invader’s religions and philosophies. But now they are retaking it. Africa is the cradle of civilization. That means that African are the fathers of all the 7 billion of men [...]

It can be announced that Potlaki Maine, the CIO of SABC (South African Broadcasting Corporation),will be speaking at the Cloud Computing World Forum Africa, taking place on the 8th May 2012 at the Sandton Sun Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa. SABC is astate-owned broadcaster in South Africa, providing 18 radio stations as well as 3 television [...]