Africa’s private sector brings capabilities that are not available in other institutions to the figh
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The rise of 3D printing could do for Africa what semiconductors did for Taiwan in the 1960s.
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African universities will become irrelevant if they don’t focus on the role of science and engineeri
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The Ebola outbreak has exposed Africa’s poor infrastructure, limited health research and inadequate
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