Research reveals GCC trade with Africa on the rise

Research on soldier ants reveals that evolution can go in reverse  Phys.org

CBE to conduct research on technology and trade
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THE College of Business Education (CBE) plans to do research on the impact of weighing machines and growing mobile technology on competitive trade and entrepreneurship. The message was delivered at a meeting held at Zanzibar Beach Resort to ...

Tanzania and other African governments have been challenged to increase their research budgets if the continent is to improve the wellbeing of its people.

 Foreign direct investment (FDI) in sub-Saharan Africa is on the rise, with the continent’s share of global FDI projects at its highest level in a decade, and sharply improved perceptions making it the second-most attractive investment destination in the world, according to Ernst & Young’s 2014 Africa Attractiveness Survey.

Research: Early humans in Africa may have interbred with an unknown species  The Next Web

Dr Stefan Oschmann Vice Chairman of Merck Executive Board; Hon. Sarah Opendi Minister of State of Health of Uganda; His Excellency Ambassdor of Unesco to Kenya; Unesco Representative and Young African Researchers from across more than 25 countries. To attend Unesco Merck Africa Research Summit.

-UNESCO-Merck Africa Research Summit aims to define interventions to prepare for the road ahead in Africa’s development as an international hub for research excellence and scientific innovation

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As the exhumation of what are believed to be the remains of Burkina Faso's former President Thomas Sankara begins, the BBC looks back at his time in power.

-Transparency International estimates 75 million Africans paid a bribe in the past year

A majority of Africans say corruption has risen in the past 12 months and most governments are seen as failing in their duty to stop the abuse of power, bribery and secret deals, according to a new opinion poll from Transparency International (http://www.Transparency.org).

In the report People and Corruption: Africa Survey 2015, part of the Global Corruption Barometer, Transparency International...