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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:12:36 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[UN renews call for entry into force of Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, has renewed his call for the earliest entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), which prohibits all nuclear tests across the world.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SCI-index.html">Sciences</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2013 16:56:33 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[AU presents first Kwame Nkrumah Scientific Award]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has for the first time presented its Kwame Nkrumah Scientific Award to two top scientists from Egypt and South Africa, at the ongoing 21st Ordinary Summit of African Heads of State and Government.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SCI-index.html">Sciences</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 14:02:37 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[UN discussing role of technology, innovation for sustainable development]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[New York, US (PANA) - Senior UN officials, policymakers, civil society representatives<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SCI-index.html">Sciences</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 12:54:50 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Nigeria gets 24-hour emergency, information number, 7411]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - What is being described as Nigeria's first and only 24-hour national emergency and information number, 7411, has been launched, the online publication Nigerian Communications Week reported Tuesday.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SCI-index.html">Sciences</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:26:45 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[UN urged to declare World Mycotoxins Day]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The President of Mycotoxicology Society of Nigeria, Dr. Olusegun Atanda, has called on the UN to set aside a day to be known as 'Mycotoxins Day’ due to the danger posed by mycotoxins to food safety and public health.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SCI-index.html">Sciences</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 07:10:37 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Russia to help Ghana develop nuclear industry]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Russia is to help Ghana develop its nuclear industry, especially nuclear energy, the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum has announced.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SCI-index.html">Sciences</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:32:03 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[10 finalists named for Innovation Prize for Africa award]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Ten finalists for the ''Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA)'' award, for persons or organizations that have developed practical solutions to some of the continent’s most intractable problems, were nominated Thursday, organizers told PANA here.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SCI-index.html">Sciences</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:22:48 +0100</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[AfDB launches data platforms for 20 African countries]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has launched Open Data Platforms for 20 African countries, including Senegal, with the aim of increasing data management and dissemination in Africa, PANA Reports from here Friday.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SCI-index.html">Sciences</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 08:52:51 +0100</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Africa urged to move fast on intellectual property legislation]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Policymakers in Africa should redouble efforts to develop their legal and policy frameworks, including their intellectual property legislation and policy, to release the region’s untapped potential, participants at a regional meeting held here on the Strategic Importance of Intellectual Property have agreed.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SCI-index.html">Sciences</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 10:50:37 +0100</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Scientists show link between African insect, Galaxy]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Scientists in South Africa and Sweden have shown how an African insect with a tiny brain and minimal computing power has become the first animal proven to use the Milky Way for orientation.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SCI-index.html">Sciences</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:20:36 +0100</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[African science academies urged to engage more with policy makers]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Science academies across Africa need to engage more with policy makers, politicians, the general public and adopt a comprehensive communication strategies that will make its major findings useful to the society, according to Professor Ratemo Michieka of the Kenyan National Academy of Sciences.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SCI-index.html">Sciences</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:50:01 +0100</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Nigeria hosts meeting of African science academies]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The eighth edition of the annual meeting of the African Science Academies (AMASA-8) opened in Lagos Monday with a call by President Goodluck Jonathan for more collaboration and cooperation to mitigate the effects of climate change on the continent.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SCI-index.html">Sciences</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2012 16:06:55 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Angolan company Intel Net launches satellite internet service]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Luanda, Angola (PANA) – The public-private Intel Net telecommunication company on Friday in Luanda launched a satellite internet service called “Yah Click”.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SCI-index.html">Sciences</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 10:07:26 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Cape Town hosts high-level technology summit]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Government Ministers and officials from across Africa as well as representatives of the world's top technology brands are attending the three-day Innovation Africa Summit, which began in Cape Town, South Africa, Friday.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SCI-index.html">Sciences</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 08:36:44 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Nigeria to host African science academies confab]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Scientists from Africa and beyond, including those in the African Diaspora, will converge in Nigeria 11-14 November for the 8th Annual Meeting of African Science Academies (AMASA-8), according to the Chairman of the Local Organising Committee(LOC), Prof. David Okali.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SCI-index.html">Sciences</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 22:33:22 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Tunisia eases control on internet use ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Hammamet, Tunisia (PANA) - The head of the Tunisian government, Hamadi Jebali, has said the North African country will no longer exercise any control on the Internet and that its areas of operation will no longer be limited.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SCI-index.html">Sciences</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2012 11:50:28 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[African Virtual University has six new member states]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Six new African countries have joined the African Virtual University, bringing the total members to 14, the organisation said in a statement made available to PANA here Tuesday evening.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SCI-index.html">Sciences</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 09:36:41 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Forum to discuss Africa's Internet transit deficit opens in SA]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The third African Peering and Interconnection Forum, organized by the Internet Society, started in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Wednesday.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SCI-index.html">Sciences</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 08:29:07 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Mauritius to put a stop to abusive use of Internet - Minister]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Information and Communication Technology Minister Tassarajen Pillay Chedumbrum has said the government will use the Online Content Filtering solution to put a stop to the abusive use of Internet.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SCI-index.html">Sciences</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 10:31:39 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Govts in Nigeria tasked on boosting local economy]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Governments at all levels in Nigeria have been urged to invest more in science and technology, while ordinary Nigerians are being asked to patronize locally-made goods, as a way of boosting the local economy,<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SCI-index.html">Sciences</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:19:39 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[ECOWAS jury on Kwame Nkrumah Scientific Awards for Women meets in Abuja]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The jury for the 2012 African Union's Kwame Nkrumah Scientific Awards for Women, being handled on behalf of the Union by ECOWAS, began a meeting on Monday at the ECOWAS Commission headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria, an ECOWAS press statement indicated here Tuesday.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SCI-index.html">Sciences</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 14:16:01 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[AU names prominent scientists to top African research panel]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has set up a High-Level Panel on Science, Technology and Innovation and appointed scientists -- Kenya's Prof. Calestous Juma of the Harvard University, and Ismail Serageldin of Egypt -- as co-Chairs.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SCI-index.html">Sciences</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2012 17:59:29 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[NEPAD to host bioenergy investment confab in South Africa]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Agency is to host the Bioenergy Investment Symposium for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) 30-31 July in Sandton, Johannesburg.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SCI-index.html">Sciences</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 17:49:24 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Africa's Statistics body crafts framework on data management, flow]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Centre for Statistics (ACS) this week brought together a group of African experts to craft what would become a framework to harmonize data management and flow in the continent, PANA learnt here Friday.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SCI-index.html">Sciences</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2012 08:02:18 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA['Mobile phones soon to be only means of internet access for many people']]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Accra, Ghana (PANA) - For many people around the world, the mobile phone soon will be the only means of accessing the internet, according to Ericsson, one of the world's leading providers of communications technology and services.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SCI-index.html">Sciences</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 08:57:55 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Nigeria's first traffic radio station begins operation]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The first radio station in Nigeria dedicated to reporting on the traffic situation in the nation's grid-lock-prone economic capital city of Lagos has started full transmission.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SCI-index.html">Sciences</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 18:45:05 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Science, Technology Ministerial conference underway in Ethiopia]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – A three-day Ministerial Conference on ‘Science and Technology’ got underway Tuesday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with participants sharing experiences with Africa’s Regional Economic Communities, a statement from the African Union (AU) has said.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SCI-index.html">Sciences</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2012 08:03:37 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Airtel to invest US$100m in Rwanda]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Kigali Rwanda (PANA) - The world's fifth mobile telecommunications company, Bharti Airtel, is to invest US$100 million in its operations in Rwanda over the next three years, Mr Manoj Kohli, CEO (International) and Joint Managing Director of the company, has announced.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SCI-index.html">Sciences</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 11:51:57 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Africa secures massive antennae technology ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Two thirds of the multi-billion dollar Square Kilometre Array (SKA) antennae technologies will be built in Africa, the SKA Organisation confirmed following a meeting in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Friday.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SCI-index.html">Sciences</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 21:24:20 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Togo acquires  submarine optic fibre cable to boost telecom]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo now has its own optic fibre submarine cable landing point to boost its telecommunications network, official sources in Lome told PANA Wednesday.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-SCI-index.html">Sciences</a>]]>
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