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NEPAD Agency hosts delegation from Congo, Brazzaville…focus is on the Nursing and Midwifery Education Project…

On the 22nd of July 2011 the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency (NEPAD Agency)’s Education and Training Sector hosted a delegation from the Republic of Congo.

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Biotech article leaves wrong view of African challenge

The front page article, “Biotech Seeds Called No Fix for African Hunger” (Oct. 13), does damage to the current and complex debate centered around agriculture technology and development in Africa.

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NEPAD trains experts in the collection of Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators

The NEPAD Agency in collaboration with MINRESI organised a training workshop on the collection of STI. The workshop was the first in a series of workshops aimed at developing African capacity to collect and use STI indicators.

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Africa Analysis: Don't reject R&D measures too quickly

Critics looking for more from the first African Innovation Outlook should realise it is a solid base on which to work, says Linda Nordling.

NEPAD Agency hosts delegation from Gabon…focus is on the Nursing and Midwifery Education Project…

The main objective of this mission was to learn more on the success and the challenges encountered by the various institutions in SADC with regard to the implementation of the NEPAD Nursing and Midwifery Education Project in Africa.

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NEPAD and Mozambican Government to jointly build capacity in Biosafety

“Biosafety regulatory systems are essential in meeting critical needs for food and nutritional security in Africa”, Dr. Venancio Simao Massingue, Minister of Science and Technology in Mozambique said last week Friday

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Africa’s first ever Innovation Outlook launched in Addis Ababa

The first African Innovation Outlook which captures major issues affecting Science Technology and Innovation, in the continent’s has been launched with a call on leaders to invest more in the sector.

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NEPAD Agency to set up Science Technology and Innovations (STI) hubs across five universities on the continent.

"STI hubs across universities will focus on specialist areas to drive the socio-economic sector and development on the continent", said Mrs Vera Ngosi, Director of the African Union, Human Resource Science and Technology Division.

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NEPAD sets out to push for science, technology and innovation to improve the development of the continent…

Launch the second phase of the ASTII Initiative and the African Innovation Outlook Series. The launch is set to take place at the United Nations Conference Centre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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New program aims to spur farm science innovation across East Africa

Bio-innovate is based on two NEPAD plans - the Consolidated Plan of Action for Africa's Science and Technology and the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme.

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