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22 Apr, 2008

University of the Witwatersrand

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The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (pronounced vit-vaters-rant) is a leading South African university situated in Johannesburg. It is better known as Wits University (pronounced vits).
Due to the 1959 Extension of University Education Act the school was only allowed to register a small number of black students for most of the apartheid era, even though [...]

13 Apr, 2008

Ali Moussa Dogo

Posted by: admin In: Institutions| People

Moussa Dogo Ali has a Master of Science in Applied Polymer Science from Halle-Saale in Germany. Using his background, Dogo develops, innovates and invents new waste processing techniques in order to produce materials that can play a role in the daily lives of Niger’s citizens.

In 2005, Dogo decided to turn what had been an interest [...]

13 Apr, 2008

Africa Harvest

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Africa Harvest was born at a time when Africa was trying to define its role in the global GM debate. Dr. Florence Wambugu, a Kenyan scientist, was concerned that the continent continued to lag behind while the rest of the world powered ahead, adopting GM techniques to improve their agriculture.
“There were many people speaking for [...]


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