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Home / Enterprise / Innovation

AI predicts African crop yields

Artificial Intelligence tool uses satellite remote sensing to predict agricultural output across 47 countries.

‘Tough’ rice beats flooding

Two flood-resistant rice varieties are sustaining small-scale African farmers affected by climate change.

Innovations for food security

Three tech innovators in Africa win US$1.5 million prize to scale up their innovations for aiding food security.

Imaging ‘the technology of our time’

Microscopes and imaging help develop a picture of life in Africa, boosting health, agriculture and environment research.

Turning e-trash into treasure

Innovators in Ghana are looking to new ways to recycle growing global electronic waste.

Africa’s innovation in bad shape

Of 126 countries ranked by innovation, only eight African nations are in the top 100, with eight in the worst ten.

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