Adole Abutuhttps://www.scidev.net/sub-saharan-africa/rss.xml/?type=author&rssname=adole-abutuAdole Abutu RSS feeds.Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:23:38 GMTenExperts call for open agricultural data platformhttps://www.scidev.net/sub-saharan-africa/news/agricultural-research-and-data-accessible/https://www.scidev.net/sub-saharan-africa/news/agricultural-research-and-data-accessible/Agricultural researchers in Africa should make data accessible to end users to boost development, says a workshop. Tue, 29 Mar 2016 07:10:34 GMT+0000Adole AbutuQ&A: Implementing Nigeria’s new biosafety lawhttps://www.scidev.net/sub-saharan-africa/features/nigeria-biosafety-law-gmo-research/https://www.scidev.net/sub-saharan-africa/features/nigeria-biosafety-law-gmo-research/Rufus Ebegba tells SciDev.Net about what Nigeria’s biosafety law means for GMOs research and economic development. Wed, 10 Feb 2016 10:15:00 GMT+0000Adole AbutuSubstandard drugs pile on Nigeria’s malaria burdenhttps://www.scidev.net/sub-saharan-africa/news/substandard-drugs-nigeria-malaria-burden-health/https://www.scidev.net/sub-saharan-africa/news/substandard-drugs-nigeria-malaria-burden-health/With 9.2 per cent of antimalarials in a Nigerian city being of poor quality, the malaria burden could be worse. Wed, 1 Jul 2015 11:00:23 GMT+0000Adole AbutuAfrican Union banks on ST&I to fast-track developmenthttps://www.scidev.net/sub-saharan-africa/news/african-development/https://www.scidev.net/sub-saharan-africa/news/african-development/The AU is integrating S&T for growth without relying on what the world thinks Africa should do, says top official. Wed, 1 Apr 2015 08:31:32 GMT+0000Adole AbutuBridging university education’s great divide in Africahttps://www.scidev.net/sub-saharan-africa/scidev-net-at-large/african-university-education/https://www.scidev.net/sub-saharan-africa/scidev-net-at-large/african-university-education/Poor African youth should be helped to access quality university education on the continent, writes Adole Abutu. Mon, 30 Mar 2015 10:34:03 GMT+0000Adole AbutuUniversities’ alliance to strengthen R&Dhttps://www.scidev.net/sub-saharan-africa/news/universities-strengthen-r-d/https://www.scidev.net/sub-saharan-africa/news/universities-strengthen-r-d/A group of African universities have formed a network that aims to increase coordinated R&D to solve challenges. Mon, 30 Mar 2015 09:28:59 GMT+0000Adole AbutuAfrica’s low research output getting attentionhttps://www.scidev.net/sub-saharan-africa/scidev-net-at-large/low-research-output-getting-attention/https://www.scidev.net/sub-saharan-africa/scidev-net-at-large/low-research-output-getting-attention/Education experts are concerned about African universities’ low research output, and have suggested solutions. Mon, 16 Mar 2015 02:45:24 GMT+0000Adole AbutuCashew nut by-product may help cut sleeping sicknesshttps://www.scidev.net/sub-saharan-africa/news/cashew-nut-sleeping-sickness-1/https://www.scidev.net/sub-saharan-africa/news/cashew-nut-sleeping-sickness-1/A cheap waste product could be used to make chemicals that attract tsetse flies to insecticide-coated traps. Mon, 29 Dec 2014 12:43:14 GMT+0000Adole AbutuGIS maps helping track West African Ebolahttps://www.scidev.net/sub-saharan-africa/news/tracki-west-african-ebola/https://www.scidev.net/sub-saharan-africa/news/tracki-west-african-ebola/Maps created with GIS technology is helping caregivers identify where infected people are Fri, 29 Aug 2014 06:14:20 GMT+0000Adole AbutuReview S&T projects to help transform Africa, AU urgedhttps://www.scidev.net/sub-saharan-africa/news/review-s-t-projects-to-help-transform-africa-au-urged/https://www.scidev.net/sub-saharan-africa/news/review-s-t-projects-to-help-transform-africa-au-urged/Experts have advised the AU to let lessons from past development projects guide the use of a new S&T policy. Fri, 8 Aug 2014 06:15:27 GMT+0000Adole Abutu