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These 20 kids are paid to drop out of school and change your life
Each fellow will receive $100,000 from the Thiel Foundation as well as mentorship from the Foundation’s network of tech entrepreneurs, investors, scientists,…
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Development: Learning from Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew by Calestous Juma
“Anyone who thinks he is a statesman needs to see a psychiatrist.” Lee Kuan When history is said to repeat itself, it is never for good reasons. Geor…
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How can we provide enough jobs for young people in Africa?
The Koreans developed a programme of "education for economic growth", focused on investing in skills and education for the youth to power industrial…
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How Young Engineers Will Mold the Future by Calestous Juma
“Give me a young person who is excellent in anything and I can turn him or her into an excellent engineer. It is about discipline. Those who have it in any f…
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meet 16-year-old African boy, he is a self-taught engineer
An inventor in his teen years has been on a three-week visit to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as a guest resident. From university officer…
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Inspiring Video: 14-year-old's prizewinning solar water purifier
14-year-old New York student Deepika Kurup was named 'America's Top Young Scientist' for inventing a solar-powered water purification system t…
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Poor Infrastructure Is Africa's Soft Underbelly by Prof. Calestous Juma
South Africa is providing vital leadership for other African countries by recognizing the critical role that infrastructure plays in economic development. Eco…
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Hope for Cancer Patients?
Does that mean it will definitely work in humans? We can definitely not say that." A drug made from a plant known as “thunder god vine,” or lei g…
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Lagos Destruction of 3000 Motorcycles: A welcoming Development
A consuming nation where talents and creativity are misdirected, and younger generations are wasting at their prime, while the senior citizens/pensioners i…
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A human bias against creativity is hindering science, research claims
“Future research should identify factors which mitigate or reverse the bias against creativity.” Most us us profess to love creativity. …
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Development of Water Resources in Nigeria, NSE to organise Lecture
October lecture is becoming a melting point of ideas, and a gathering of seasoned engineers/technocrats, where critical policy issues affecting the nation’…
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Why engineers should attend professional conferences
"Persons who reach the higher rungs in business management, selling, engineering, religious work, writing, acting, and in every other pursuit get …
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