Nigeria’s Twitter ban could backfire, hurting the economy and democracy
Taking a selfie during the #ENDSARS protest in Lagos in 2020. Social media was used extensively to mobilise demontrators. Adekunle Ajayi/NurPhoto via Getty Images Jeff Conroy-Krutz, Michigan State University Nigeria’s decision to suspend Twitter indefinitely could...
Redefining Education in The Developing World
Education has been identified as the ultimate route to escape poverty. It is widely held that if you attend school, graduate, and get a lucrative job, your economic status will automatically be boosted or improved. This is still the case in today’s competitive world....
How big companies are targeting middle income countries to boost ultra-processed food sales
Xu Chang/Xinhua via GettyImages Edwin Kwong, The University of Melbourne; Joanna Williams, Swinburne University of Technology; Phillip Baker, Deakin University; Rob Moodie, The University of Melbourne, and Thiago M Santos, Federal University of Pelotas Ultra-processed...
Understanding debit orders
Debit orders make life easier for the public because when you enter into a debit order arrangement with a third party, there is no need for you to physically go to the bank to pay for the services or spend time paying your many bills via internet banking. Clients will...
Messenger RNA: how it works in nature and in making vaccines
mRNA technologies for vaccine production is gaining more prominence Lulama Zenzile/Die Burger/Gallo Images via Getty Images Kristie Bloom, University of the Witwatersrand Vaccines have long been an integral part of public health programmes around the world, reducing...
GIPF applauded for assisting the manufacture of animal nutrition and medicine blocks through its investment in WinSalt Manufacture (Pty) Ltd.
The Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) is proud to announce its contribution towards the pioneering manufacturing of animal nutrition and medicine blocks. GIPF invested N$10.167 million into WinSalt Manufacture (Pty) Ltd, a 100% Namibian owned company...
Mu: everything you need to know about the new coronavirus variant of interest
Lightspring/Shutterstock Luke O'Neill, Trinity College Dublin The World Health Organization (WHO) has added another coronavirus variant to its list to monitor. It’s called the mu variant and has been designated a variant of interest (VOI). What this means is that mu...
German Embassy supports Environmental Educational Centre for sustainable development on the NamibRand Nature Reserve
NaDEET, the Namib Desert Environmental Education Trust, located 100 km south of Sesriem/Sossusvlei on the NamibRand Nature Reserve received a total of 423,345 NAD (25,000.00 EUR) from the micro project fund of the German Embassy in Windhoek. The grant was used to...
Culture Lead: Understanding Organisational Culture
Organisational culture is the underlying beliefs, assumptions, values, and ways of interacting that contribute to an organisation’s unique social and psychological environment. Basically, organisational culture is the personality of the organisation. Culture is one of...
COVID-19 vaccines produce T-cell immunity that lasts and works against virus variants
By better communicating how vaccines boost the immune system’s long term “memory”, manufacturers could address vaccine hesitancy. i_am_zews/Shutterstock Dewald Schoeman, University of the Western Cape and Burtram C. Fielding, University of the Western Cape Over the...