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🇳🇬🇬🇭 NG & GH journalists concluded a week-long programme at @ImperialCollege 🇬🇧, exploring labs in digital diagnostics, malaria research, sustainable energy & AI.
They also built skills at the Frontier Tech Hub & the Science Media Centre, to better tell Africa's science stories.
From Accra to London 🇬🇭🇳🇬
Ghanaian & Nigerian journalists explored digital diagnostics, malaria gene drive, AI‑led drug discovery and storytelling with @ImperialCollege, @FrontierTechHub & the Science Media Centre – turning complex science into stories that matter under the UK‑Ghana STI Strategy. 👇For more details [https://t.co/ZuO7wRYpwh]
#ScienceJournalism #UKGhanaSTI #GrowTogether
Announcing our 10th FT cohort 🚀
Meet 7 new pilots funded by @FCDOResearch to test new solutions, led by @FCDOGovUK Pioneers.
They join 108 pilots testing tech under real constraints: fragile systems, low connectivity, sensitive contexts.
Explore here: https://t.co/hetTq3ZhyO
🎬 24 Frontier Films to countdown December ✨
#3: Imagining Technologies for Disability Futures
This film asks: What ideas of body and personhood are at stake as technology advances? How do imagined futures connect to disabled people's lives today?
https://t.co/sFmCWXIF7x
🎬 24 Frontier Films to countdown December ✨
#1: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
In 2001 teenager William built a wind turbine to save his village from Malawi's devastating famine. He did it with determination, scrap materials and a single library book.
https://t.co/ONZfQ3s8TA
🎬 24 Frontier Films to countdown December✨
#2: Welcome to Sodom
Where does your old phone go? For many, Agbogbloshie in Ghana - one of the world's largest e-waste dumps. This is why we need to build a fair and just circular economy for all.
https://t.co/71lgK4UDTm
@nanopore@UK_CEH@FCDOResearch 'Biodiversity in a Backpack' shows UK tech being adapted with local partners in Kenya & Colombia.
Watch the 8 min film now 🎬 https://t.co/wNa7fMGAjY
@Cop30noBrasil kicks off, 1 year after
@COP16Oficial called for support for LMICs. This is what it can look like in practice.
Two UK technologies from @nanopore and @UK_CEH are helping to close the biodiversity data gap in Kenya and Colombia.
👀 Watch the preview below. Full film released November 5th
Funded by @FCDOResearch 🚀
Two technologies from the UK 🇬🇧 are being adapted for use in Kenya 🇰🇪, making it faster, cheaper and more accessible to monitor biodiversity in the places that need it most.
Science & Technology are at the heart of the UK-Kenya relationship. #GoFarGoTogether 🔬
@nanopore@UK_CEH@FCDOResearch At #COP16 leaders raised the need for #techtransfer to equip & empower communities in LMICs to protect nature most at risk ⚠️
We need to make #biodiversity solutions accessible, affordable and adaptable where they're needed most.
Sign up to see the film: https://t.co/Fv5MsrhdPT
𝐀𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐳𝐳 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐈, 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞-𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝.
📆 Join us, @pluriversa and @FCDOResearch on April 23rd to discover them first👇
https://t.co/jm9oO881Dr?
The hope for this idea is to reduce plastic waste, save costs and nurture a more efficient water supply for the city. It could have huge benefits for the city, its residents and the world. 🌍
Learn more about this pilot here: https://t.co/E1PyfasrDd
Today is #WorldWaterDay. We're thinking about how we can reduce plastic bottle use and bring to the surface the safe water which may already exist in the pipes around us💧
In Bengaluru @jamesgodber@UKinIndia is exploring the missing link: TRUST⚡️