CcHUB Africa is the biggest Pan African Innovation Enabler with physical offices in Lagos Nigeria, Nairobi Kenya, Kigali Rwanda, and Windhoek Namibia. The Design Lab in Kigali is the research, design, and engineering unit of the umbrella CcHUB brand. The CcHUB Design Lab, launched on February 14, 2019, by Minister Paula Ingabire, focuses on research …
According to the CDC, from the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, scientists around the world have been working to identify the source of the outbreak. They have been studying the disease and develop guidance to slow the spread while monitoring and tracking its progress. These investigations are guiding government health officials to make informed decisions. …
A pandemic is controlled by various measures, including Vaccination (which operates by reducing the number of susceptible individuals in the population), and combination of measures operate to reduce the number of infected individuals freely mixing in the population (such as Quarantining, lockdown, and curfew) (World Health Organization 2018). During the COVID-19 pandemic, in absence of …
The COVID-19 pandemic demands a significant shift in how we live, work, and socialize. It has therefore made it necessary for society to prioritize innovation to meet immediate challenges caused by the pandemic. The ensuing response is also producing inspiring innovative solutions, catalysing the use of digital technologies, proving that necessity is indeed the mother …
The COVID-19 pandemic demands a significant shift in how we live, work, and socialize. It has therefore made it necessary for society to prioritize innovation to meet immediate challenges caused by the pandemic. The ensuing response is also producing inspiring innovative solutions, catalysing the use of digital technologies, proving that necessity is indeed the mother …
The COVID-19 pandemic demands a significant shift in how we live, work and socialize. It has therefore made it necessary for society to prioritize innovation to meet immediate challenges caused by the pandemic. The ensuing response is also producing inspiring innovative solutions proving that necessity is indeed the mother of invention. COVID-19 has been the …
The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently held the 1st WHO Infodemiology Conference – a series of 7 webinars that took place over 3 weeks from 29th June 2020. Infodemics, as defined by WHO, refers to an overabundance of information (some accurate and some not) occurring during an epidemic. Just like an epidemic, an infodemic spreads …
Can Social Media Be Used to Manage an Infodemic? Read More »
In December 2019, severe respiratory illness cases were reported across the city of Wuhan in China. These were caused by a new type of coronavirus, and the disease is now commonly referred to as COVID-19. The number of COVID-19 cases started to escalate more quickly in mid-January and the virus soon spread beyond China’s borders. …
Nigeria with a population of over 193 million people (The World Bank Group, 2018), HIV/AIDS remains a growing public health issue. The people living with the virus are about 1.9 million [UNAIDS Press release, 2019] and it is observed that there is an increase of new infection among adolescents and young people. Existing research results …
We built an HIV self-testing application: Here’s what we found. Read More »
In June 2015, the Africa Union organs adopted the first Ten-Year Implementation Plan for Agenda 2063. It builds upon the Agenda 2063 Framework Document adopted in January 2015. In addition, the agenda seeks to accelerate Africa’s political, social, economic and technological transformation while continuing the Pan African drive for self-determination, freedom, progress and collective prosperity. …
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