Next Wednesday (July 14), USAID Administrator Ragiv Shaw will convene a first of its kind, high-level conference that will focus on the role that science and technology can have in development, especially within projects at USAID.
 

The Global Development Commons is delighted to hear reports coming in from far and wide that Maker Faire Africa went off without a hitch and ignited innovation in Accra, Ghana.

The inaugural African Diaspora Marketplace (ADM) closed its call for proposals and has exceeded expectations by collecting 733 business proposals.

Maker Faire Africa (MFA), a celebration of African ingenuity, innovation and invention, will take place August 14-16 at the AITI Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT in Ghana's capital, Accra.

The Global Development Commons congratulates Pascal Katana, a Fourth Year Student at the Department of Electrical and Information Engineering at the University of Nairobi, Kenya on his two new inventions which will enhance food security and renewable energy usage.

Enter Africa Rural Connect, and join Returned Peace Corps Volunteers, members of the Diaspora community, and Africans on the ground to collaborate on the best new ideas for agricultural development in Africa.

Loretta Malondo steps onto the family’s water pump to water the family’s tomatoes, kale, cow peas, corn and sorghum. The pump’s innovative hinge technology leverages a person’s leg strength to gather water from seven meters underground, enabling her to prepare for the unreliable rainfall in Matunda, Kenya.

The White House has made an intriguing pick with nominating David Kappos to head up the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Maker Faire Africa (MFA), a celebration of African ingenuity, innovation and invention, will take place August 14-16 at the Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT in Ghana's capital, Accra. This event is free to the general public.

A few months from now, a highly contagious disease will spread through a Japanese school. Several unwitting children will infect others as they attend classes and wander the halls.