This story appears in the February 2020 issue of National Geographic magazine. Each February, in observance of Black History Month in the United States, we revisit the stories of notable African ...

The Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies and its invention education partners across Africa marked a major milestone at the first Invention Education Networkwide Design Competition, a ...

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Africa stands at a historic inflection point. In the next 25 years, another one billion people will be added to our continent's population, making Africa home to one in four human beings on earth. Yet ...

Instant coffee seems like one of those products that's been around forever. It became popular during both World Wars when ...

This article presents a strategic blend of education, advocacy, and corporate engagement mdash; spotlighting plastic-to-fuel ...

Tim Holmes, a local toy inventor, has created Nurkl, a craft stick connector set, and has partnered with Micro Center to ...

Professor Vivian Alberts invented thin-film solar panels, which are significantly cheaper and thinner than silicon-based ...

Speaking on Thursday during the IGAD Leadership Academy (ILA) Annual Alumni Conference at Windsor Hotel, Nairobi, Uhuru told ...

Over a century of cinema, some movie genres have particularly stood out depending on the decade, from film noir in the '40s ...

NBA and YMCA announce year-long collaboration as part of World Basketball Day on Dec. 21 to help further the game's growth.