Africa: Using AI to Tailor Drugs for Africa

[ad_1] Therapeutic drugs have long been ill suited to African patients’ needs. Professor Kelly Chibale, the director of the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Holistic Drug Discovery and Development Centre (H3D), and his research colleagues posit that scientists can use artificial intelligence (AI) to change this. Published in the 11 April 2024 edition of Nature, […]

Egypt: President El-Sisi Meets Prime Minister, Ministers of Planning, Finance, and Transport

[ad_1] Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met with Prime Minister Dr. Mostafa Madbouly, Minister of Planning and Economic Development Dr. Hala El-Said, Minister of Finance Dr. Mohamed Maait, and Minister of Transport Lieutenant General Kamel El-Wazir. The Spokesman for the Presidency, Counselor Dr. Ahmed Fahmy, said the meeting reviewed the implementation status of the investment […]

European Space Agency adds 5 new astronauts in only fourth class since 1978. Over 20,000 applied

[ad_1] COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — For the past year, five fit, academically superior men and women have been spun in centrifuges, submerged for hours, deprived temporarily of oxygen, taught to camp in the snow, and schooled in physiology, anatomy, astronomy, meteorology, robotics, and Russian. On Monday, the five Europeans and an Australian graduated from basic […]

UN Lives CEO Katja Iversen Talks About the Power of Popular Culture and Sounds Right — Global Issues

[ad_1] UN Live’s CEO Katja Iversen at the launch of ‘Sounds Right’. Credit: Naureen Hossain/IPS by Naureen Hossain (new york) Monday, April 22, 2024 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Apr 22 (IPS) – UN Live’s CEO, Katja Iversen, says the way to engage people in the environment is through popular culture—film, music, gaming, sports, food, and […]

Abdulsalami, Jonathan, others attend state police

[ad_1] Former Nigeria’s military Head of State, Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.), ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan and retired Catholic Archbishop, John Onaiyekan are some of the eminent personalities currently gathered in Abuja for a national dialogue on state policing, on Monday. Organised by the Office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the dialogue is the […]

Nigerian pension funds operators earn praises from UK leadership — Nigeria — The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News

[ad_1] The group of leaders newly appointed to steer affairs at the Pension Fund Operators Association of Nigeria (PENOP) has been described as putting round pegs in round holes. This is contained in a statement by Caroline Lucas, Director Special Projects of the United Kingdom based leadership development organisation TEXEM UK, on its website www.texem.co.uk. […]