Africa Innovation Landscape: Prof. Lise Korsten and Prof. Hilary Inyang
In this insightful discussion, we delve into the research and innovation shaping Africa's future. Professor Lise Korsten, president...
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Court Says FCCPC Can Regulate Telecoms Sector
A Federal High Court in Lagos has declared that the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission’s regulatory authorities...
December 10, 1901: First Nobel Prizes Awarded
The first Nobel Prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and peace on Dece...
December 11, 1972: Apollo 17 Lands at Taurus-Littrow
Apollo 17 was the eleventh and final mission of NASA's Apollo program, the sixth and most recent time humans have set foot on the Mo...
December 14, 1900: Max Planck presents the Quantum Theory at the Physics Society in Berlin.
On December 14, 1900, MAX PLANCK presented his derivation of the distribution law for black-body radiation to the German Physical So...
December 16, 1897: 1st Submarine with an Internal Combustion Engine Demonstrated
Designed in 1896 by Irish-American inventor John Phillip Holland and his Holland Torpedo Boat Company, the Holland VI was built at t...
December 17, 1903: The Wright Brothers Make The First Sustained Motorized Aircraft Flight
The Wright brothers, Orville Wright (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), were Ame...
December 17, 1986: World’s First Heart-Lung and Liver Transplant
Thirty eight years ago Davina Thompson became the world's first patient to receive a heart, lung and liver transplant. The groundbre...
December 27, 2004: The Amazing SGR 1806-20
The nuclear furnaces in the Sun and stars create blistering heat and blinding light. Magnetism, however, plays no role in the fusion...
February 3, 1994: Tanzania’s first private radio station, Radio Tumani, goes on the air, broadcasting primarily in Kiswahili.
Radio Tumaini is a non-profit community radio station run by the Archdiocese of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Radio Tumaini was the first...