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We should all stand up for science!
By Khadidiatou Sall for Scientists Speaking UpDo we live in an age of alternative facts? It appears people are forgetting the difference between facts and opinions. The two are not the same. One is based on hard evidence while the other is just a personal value judgment. For example, consider climate change; it is all too frequently portrayed as...
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Promoting STEM at the heart of the 3rd edition of the Ubbil Science Festival
Published by Etudiant.sn / Campus-teranga.comThe Dakar Open Digital Space (Espace Numérique Ouvert - ENO) of the Université virtuelle du Sénégal (UVS), based in Mermoz, hosted the 3rd edition of the Ubbil Sciences Festival on December 18, 2021. In this context, students members of the Network of Mathematicians and Computer Scientists (Réseau des...
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Fund what in Africa? The outdated westernized education system
By Khadidiatou Sall in medium The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) conference took place in Dakar, Senegal on February 2–3, 2018. The conference, themed “Financing the future,” was co-chaired by Senegalese President Macky Sall and French President Emmanuel Macron. More than 2 billion dollars were raised to fund education in the GPE’s...
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Rooting African science and technology education in cultures and languages
By Kendall Powell for nature. The continent’s role in the global economy depends on development from within. I did my PhD at Oregon State University in Corvallis on the genetics of seed dormancy and drought tolerance. When I finished in 2017, I hesitated a bit about a career in academia. It wouldn’t be satisfying for me if it had no direct impact...
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