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Uganda: Makerere Invents Pregnancy Machine

13 May 2012 on allafrica.

Makerere University students have invented a hand-held gadget that can be used to scan a pregnant woman's womb and detect problems such as ectopic pregnancy or abnormal foetal heart beats.

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IPA 2012 Winners

MOHAMED SANAD is a professor at the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University.He invented the first small internal integrated micro strip antennas ...

ZEINOU ABDELYAMINE graduated in industrial chemistry. He has two patents on manufacturing of insecticides at INAPI in Algeria ...

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African ingenuity celebrated at the 2012 Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) awards ceremony

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Addis Ababa, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 (ECA) - Mr. Mohammed Sanad, professor at the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt has won the inaugural Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) 2012.

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African ingenuity celebrated at the 2012 Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) awards ceremony

ECA Press Release No. 40/2012 Addis Ababa, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 (ECA) - Mr. Mohammed Sanad, professor at the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt has won the inaugural Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) 2012. ... Read More

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The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Innovation Foundation (AIF) are delighted to announce the first 2012 Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA). This annual prize honours and encourages innovative achievements that contribute toward developing new products, increasing efficiency or saving cost in Africa.

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Egyptian Wins First Innovation Prize for Africa
ECA Press Release No. 39/2012
Addis Ababa, 26 March 2012 (ECA) - The United Nation Economic Commission for Africa and the Africa Innovation Foundation hosted an awards ceremony to celebrate African ingenuity. The ceremony took place on the sidelines of the ongoing Conference of ministers of Finance and planning that is deliberating the actions needed to turn Africa into a New Growth Pole for the global economy. The annual awards honour and encourage innovative achievements that contribute toward developing new products, increasing efficiency or saving cost in Africa.

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Media Workshop Programme, 21st March 2012

Fifth Joint Meeting
AU Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance and ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance,
Planning and Economic Development
22 - 27 March 2012
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia


African Union

Theme: Unleashing Africa's Potential as a Pole of Global Growth
Media Workshop Programme, 21st March 2012
New AUCC,
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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The First Innovation Prize for Africa to be awarded in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
ECA Press Release No. 27/2012
Addis Ababa, 12 March 2012 (ECA) -The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Innovation Foundation (AIF) are delighted to announce the establishment of the African Innovation Prize worth USD 100,000 for the winner and USD 50,000 for the runner-up.

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ECA and AIF launch prestigious 2012 African Innovation Prize
Press Release No. 98/2011
Addis Ababa, 08 July 2011 (ECA) - The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Innovation Foundation (AIF) are delighted to announce the African Innovation Prize (AIP) to be awarded for the first time in beginning of 2012. This prestigious and well---endowed award aims at encouraging innovations that contribute to sustainable development in Africa.

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