Calestous Juma
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New Thinking 
Henry Thomas 
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#China expands strategic partnership with Africa to aerospace cooperation by helping #Algeria launch its first communication satellite, Alcomsat-1. Meanwhile some are busy looking for enemies and fighting ghosts… bit.ly/2C2i5pd
@africatechie @calestous
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#Inventors come originate from rich families in #technology-intensive areas:
bit.ly/2BRdpCu #innovation #engineering #creativity #tools #machines #mentors
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#Cattle have gotten so big that restaurants and grocery stores need new ways to cut #steaks washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/w… #Diet #beef #nutrition #Food
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Gene-drive #technology needs thorough evidence-based scrutiny by @NatureNews go.nature.com/2nNvlLk #innovation #health #medicine #environment #agriculture #species #ecosystems
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Moving beyond the #GreenRevolution: #Africa's new era of complex #hunger bit.ly/2zWiKr4 #nutrition #food #farmers #Agriculture #diet #malnutrition #obesity
Retweeted by Calestous Juma Gene-drive #technology needs thorough evidence-based scrutiny by @NatureNews go.nature.com/2nNvlLk #innovation #health #medicine #environment #agriculture #species #ecosystems
Greg Wyler is in the running as the most powerful person in US Telecom. He has devoted his life to bridging the digital divide, I hope we can all vote for him. He deserves it! @greg_wyler
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Circulating Cancer DNA - The "Liquid Biopsy" ja.ma/2AZLLFS
Retweeted by Calestous Juma #Cattle have gotten so big that restaurants and grocery stores need new ways to cut #steaks washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/w… #Diet #beef #nutrition #Food
The #CFAFranc: #French Monetary Imperialism in #Africa blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/20… via @AfricaAtLSE
Retweeted by Calestous Juma Best of luck to #AfricaPrize alumni @busybenson of @tuteriacorp & @4cBrial of @mama_ope who are pitching at @pitchatpalace Global with @TheDukeOfYork this evening! ow.ly/VXjZ30gZQZC
Retweeted by Calestous Juma How neural correlates of maintaining one’s political beliefs in the face of counterevidence | @NatureNews Scientific Reports go.nature.com/2Agzai4
Retweeted by Calestous Juma Moving beyond the #GreenRevolution: #Africa's new era of complex #hunger bit.ly/2zWiKr4 #nutrition #food #farmers #Agriculture #diet #malnutrition #obesity
#Inventors come originate from rich families in #technology-intensive areas:
bit.ly/2BRdpCu #innovation #engineering #creativity #tools #machines #mentors
How neural correlates of maintaining one’s political beliefs in the face of counterevidence | @NatureNews Scientific Reports go.nature.com/2Agzai4
This two stable tracks this #wheelchair can climb and descend stairs via @futurism #technology #innovation #engineering #environment #Handicap #Disability #Healthcare #Mobility
Retweeted by Calestous Juma #Lenses Are Being Reinvented, and #Cameras Will Never Be the Same via @techreview bit.ly/2iFVSc0 #technology #innovation #engineering #science #astronomy #science #physics #photography #imaging
This two stable tracks this #wheelchair can climb and descend stairs via @futurism #technology #innovation #engineering #environment #Handicap #Disability #Healthcare #Mobility
My favourite business books of 2017 ft.com/content/805e91…
Retweeted by Calestous Juma Concerns of #China's rising influence in Africa need to be balanced against the prosperity investment and manufacturing can bring, Irene Yuan Sun tells @gloriakalache #ABCTheWorld
Retweeted by Calestous Juma Financiers of the $1.2billion #Zambia, #Kenya and #Tanzania power interconnector meet to raise funds for its completion @comesa_lusaka bit.ly/2zAcwg9
Retweeted by Calestous Juma Looking from an African perspective
to entrepreneurs in Africa.
Great read on theories, strategies & practise @ASCLeiden
booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/books/…
Retweeted by Calestous Juma #Industrialize Africa: Strategies, policies, #institutions, and financing by @JosephEStiglitz via @TradeLawCentre bit.ly/2AptqSg #technology #innovation #engineering #Manufacturing #trade #regionalism #TFTA #CFTA #finance #econo2
For #Africa to end modern day #slavetrade, youth empowerment is crucial by @AMB_A_Mohammed huffingtonpost.com/entry/for-afri… via @HuffPostBlog #employment #jobs #skills #unemployment #Migration #Immigrants #Immigration #Refugees #education #conflict #War #infrastructure
How #Africa can craft an effective continental free #trade area agreement to avoid the pitfalls of #economic #nationalism by @calestous theconversation.com/how-africa-can… via @TC_Africa #infrastructure #industry #manufacturing #innovation #engineering #technology #protectionism
Retweeted by Calestous Juma #Edison’s Legacy: #Industrial Laboratories and Innovation - by Henry Kressel bit.ly/2n7MMGt #technology #innovation #engineering #research #entrepreneur #Business #labs #invention via @AmericanAffrs
Retweeted by Calestous Juma #Malawi: Low-cost #drone built by students delivers #medicine over 19 km distance
linkedin.com/pulse/malawi-l… via @UNICEF @francismangeni1 #africa #technology #innovation #engineering #health #leapfrogging #LeapFrog #UNICEF #WHO #Healthcare
Retweeted by Calestous Juma Calestous Juma: The focus of the #CFTA negotiations should not be the fear of imports but rather scaling up export production in existing niche markets through the creation of new industries bit.ly/2zSHvoN @AUTradeIndustry
Retweeted by Calestous Juma NEW REPORT: Assessing Regional Integration in #Africa VIII: Bringing the Continental Free #Trade Area about bit.ly/2zMR48K | by @ECA_OFFICIAL @_AfricanUnion @AfDB_Group #CFTA #TFTA #infrastructure #industry #energy #transport #telecoms
Retweeted by Calestous Juma When it comes to #trade, #Africa really should be a country, argues @calestous bit.ly/2ANw40K via @qzafrica #COMESA #EAC #ECOWAS #SADC #TFTA #CFTA
Retweeted by Calestous Juma Media panic: @nytimes warns people of the evils of Thomas Edison's new aerophone, 1878 | via @techdirt bit.ly/2vn4N6V
Retweeted by Calestous Juma The leapfrog model: What technology can do for Africa economist.com/news/special-r… via @TheEconomist (citing @calestous and more)
Retweeted by Calestous Juma University of Oxford plans first bonds issue #jakpost bit.ly/2j2erDY
Retweeted by Calestous Juma #Malawi: Low-cost #drone built by students delivers #medicine over 19 km distance
linkedin.com/pulse/malawi-l… via @UNICEF @francismangeni1 #africa #technology #innovation #engineering #health #leapfrogging #LeapFrog #UNICEF #WHO #Healthcare
#Danish Government Apologizes to #Ghana for #SlaveTrade via @allafrica bit.ly/2Ai8Nrv #slavery #HumanRights #poverty #reparations
Retweeted by Calestous Juma #Danish Government Apologizes to #Ghana for #SlaveTrade via @allafrica bit.ly/2Ai8Nrv #slavery #HumanRights #poverty #reparations
My remarks at the Opening of the Joint #African Union-#European Union Ministerial meeting, ahead of the Heads of State and Government #Summit tomorrow.
au.int/en/speeches/20…
Retweeted by Calestous Juma #Lagos is set to overtake #Nairobi as #Africa’s startup capital qz.com/1137474 via @qzafrica #technology #innovation #engineering #ICT4D #Computing #entrepreneurs #Entrepreneurship #startups #Nigeria #Kenya
Retweeted by Calestous Juma Slave trade in this time and age people are being sold for as little as $400 and the world is watching please don't be the one that over looks, retweet this let the whole world know use your social media to spread awareness. #LibyaSlaveTrade #slaveryinlibya #libya #help #Rescue
Retweeted by Calestous Juma This new treatment kills cancer with something you might not expect wef.ch/2mmclD1
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