Uwagbale Edward-Ekpu

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Uwagbale has written over 200 articles on Africa-focused science, tech, innovation and entrepreneurship. He's focused on grassroots innovation, new technologies shaping Africa, and research finds of African researchers and scientists. He has a master's degree in Industrial Chemistry and is the founder of Scitech Africa, an Africa-focused science and tech blog.Follow him on Twitter @uwagbale_

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6/1/22

Uwagbale Edward-Ekpu's posts

✦ What’s next for alternative medicine

The pandemic isn’t over in Africa

One of the beverage world’s favorite plants is named for the slave who discovered its promise

Rumba’s Congolese roots are finally being recognized by Unesco

How Senegal won the Jollof war

A new treatment has been recommended in the UK for sickle-cell disease

The WHO recommended the world’s first malaria vaccine for widespread use

Scientists want to eradicate “Black Death” in Africa using Covid-19 vaccine technology

BioNTech aims to develop the first mRNA malaria vaccine as well as the capacity to produce it in Africa

How the language of the Edo people of Nigeria made its way into Portuguese creole

The EU’s new vaccine passport is causing whiplash for Africans and Indians

Egypt joins the race to produce critically-needed Covid-19 vaccines for Africa

China’s vaccine outreach in Africa is falling short of Beijing’s pledges

Africa can avoid repeating its Covid-19 mistakes with a new malaria vaccine

Why Africa doesn’t have its own Covid-19 vaccine

African countries have an advantage in rolling out Covid-19 vaccines

The South African origins of Andy Jassy’s profitable Amazon division

More countries have banned travel from South Africa as its Covid-19 variant poses a vaccine challenge

South Africa seemed the best equipped African country for Covid-19 till a new variant started spreading

African countries are turning to Russia, India, and China for Covid vaccines despite skepticism