A tech intervention to tame tuberculosis
An interactive program using mobile phones helps more patients conclude treatment successfully.
Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office | Sept. 4, 2019 | mit~7 mins
Tags: sloan-school-of-management health africa innovation-and-entrepreneurship-ie medicine health-sciences-and-technology disease research
Empowering African farmers with data
Research from the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society aims to help African farmers increase their production and profits with better prediction.
Scott Murray | Institute for Data, Systems, and Society | May 30, 2019 | mit~6 mins
Tags: food agriculture data economics funding africa school-of-engineering idss research collaboration
Designing water infrastructure for climate uncertainty
A new method identifies opportunities to learn and adapt to changing temperature and precipitation trends.
Mark Dwortzan | Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change | April 22, 2019 | mit~7 mins
Tags: school-of-engineering civil-and-environmental-engineering joint-program-on-the-science-and-policy-of-global-change idss climate-change infrastructure policy water sustainability eaps africa research
Special effects: How a movie could reduce corruption
A film and texting campaign can increase anticorruption reports from citizens, study shows.
Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office | March 13, 2019 | mit~6 mins
Tags: sloan-school-of-management social-sciences africa nigeria politics government research
Local rocks can yield more crops
J-WAFS-funded MIT research team shows a new method of fertilizer production can better suit the needs of farms in Africa and around the globe.
Andi Sutton | Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Systems Lab | Feb. 12, 2019 | mit~9 mins
Tags: water food agriculture climate-change school-of-engineering materials-science-and-engineering technology-and-society sustainability research pollution africa environment developing-countries j-wafs dmse
A “pacemaker” for North African climate
Study shows the Sahara swung between lush and desert conditions every 20,000 years, in sync with monsoon activity.
Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office | Jan. 2, 2019 | mit~7 mins
Tags: africa anthropology climate eaps earth-and-atmospheric-sciences environment geology research school-of-science weather national-science-foundation-nsf
MIT researchers release evaluation of low-cost cooling devices in Mali | MIT News
CITE and D-Lab study finds evaporative cooling devices show promise for helping small-scale farmers, market vendors, and families store and preserve vegetables.
Nancy Adams | D-Lab | CITE | June 20, 2018~8 mins |
Tags: international-development poverty agriculture africa d-lab cite research technology-and-society urban-studies-and-planning school-of-architecture-and-planning mechanical-engineering school-of-engineering
Reliable energy for all | MIT News
Graduate student Prosper Nyovanie wants to power off-grid communities worldwide with scalable solar electric systems.
Fatima Husain | MIT News correspondent | June 12, 2018~8 mins |
Tags: mechanical-engineering school-of-engineering sloan-school-of-management africa alternative-energy business-and-management renewable-energy developing-countries energy global innovation-and-entrepreneurship-ie leadership startups students graduate graduate-postdoctoral
3Q: Hazel Sive on MIT-Africa | MIT News
Faculty director discusses the future of the initiative and Africa’s position as a global priority for the Institute.
Sarah McDonnell | MIT News Office | May 7, 2018~7 mins |
Tags: africa research technology-and-society global international-initiatives international-relations misti abdul-latif-jameel-world-education-lab-j-wel abdul-latif-jameel-poverty-action-lab-j-pal abdul-latif-jameel-world-water-and-food-security-lab-j-wafs mitx esi d-lab biology whitehead-institute 3-questions school-of-science school-of-humanities-arts-and-social-sciences education-teaching-academics
Course helps girls in Botswana avoid HIV and “sugar daddies” | MIT News
Youth-to-youth program teaches girls about the increased odds of contracting HIV from older men.
Rob Matheson | MIT News Office | Oct. 25, 2017~8 mins |
Tags: innovation-and-entrepreneurship-ie startups alumniae economics mathematics school-of-science shass international-initiatives africa disease behavior hivaids k-12-education education education-teaching-academics
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