A team of international scientists found a further 54 potential planets, meaning that in all the researchers might have discovered a full 114 planets. And at least some of those might be like Earth, and able to support life, the researchers have said. One of the exoplanets was a hot "super-Earth" that has a rocky surface and is found in the fourth nearest star system to our own. That planet, known as Gliese 411-b, could suggest that all the stars near our own sun have planets orbiting them – and as such that those too might be like Earth and have the conditions for supporting alien life. The results are based on almost 61,000 individual observations of 1,600 stars taken over a 20-year period by US astronomers using the Keck-I telescope in Hawaii. Readmore
As the world is fighting hard to end hunger in the world by 2050 diseases are rupturing too. Scientists have discovered dangerous pests which attacks young maize plants at high rate. The disastrous insect is called armyworm. The armyworm is destroying young maize plants across Africa and could reach Asia and the Mediterranean in the next few years, threatening agricultural trade. Readmore
There are several sectors ripe for partnership between businesses in Nevada and the two countries in Africa, Evans said, including water technology, information technology, naturally based beauty products, infrastructure development and renewable energy. Africa is full of potential investment opportunities which are untapped yet. Therefore investors are doing their best to utilize the resources available. Read more
Many investors from abroad are increasing to Tanzania due to healthy economic growth projections. Current economic growth rate is 6.2% in 2 January 2017 records but till 23 August 2017 it is projected to be 7.08% according to Trading Economics while the World Bank Projected 7.1%.Therefore, Tanzania expects nearly 1,000 Chinese extra-large investors promising to invest in a special economic zone including textile, manufacturing, fishing, mining and agriculture across the board following mutual bilateral relations between the two countries. Read more
Tanzania needs $46 billion in power investment by 2040. The amount is said to be borrowed from various sources while the government will input only 30% to make sure there is adequate electricity in Tanzania. 80% of 46$ will cover cost includes investment on generation, transmission and sub-stations. The investment aims to boost power generation capacity from 1,500MW to 10,000 megawatts over the next decade. Taking advantage of Natural gas and coal, the investment expected to end chronic energy shortages and boost industrial growth. Read more
FutureLearn is a digital education platform founded in December 2012. It is a company launched and wholly owned by The Open University in Milton Keynes, England. It is the first UK-led massive open online course (MOOC) learning platform, and as of January 2017 included 109 UK and international partners.
Now FutureLearn is available on RDN Platform under RDN Classifieds. RDN Platform will be populating online courses to ensure that you learn and improve your productivity.
Many African countries depend on Farming but farmers face a lot of challenges to accomplish their goals. One of the main challenges is low technology. With different research made by many scientists they came up with different solutions but the challenge of cost is the other aspect facing farmers. But KICKSTAR International organization came up with low cost effective tools known as moneymaker hip pump and moneymaker max. Many testimonies have been given out.
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Old is gold indeed. Most children in the world used/use to play a threaded toy in their hands. The toy was just used for fun but it has been realized that the toy is very useful in medical diagnosis. It is also known as a button spinner, buzzer or spinning disk. It is a simplistic child's toy, with a button or disk threaded through two strings that are affixed to handles. A child begins by winding the strings and then pulling on the handles to make the threads unwind and the button spin. Pulling and relaxing the strings repeatedly makes the button spin faster.
Chikungunya is a mosquito-borne virus that causes a disease characterized by fever and severe joint pain, often in hands and feet, and may include headache, muscle pain, joint swelling, or rash. Some patients will feel better within a week but many develop longer-term joint pain that can last up to years. Death is rare but can occur.
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