Hi Brother Nuhu, I am always thinking about your concern. however, all what is behind the science of technology in the west and every other nation is that
there is systematic step by step explanation of every
technology. ... read full comment
Hi Brother Nuhu, I am always thinking about your concern. however, all what is behind the science of technology in the west and every other nation is that
there is systematic step by step explanation of every
technology. Physics, chemistry mathematics and what have you lay down what is behind engines, robots. But our witches does not know why and how it works.
tk 10 years ago
I think a distinction must be made between religion and science. Religion is faith based and therefore has somehow little to do with science which can be proved. A flying witch and an airplane can not be the same. Nuhu, your ... read full comment
I think a distinction must be made between religion and science. Religion is faith based and therefore has somehow little to do with science which can be proved. A flying witch and an airplane can not be the same. Nuhu, your link is a bit outrageous.
AFRIKABI 10 years ago
BROTHER NUHU, THE PRACTICE OF MAGIC AND WITCHCRAFT IS NOT AFRICAN. IT HAS BEEN PRACTISED BY EVERY PRIMITIVE SOCIETY IN THIS WORLD. WHEN THE SOCIETY ADVANCES IN SCIENCE IT BECOMES MORE INFORMED. IT UNDERSTANDS HOW THINGS WORK. ... read full comment
BROTHER NUHU, THE PRACTICE OF MAGIC AND WITCHCRAFT IS NOT AFRICAN. IT HAS BEEN PRACTISED BY EVERY PRIMITIVE SOCIETY IN THIS WORLD. WHEN THE SOCIETY ADVANCES IN SCIENCE IT BECOMES MORE INFORMED. IT UNDERSTANDS HOW THINGS WORK.
WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC IS THE PRIMITIVE SOCIETIES VIEW OF THE WORLD. IT IS USELESS, IT IS FALSE. IT HAS NO EXISTENCE. SCIENCE IS THE WAY TO DEVELOPMENT. WITCHES DO NOT FLY. THERE ARE NO WITCHES.
AFRICA IS THE CRADLE OF SCIENCE. IT ALL STARTED IN EGYPT. SCIENCE IS ONE. THERE IS NO WHITE MAN'S SCIENCE AND AFRICAN SCIENCE. THEONLY WAY OUT FOR AFRICA IS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. THAT IS THE ONLY WAY.
Mr. Figure-Out 10 years ago
it is the likes of miseducated Nuhu that Africa remain what is it today. To me the way forward for the African or the black race to appreciate and understand science and technology better is to try to read into that area of s ... read full comment
it is the likes of miseducated Nuhu that Africa remain what is it today. To me the way forward for the African or the black race to appreciate and understand science and technology better is to try to read into that area of study in a local dialect ( our mother tongue) that we understand better. The adoption of the western culture is necessarily not a hinder to our development but rather the use of foreign languages as official languages in various parts of Greater Africa has been our bane. Hindustan( now India ) and Pakistan were Former British colonies but were so smart to choose their native languages as their lingua franca . Now India which not long ago was considered the poorest country in the world, now, together with Pakistan and nations like Malasia, North and South Korea, are identified among the ivy class of world super powers. May be Ghana should try the same, by using the most spoken and well understood Asante twi as our national language, to the envy of trokosis who understand Twi more than their borborbo/agbadza-like irritating language, and believe you me, Ghana will be clothed with the best Asante Bonwire Kente that it deserve.
OZA 10 years ago
Brother Nuhu, you express your views very well. Unfortunately, you have to write them in ENGLISH! In what Ghanaian language do you suggest to use next time? By the way, do you know some Ghanaians still use English only in the ... read full comment
Brother Nuhu, you express your views very well. Unfortunately, you have to write them in ENGLISH! In what Ghanaian language do you suggest to use next time? By the way, do you know some Ghanaians still use English only in their homes even in Ghana? Hmmmmm.
Tekonline.org 10 years ago
BBC News
BUSINESS
23 July 2012 Last updated at 19:01 ET
Can robotics change the future of a nation?
By Fiona Graham
Technology of business reporter, BBC News, Kampala and Nairobi
"I want to go deeper into machines ... read full comment
BBC News
BUSINESS
23 July 2012 Last updated at 19:01 ET
Can robotics change the future of a nation?
By Fiona Graham
Technology of business reporter, BBC News, Kampala and Nairobi
"I want to go deeper into machines - automatic machines. I was inspired by him when he came to school - so I had to find ways of getting in touch with him."
Victor Kawagga is a softly spoken young man, but his quiet manner can't counter the eager sparkle in his eyes and the passion he has for the machines he's surrounded by.
The bedroom of this house in the Ugandan capital Kampala has been converted to a home lab, and the young people hard at work here are building robots.
The 'him' he is referring to is Solomon King, the 29-year-old technologist and businessman who takes robotics into the classrooms of Uganda as the founder of Fundi Bots.
"He stalked me," laughs Mr King, bending his head slightly to fit his lanky frame into the doorway.
Now Victor and 12 others spend their days at Mr King's home working on projects that involve using locally-sourced materials - in this case bike chains, spokes and the like - to build a robot that will move, sense water and light, and transmit signals to a receiver.
Victor wants to go to university - but this is Uganda, and for ordinary people higher education is expensive.
The government-funded scholarships don't always go where they should. Fundi Bots - fundi is Swahili for maker or artisan - is his chance to learn about a world that might otherwise have been denied him.
I, robot
The everyday applications of robotics might escape the casual observer but, Mr King says the science has clear and practical applications for life in Uganda.
"Fundibots for me is like a way to build a new breed of thinkers and innovators," he says.
"The thing about robotics is it's one discipline, but there's a million sub-disciplines in it.
"I keep telling the students that when they've finished their first robot, they've learnt about electronics, they learnt about logical thinking, they've learnt about programming, mechanics, you've learnt a bit about biology, you've learnt popular science."
"By the time you have a small army of people who have done robotics at some point in their lives, their mindset is no longer the same. They look at solutions from a creative angle."
This certainly seems to be borne out by the young people in this room.
"Basically what I like to do is create something," says Arnold Ochola.
"For example we have a power problem here in Uganda. So if I can come up with something that solves that I would really be proud of myself."
Mother of invention
Betty Kituyi Mukhalu of Café Scientifique is the Fundi Bots coordinator, and remembers their first school visit: "He came with this little robot, Nigel. Nigel walked, and it was so marvellous to see someone from our own environment having made that."
Mr King says that growing up he was always 'tinkering', pulling things apart and putting them back together, or making something new.
"Back then most of us kids made our own toys, we'd make wire cars and all sorts of gadgets from old tins and bottles and stuff.
"I was always the one trying to make mine move on it's own as opposed to being pulled along by a string."
Robotics is a 'solution waiting for a problem' says Mr King.
"Long term there's industrialisation which is maybe a bit too grand, but on the small scale we have small scale solutions - maybe a small windmill in a village that generates power. Maybe a home-made mosquito repellent system. That's what I'm trying to do with the kids.
"I think my biggest passion is to see Africans solving Africans problems.
"A lot of the time we get assistance from abroad and when you bring a solution down here it doesn't quite work, because it's different mindsets, different environment, just the weather conditions alone are strange.
"That's what Fundi Bots is about. It's called Fundi Bots but it's almost less about the robots than the process of building the robots."
Offline connections
Technology is helping improve the prospects of students in other ways.
Connectivity and bandwidth are on-going problems in most emerging markets, and Uganda is no different.
Despite the gradual roll-out of fibre-optic cable, and the spread of 3G - and soon 4G - connections some areas can be patchy, and the cost of transferring large amounts of data is high.
The Remote Areas Community Hotspots for Education and Learning (RACHEL) repository is a database of textbooks, online resources, MIT Open courseware and other sources. The content is housed in a server - a PC harddrive - and available offline.
It is the creation of a non-profit organisation called World Possible, and in Uganda the content is distributed by their partners UConnect.
"We don't have one textbook per child here as you do in Europe," says UConnect's Daniel Stern.
"The teacher will have the textbook and the students will copy what the teacher puts on the blackboard, so to suddenly have access to an offline Wikipedia where everything is immediately clickable there's a very high level of engagement."
UConnect supplies equipment - including solar-powered computer labs in rural areas - and the repository to schools, universities, hospitals, and prisons.
Virtually there
But what if you don't have access to a classroom?
Andrew Mwesigwa believes he has the answer. He is the founder of a virtual college - Universal Virtual Content - Uganda's first home-grown online-only course provider.
"People here like to be interactive, and go into a class and see a lecturer teaching and ask questions.
"I felt I should get a tool that would really be interactive so they get to feel as if they are in a real class."
Training software from the US, and a digital pen that lets teachers share as they write while talking to students, has let him create an interactive experience that uses less bandwidth than video-conferencing. It's a simple solution but one that Mr Mwesigwa believes can work.
"Currently we are targeting mostly professionals around accounting courses, because they are quite popular and someone with accounting can easily get a job."
The big problem has been convincing government agencies to accredit their courses.
"They're used to infrastructure, buildings, whereby you want to see a classroom, and that's what their forms require. When you say my school is purely virtual they don't understand."
Mobile learning
The ubiquitous mobile is being used help students prepare for the all-important Kenya Certificate of Primary Education - the KCPE.
This determines the secondary school a child will go to, effectively dictating the path they're likely to take in life.
A Nairobi start-up has created a service where pupils can subscribe to to take quizzes via their mobile phones. The questions are sent by text message.
"Initially our target customers were the kids who are isolated in the slum areas and can't get access to the internet and reading materials," says Chris Asego, MPrep's operations director.
"This is for families who are not doing too well and can't buy textbooks. That was our target market but as we grow we cover all bases, the rich, the poor, the middle class."
The award-wining company is still fairly new - but according to Mr Asego growing.
"At the moment we have about 4000 users, and that's for a period of about three to four months so we're doing pretty well," he says.
In Kampala, Fundi Bots is gaining supporters - they were recently the recipients of a Google Rise grant.
The aim is for every school in Uganda to have a robotics club, where students can exercise their curiosity - and find problems waiting for solutions.
For Mr King, this is the realisation of a dream.
"When I was young, I sort of made a vow to myself, if I ever grow old and if I ever have the money I would open up this huge facility for kids like me back then, where they could just walk in and say I want to build this, I want to do this, and everything they needed was there."
AFRIKABI 10 years ago
Yet, when an African flies above some altitude to seek knowledge, it is termed as devilish and Satanic
THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT WITCHES FLY. IT IS ALL FALSE, THIS IS ONE REASON WHY AFRICANS CANNOT MOVE FORWARD-SUPERSTITI ... read full comment
Yet, when an African flies above some altitude to seek knowledge, it is termed as devilish and Satanic
THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT WITCHES FLY. IT IS ALL FALSE, THIS IS ONE REASON WHY AFRICANS CANNOT MOVE FORWARD-SUPERSTITION, BELIEVING IN STUPIDITY. WESTERNERS USED TO BELIEVE IN WITCHES, TODAY THEY DONT. SCIENCE HAS TAUGHT THEM THAT IT IS ALL FALSEHOOD.
which could have form the bases of our version of technology.
THAT IS UNTRUE. THE BASIS OF TECHNOLOGY IS PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY AND MATH.
But an airplane goes over and above the altitude of a "witch" and they refer to it as technology.
NUHU, YOU ARE CONFUSED, YOU HAVE TO READ MORE. A PLANE IS REAL, A WITCH IS IN A SICK PERSON;S IMAGINATION.
Is that not also witchcraft since every invention has some level of mystery surrounding it?
THERE IS NO MYSTERY. JUST READ A SCIENCE BOOK AND IT IS ALL THERE. THERE IS NO MYSTERY IN AERODYNAMICS.
Do we question what is behind an ignition of an automobile engine?
IT IS SIMPLE SCIENCE. IT IS CALLED ENGINEERING.
Just recently, the South African government placed a ban on witches not to fly above a certain altitude which certainly might be a directive from the west.
CHECK YOUR FACTS. THIS IS NOT TRUE. IT IS ACTUALY CHILDISH.
How did they get to the moon? Why don’t we question all the inventions they made? Is it not witchcraft to do the absurd?
BROTHER NUHU, YOU SOUND LIKE MY ILLIETRATE GRANDMOTHER WHO BELIEVED THE RAINBOW IS A SNAKE. INVENTIONS WERE MADE BY PEOPLE WITH BRAINS LIKE YOURS. BRAINS THAT WERE PRAGMATIC AND DID NOT DABBLE IN SUPERSTITION.
GET SOME SCIENCE EDUCATION AND YOUR EYES WOULD BEGIN TO SEE.
Whose words are Science and Technology?
LARYEAH 10 years ago
THE WRITER IS A FOOL ADVOCATING MORE VOODOO. 'NAANAEMA NKADA NKADA!
THE WRITER IS A FOOL ADVOCATING MORE VOODOO. 'NAANAEMA NKADA NKADA!
Victor 10 years ago
You made your point but I guess you're missing the real point. It's true that most of the developed countries uses their own language but that's not why the are ahead of the others but because the believed in education. They ... read full comment
You made your point but I guess you're missing the real point. It's true that most of the developed countries uses their own language but that's not why the are ahead of the others but because the believed in education. They believed that with education common people can understand how stuff works, productivity will be very high and they will live a better life but we Africans put all our hopes in God or gods hoping that they will do everything for us forgetting that God has already given us the power to do what ever we want to do. Until Africans realize that we will be poor and dependent forever
AFRIKABI 10 years ago
FOCUS ON QUALITY EDUCATION. I MEAN QUALITY SCIENCE EDUCATION AND YOU WOULD FLY HIGH.
FOCUS ON QUALITY EDUCATION. I MEAN QUALITY SCIENCE EDUCATION AND YOU WOULD FLY HIGH.
AKASI MARTHA NZEMA 10 years ago
IS BECAUSE WE DON'T ASK THE "HOLY SPIRIT" TO TAKE CONTROL OF OUR MIND,WE MIST TECHNOLOGY WITH "WITCH LOGY". JESUS TOLD US THE "HOLY SPIRIT" WILL COME AND TEACH YOU WHAT TO DO. WE LEAVE THE FORCE BEHIND DOES IS OUR PROBLEM.
IS BECAUSE WE DON'T ASK THE "HOLY SPIRIT" TO TAKE CONTROL OF OUR MIND,WE MIST TECHNOLOGY WITH "WITCH LOGY". JESUS TOLD US THE "HOLY SPIRIT" WILL COME AND TEACH YOU WHAT TO DO. WE LEAVE THE FORCE BEHIND DOES IS OUR PROBLEM.
Nii Kootse. 10 years ago
. . . and the nonsense continues . . . an aeroplane is bits and pieces of metal, cut, filed. machined and put together. There is nothing magic behind it, else they will never fail and fall.
. . . and the nonsense continues . . . an aeroplane is bits and pieces of metal, cut, filed. machined and put together. There is nothing magic behind it, else they will never fail and fall.
Brother 10 years ago
Every body berates Nuhu because the west has coached our brains not to accept exactly what he is saying. Name one single inventor or innovator who is well educated. There is a point there.
Every body berates Nuhu because the west has coached our brains not to accept exactly what he is saying. Name one single inventor or innovator who is well educated. There is a point there.
Tekonline.org 10 years ago
From Kenya to Madagascar: The African tech-hub boom
Viewpoint by Erik Hersman
Technologist, blogger, co-founder of Ushahidi
There's a buzz, a palpable energy, running through the corridors of Africa's capitals and urba ... read full comment
From Kenya to Madagascar: The African tech-hub boom
Viewpoint by Erik Hersman
Technologist, blogger, co-founder of Ushahidi
There's a buzz, a palpable energy, running through the corridors of Africa's capitals and urban areas, and much of it revolves around tech.
What happens when smartphones outsell computers four to one, and 50% of a continent's population is below the age of 20?
You have a technology-literate mobile generation unlike any that has come before.
This week finds me in Botswana.
I've talked to a couple of start-up entrepreneurs - Pule Mmolotsi, who is testing out an Oyster-like card for public transportation in the country, and Katy Digovich, who is creating apps for the Ministry of Health.
They represent what I continue to see across the continent - a new generation trying new ideas and taking to technology.
African governments aren't fast or savvy enough to build the infrastructure needed to support this type of entrepreneurial tech activity.
Academic institutions are woefully behind in teaching skills for computer science and design.
So where do people like Pule and Katy go? What mechanisms support their start-ups and connect them to capital, businesses and their peers?
Incubators and accelerators
If you had asked that question two years ago, the answer would have been: "Very little."
But in the past two years there has been an interesting phenomenon in Africa - the proliferation of tech hubs and incubators.
These range from incubation and training spaces like MEST Ghana to co-working environments such as ActivSpaces in Cameroon, and community spaces like the Co-Creation Hub in Nigeria.
Governments are involved, with places like the Botswana Innovation Hub here in Gaberone, and some academic institutions are jumping in, like we see with the Strathmore iLab in Nairobi.
There are now more than 50 tech hubs, labs, incubators and accelerators in Africa, covering more than 20 countries. In Nairobi, we have six.
I've had a front-row seat as the founder of the iHub in Nairobi, where four years ago we had an idea and built a space that now has more than 8,000 members and holds approximately 120 events per year.
We sit at the centre of Kenya's tech community, where our role is to serve as a connection point and support the phenomenal hi-tech growth in the country.
Last year five of these tech hubs founded AfriLabs, an umbrella body that allows investors and media to connect more quickly to the tech activity in each of the countries that houses a member lab. There are now 14 member labs across 10 countries.
At the iHub, we've built strong relationships with some of Kenya's top companies, including Zuku, Nokia, Google, Nation Media Group, Safaricom, InMobi, MIH and Samsung.
Suit and tie
We also have a great relationship with the government, through the Kenya ICT Board and the permanent secretary for information and communication, and we have strong ties with Strathmore and Stanford Universities.
But if we had waited for the government to create the iHub in Kenya, we would still be waiting today.
We often joke that in Nairobi people don't think you have a job unless you wear a suit and tie and head to the city centre each day.
In a world where suits and ties are expected, who provides the space for the next generation to work, build companies and be taken seriously as start-up coder wearing ripped jeans and a T-shirt?
Innovation comes from the edges, so it comes as no surprise that innovators are found in the margins. They are the misfits among us, the ones who see and do things differently.
The tech hubs in Africa provide a home for those with new and innovative ideas, create an atmosphere where they are encouraged to try new things, and most importantly are able to meet like-minded individuals they can grow with.
Erik Hersman is a technologist and blogger living in Nairobi. As well as being co-founder of the ground-breaking mapping website Ushahidi, he also founded the iHub, Nairobi's thriving technology centre.
Brother 10 years ago
Tell me why the Queen of England is held high in their democracy and ours cannot contain our kings?
Tell me why the Queen of England is held high in their democracy and ours cannot contain our kings?
Obibini Blackman 10 years ago
Because there is one King/Queen of England with written laid down specifics and there are 100s of chiefs who are always fighting.
Because there is one King/Queen of England with written laid down specifics and there are 100s of chiefs who are always fighting.
OKOE 10 years ago
EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY ARE THE KEYS TO PROGRESS BY THE AFRICAN. LANGUAGE IS ESSENTIAL BUT THAT IS NOT WHERE OUR PROBLEM LIES. WE NEED TO APPLY AND EMULATE WHAT TECHNOLOGY HAD BEEN DEVELOPED AND APPLY IT SUCCESSFULLY . WE MU ... read full comment
EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY ARE THE KEYS TO PROGRESS BY THE AFRICAN. LANGUAGE IS ESSENTIAL BUT THAT IS NOT WHERE OUR PROBLEM LIES. WE NEED TO APPLY AND EMULATE WHAT TECHNOLOGY HAD BEEN DEVELOPED AND APPLY IT SUCCESSFULLY . WE MUST DEVELOP AND IN SO DOING NEED CAPITAL THAT CAN COME FROM AFRICA'S
RESOURCES ONLY IF THEY ARE HARVESTED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE AFRICA AND NOT GIVE THEM TO FOREIGNERS SO THAT THOSE SELLING US SHORT GET THEIR CUT AND LEAVE AFRICA THE POORER.
Obibini Blackman 10 years ago
Science is not the domain of anyone person. It is published for all to see. Science is the collection of provable human knowledge. Africans included. There is nothing like Western technology
Science is not the domain of anyone person. It is published for all to see. Science is the collection of provable human knowledge. Africans included. There is nothing like Western technology
Create, loot and share 10 years ago
Do not get the writer wrong. Language is the soul of the human body. You are best in creativity if you do it in your mother tongue. The African becomes a pale shadow of himself if he tries to do things in a foreign language. ... read full comment
Do not get the writer wrong. Language is the soul of the human body. You are best in creativity if you do it in your mother tongue. The African becomes a pale shadow of himself if he tries to do things in a foreign language. Just look at the creative industry. How many artist could sing beautifully in a foreign language - even in English which is supposed to be a national language? We must throw away all foreign languages and adopt our native tongue just as all developed nations have done. That will be the starting point for our development and emancipation from colonial shackles.
Tekonline.org 10 years ago
BBC News
AFRICA
23 January 2013 Last updated at 09:05 ET
Kenya begins construction of 'silicon' city Konza
Kenya's president has launched a $14.5bn (£9.1bn) project to build a new city intended to be an IT business hub ... read full comment
BBC News
AFRICA
23 January 2013 Last updated at 09:05 ET
Kenya begins construction of 'silicon' city Konza
Kenya's president has launched a $14.5bn (£9.1bn) project to build a new city intended to be an IT business hub and dubbed "Africa's Silicon Savannah".
It will take 20 years to build Konza Technology City about 60km (37 miles) from the capital, Nairobi.
It is hoped that more than 20,000 IT jobs will be created in Konza by 2015, and more than 200,000 jobs by 2030.
Despite Kenya's usually divisive politics, the project has the backing of all political parties.
Konza is part of the government's ambitious Vision 2030 initiative to improve much-neglected infrastructure over the next 18 years.
Correspondents say the government also wants to take advantage of the growing number of software developers in the East African nation.
'Tremendous opportunities'
"It is expected to spur massive trade and investment as well as create thousands of employment opportunities for young Kenyans in the ICT [information communications technology] sector," President Mwai Kibaki said at the ceremony to launch the construction, adding it would be a "game-changer" for the country's development.
He called on domestic and foreign investors to take advantage of Konza's "tremendous opportunities".
The 5,000-acre (2,011-hectare) site was a ranch to the south-east of Nairobi on the way to the port city of Mombasa.
When the plan was announced after the last elections property prices in the area soared, reporters say.
According to the Konza information website, the city wants to attract business process outsourcing, software development, data centres, disaster recovery centres, call centres and light assembly manufacturing industries.
A university campus focused on research and technology as well as hotels, residential areas, schools and hospitals will also be built.
The government has appointed the Konza Technopolis Development Authority to oversee the building of the IT hub, which will be built in four phases - starting with the technology centres first.
Damon Leff 10 years ago
The statement "Just recently, the South African government placed a ban on witches not to fly above a certain altitude which certainly might be a directive from the west." is incorrect. The Swaziland government is reported to ... read full comment
The statement "Just recently, the South African government placed a ban on witches not to fly above a certain altitude which certainly might be a directive from the west." is incorrect. The Swaziland government is reported to have done so, NOT the S.A. government!
Lucy Arthur 10 years ago
Nuhu, your ideas cannot be appreciated by the ordinary Ghanaians. Perhaps, you are living ahead of your time.Good piece.
Nuhu, your ideas cannot be appreciated by the ordinary Ghanaians. Perhaps, you are living ahead of your time.Good piece.
Asante Forjour 10 years ago
The confusion in our minds can also be attributed to how our leaders got stuck to western ways at any point in time. It is imperative to consider some of the indigenous ways of doing things to improve upon them for our own go ... read full comment
The confusion in our minds can also be attributed to how our leaders got stuck to western ways at any point in time. It is imperative to consider some of the indigenous ways of doing things to improve upon them for our own good.
Grace Dela 10 years ago
The writers views are true but need a little bit of straightening. Language is the key to everything.We must first of all review our thoughts and reshape them in the language we bet understand that will bring out all the myst ... read full comment
The writers views are true but need a little bit of straightening. Language is the key to everything.We must first of all review our thoughts and reshape them in the language we bet understand that will bring out all the mystery in it for our own good.Kudos bro.
CK Man 10 years ago
Good one there.God richly bless you.You have said it all.We are where we re because we cherish westersn cultures at the expense of ours.
Good one there.God richly bless you.You have said it all.We are where we re because we cherish westersn cultures at the expense of ours.
Mr. Sall 10 years ago
The author has not done much research into this topic, hence his inability to explore the subject matter very well.The ideas raised are really touching and disturbing Africans.
The author has not done much research into this topic, hence his inability to explore the subject matter very well.The ideas raised are really touching and disturbing Africans.
Prof Quarms 10 years ago
This is complete nonsense. What do this writer intend to communicate? The arguments made in the article are wholly flawed on conception. Those eastern European countries you are talking about now have their own language as me ... read full comment
This is complete nonsense. What do this writer intend to communicate? The arguments made in the article are wholly flawed on conception. Those eastern European countries you are talking about now have their own language as medium of communication, what has change. Africans are corrupt in the mind.Until we change our mentality, things will continue to be the same even if we school in our native language and practice paganism.
Hi Brother Nuhu, I am always thinking about your concern. however, all what is behind the science of technology in the west and every other nation is that
there is systematic step by step explanation of every
technology. ...
read full comment
I think a distinction must be made between religion and science. Religion is faith based and therefore has somehow little to do with science which can be proved. A flying witch and an airplane can not be the same. Nuhu, your ...
read full comment
BROTHER NUHU, THE PRACTICE OF MAGIC AND WITCHCRAFT IS NOT AFRICAN. IT HAS BEEN PRACTISED BY EVERY PRIMITIVE SOCIETY IN THIS WORLD. WHEN THE SOCIETY ADVANCES IN SCIENCE IT BECOMES MORE INFORMED. IT UNDERSTANDS HOW THINGS WORK. ...
read full comment
it is the likes of miseducated Nuhu that Africa remain what is it today. To me the way forward for the African or the black race to appreciate and understand science and technology better is to try to read into that area of s ...
read full comment
Brother Nuhu, you express your views very well. Unfortunately, you have to write them in ENGLISH! In what Ghanaian language do you suggest to use next time? By the way, do you know some Ghanaians still use English only in the ...
read full comment
BBC News
BUSINESS
23 July 2012 Last updated at 19:01 ET
Can robotics change the future of a nation?
By Fiona Graham
Technology of business reporter, BBC News, Kampala and Nairobi
"I want to go deeper into machines ...
read full comment
Yet, when an African flies above some altitude to seek knowledge, it is termed as devilish and Satanic
THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT WITCHES FLY. IT IS ALL FALSE, THIS IS ONE REASON WHY AFRICANS CANNOT MOVE FORWARD-SUPERSTITI ...
read full comment
THE WRITER IS A FOOL ADVOCATING MORE VOODOO. 'NAANAEMA NKADA NKADA!
You made your point but I guess you're missing the real point. It's true that most of the developed countries uses their own language but that's not why the are ahead of the others but because the believed in education. They ...
read full comment
FOCUS ON QUALITY EDUCATION. I MEAN QUALITY SCIENCE EDUCATION AND YOU WOULD FLY HIGH.
IS BECAUSE WE DON'T ASK THE "HOLY SPIRIT" TO TAKE CONTROL OF OUR MIND,WE MIST TECHNOLOGY WITH "WITCH LOGY". JESUS TOLD US THE "HOLY SPIRIT" WILL COME AND TEACH YOU WHAT TO DO. WE LEAVE THE FORCE BEHIND DOES IS OUR PROBLEM.
. . . and the nonsense continues . . . an aeroplane is bits and pieces of metal, cut, filed. machined and put together. There is nothing magic behind it, else they will never fail and fall.
Every body berates Nuhu because the west has coached our brains not to accept exactly what he is saying. Name one single inventor or innovator who is well educated. There is a point there.
From Kenya to Madagascar: The African tech-hub boom
Viewpoint by Erik Hersman
Technologist, blogger, co-founder of Ushahidi
There's a buzz, a palpable energy, running through the corridors of Africa's capitals and urba ...
read full comment
Tell me why the Queen of England is held high in their democracy and ours cannot contain our kings?
Because there is one King/Queen of England with written laid down specifics and there are 100s of chiefs who are always fighting.
EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY ARE THE KEYS TO PROGRESS BY THE AFRICAN. LANGUAGE IS ESSENTIAL BUT THAT IS NOT WHERE OUR PROBLEM LIES. WE NEED TO APPLY AND EMULATE WHAT TECHNOLOGY HAD BEEN DEVELOPED AND APPLY IT SUCCESSFULLY . WE MU ...
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Science is not the domain of anyone person. It is published for all to see. Science is the collection of provable human knowledge. Africans included. There is nothing like Western technology
Do not get the writer wrong. Language is the soul of the human body. You are best in creativity if you do it in your mother tongue. The African becomes a pale shadow of himself if he tries to do things in a foreign language. ...
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23 January 2013 Last updated at 09:05 ET
Kenya begins construction of 'silicon' city Konza
Kenya's president has launched a $14.5bn (£9.1bn) project to build a new city intended to be an IT business hub ...
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The statement "Just recently, the South African government placed a ban on witches not to fly above a certain altitude which certainly might be a directive from the west." is incorrect. The Swaziland government is reported to ...
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Nuhu, your ideas cannot be appreciated by the ordinary Ghanaians. Perhaps, you are living ahead of your time.Good piece.
The confusion in our minds can also be attributed to how our leaders got stuck to western ways at any point in time. It is imperative to consider some of the indigenous ways of doing things to improve upon them for our own go ...
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The writers views are true but need a little bit of straightening. Language is the key to everything.We must first of all review our thoughts and reshape them in the language we bet understand that will bring out all the myst ...
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Good one there.God richly bless you.You have said it all.We are where we re because we cherish westersn cultures at the expense of ours.
The author has not done much research into this topic, hence his inability to explore the subject matter very well.The ideas raised are really touching and disturbing Africans.
This is complete nonsense. What do this writer intend to communicate? The arguments made in the article are wholly flawed on conception. Those eastern European countries you are talking about now have their own language as me ...
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