New bugs, found in Kenya, can help to control major maize pests: Telenomus remus, egg parasitoids of Fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugipdera Dr. Robert Copeland, Biosystematics Unit, icipeInsect pests, such as maize stemborers and fall armyworm, increasingly challenge food production around the world. Huge demands for crops have meant agricultural systems have simplified and … [Read more...] about New bugs, found in Kenya, can help to control major maize pests | The Conversation
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Can the philosophy of ubuntu help provide a way to face health crises? | The Conversation
Can the philosophy of ubuntu help provide a way to face health crises?: A member of the South African National Defence Force hands out pamphlets informing township residents about COVID-19 in Johannesburg. Kim Ludbrook/EPA-EFEAfrican communities, within South Africa and beyond, are diverse and complex, informed by different rules, values and beliefs. But public health … [Read more...] about Can the philosophy of ubuntu help provide a way to face health crises? | The Conversation
New breakfast show to help business leaders start the day with Empathy
New breakfast show to help business leaders start the day with Empathy: “Empathy for Breakfast” to be hosted by author, managing director and regenerative leadership expert Mimi Nicklin Johannesburg, 27 April 2020: Announcing a brand new breakfast show, the type that the world needs right now: Empathy for Breakfast. From Tuesday 28 April, at 8 AM, this innovative weekly show … [Read more...] about New breakfast show to help business leaders start the day with Empathy
The launch of the world’s first live donations platform to help artists earn during lockdown
The launch of the world’s first live donations platform to help artists earn during lockdown: A live donations platform harnessing QR technology has been launched in South Africa to help performers and music artists generate income while live streaming. It’s called BUSQR (pronounced ‘busker’) and it has been solving a lot of the ‘pain-points’ for live performers of all types – … [Read more...] about The launch of the world’s first live donations platform to help artists earn during lockdown
Spirit of World Cup win inspires Siya Kolisi to help South Africa – Port Elizabeth in the News |MyPE
Spirit of World Cup win inspires Siya Kolisi to help South Africa – Port Elizabeth in the News: Spirit of World Cup win inspires Siya Kolisi to help South Africa: “We are trying to give it back to the people now who need it the most.” Having grown up in a township near Port Elizabeth, Kolisi knows how tough the lockdown is for those living in the more cramped, … Source: … [Read more...] about Spirit of World Cup win inspires Siya Kolisi to help South Africa – Port Elizabeth in the News |MyPE
