ፍትህ ለሁሉም / Justice for All
The Age of Exploration, or Age of Discovery, is one of the most important events in the history of the western world. It began in the early 15th century and continued until the end of the 17th century, and involved European explorers using their navigational skills to travel the world. In general, the Age of Exploration …
The Renaissance was a fervent period of European cultural, artistic, political, and economic “rebirth” following the Middle Ages. Generally described as taking place from the 14th century to the 17th century, the Renaissance promoted the rediscovery of classical philosophy, literature, and art. Some of the greatest thinkers, authors, statesmen, scientists, and artists in human history …
The period of European history extending from about 500 to 1400–1500 CE is traditionally known as the Middle Ages. The term was first used by 15th-century scholars to designate the period between their own time and the fall of the Western Roman Empire. The period is often considered to have its own internal divisions: either early and late or …
The course of human events is not an eternal round. In the wisdom of the ancients, there are many proverbs to the effect that which is, has been before, and will be again. So far as human experience extends, unaided by reason, days and nights come and go, winter follows summer and summer follows winter …
Beginning with The Fifth Branch, I have examined the ways in which scientific and technical advice shore up the legitimacy of public decisions. That book introduced and developed the concept of “regulatory science” as a distinct domain of scientific production, accountable to epistemic as well as normative demands in ways that help explain why it is …
After a successful inaugural launch at the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 2019, African Innovation Week 2020 went Digital from 9-13 November 2020, in collaboration with partners, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The African Union, and the Technology and Innovation Institute of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. Read more
By strengthening the startup ecosystem through capacity-building and commercialization, matching investors with potential startups, and monitoring, evaluating, and researching helping policy-makers make the right decisions on time, African Innovation Week is striving to help young people in Africa get decent work. African Innovation Week is growing rapidly through its over 108 Ambassadors across the continent, …
Five of the 10 countries with the highest number of start-ups in the entire world are in Africa, according to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor. With the fastest-growing population on earth, Africa represents the highest human capital potential globally and reports released by institutions such as the World Bank, World Economic Forum, and Deloitte underscore innovation …
The future of Innovation in Ethiopia looks bright. 70% of university students study science and engineering subjects, making Ethiopia the highest source of technical talent in Africa today. A rise in incubators and technology labs has seen a proliferation of innovative ideas but the commercialization of technology innovation has been an uphill struggle for many …
The goal of our previous discussions in this class has been to understand the inheritance of a single trait, a trait that may be controlled by one, a few, or many genes. The goal of population genetics is different. Rather than studying the inheritance of a trait, population genetics attempts to describe how the frequency …