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Nanotech for water can help business innovate and grow
Developing world businesses must invest in nanotech research and development for clean water to stay ahead, says Mohamed Abdel-Mottaleb.
Users can drive creative innovation for the poor
Open innovation has potential to revitalise the development sector, providing new sources of creative knowledge and resources, says Tara Acharya.
Africa Analysis: Taking science to market
There are big plans afoot to get African science to the market place, but why wait for continent-wide resolutions, says Linda Nordling.
A local approach to agri-technology in India
A bottom-up approach is making locally-appropriate pesticides available to India's poorer farmers, explains Daniel Puente-Rodríguez.
OPINION | 29 October 2008 | EN
Africa should pursue a homegrown malaria vaccine
Africa should be the driver, not co-pilot, of malaria vaccine development, argues Tom Egwang.
OPINION | 25 April 2007 | EN
Time for a venture capital comeback
Athar Osama says that while attempts to transplant US-style venture capitalism to the developing world may still be doomed to failure, carefully designed programs stand a fair chance of success.
OPINION | 7 July 2006 | EN
Reducing poverty needs an 'innovation system' approach
Andrew Barnett argues that more attention needs to be paid to the state of the pipeline that connects research to its application.
OPINION | 4 April 2005 | EN
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