I recently attended a course on "leading processes and organisations". Organisations bring groups of people for the aim of achieving a common goal. However, the process is not always straight forwards. partly because leaders and managers have different competencies and strengths, but also members of an organisations may have divergent interests and goals that they … Continue reading 6 leadership lessons
Over the years, I have collected and saved touching and meaningful quotes from everywhere - the internet, books, people, talk shows and podcasts, etc. Whenever I came across such quotes, I would save in a notepad for review later. I put the list down here, both as a way to make sure I never … Continue reading Life as you know it in quotes
In September, Tanzania joined 34 other African countries to celebrate Africa Science Week, a yearly event organised by the Next Einstein Forum (NEF) initiative using its science ambassadors. Dr. Noorali Jiwaji, an astronomer and senior lecturer at The Open University of Tanzania, gave a keynote address at a science cafe for University students, part of the … Continue reading In Defence of Science
By Aneth David and Godbless Baluhya Did you know that your CV/Resume has on average 5-7 seconds to impress? Meanwhile, a typical corporate receives about 250 applications per position and 75 percent of candidates are eliminated by their CV alone. This is how to prepare a CV that improves the odds of a fresh graduate … Continue reading Write your own CV from scratch
A single mistake in your CV and it is as good as trash! 61% of recruiters will dismiss a resume because it contains typos while 43% of hiring managers will disqualify applicants because of their spelling mistakes. There is a lot of information across the internet on how to write a CV, and despite … Continue reading 8 Ways to NOT write a CV
Every child born into this world has a healthy brain and a striving mind with the mental capacity ready to be a genius. A genius is a person who displays exceptional intellectual ability, typically to a degree that is associated with the achievement of new advances in a domain of knowledge. Actually at birth more … Continue reading Deoxygenated Intellectual Genius – Lack of Oxygen at Birth
The field of scientific research in Africa is currently receiving many young and ambitious candidates. I here-by present four scientists who in coordination and sponsorship of SABINA, a Southern African Network for Natural Products, Biochemistry and Bioinformatics have been carrying out their researches as Masters and PhD candidates. The researches are on the relevant problems that face Africa, … Continue reading Inspiring Young African Scientists Making a trail in Natural Products Research – Part I
A sharp increase on the use of chemical pesticides in food production has been observed over the past 40 years, mainly to meet the ever growing demand for food. However, the increased use of chemical inputs for crop production has negative effects to human and animal health, environmental pollution and biodiversity disruption. This calls for a search for new … Continue reading Alternatives to Chemical inputs in farming
Effective communication skills are important when you want a message to reach a targeted audience and be understood. This is especially true for scientists in the many fields, who do a lot of interesting research but either keep it amongst themselves or struggle to communicate in a way that is comprehensible to the general public. The people around them … Continue reading How to reach your audience as a scientist – Effective communication
