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The following is a list and timeline of innovations as well as inventions and discoveries that involved South African people or South Africa including predecessor states in the history of the formation of South Africa. This list covers innovation and invention in the mechanical, electronic, and industrial fields, as well as medicine, military ...
Currently, forty percent of African-born scientists live in OCED countries, predominantly NATO and EU countries. This has been described as an African brain drain. [258] Sub-Saharan African countries spent on average 0.3% of their GDP on S&T (Science and Technology) in 2007. This represents a combined increase from US$1.8bn in 2002 to US$2.8bn ...
Somali inventions (25 P) South African inventions (1 C, 19 P) Pages in category "African inventions" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
This list of African-American inventors and scientists documents many of the African Americans who have invented a multitude of items or made discoveries in the course of their lives. These have ranged from practical everyday devices to applications and scientific discoveries in diverse fields, including physics, biology, math, and medicine.
Sydney Brenner (1927–2019), South African biologist, who won the 2002 Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine. Allan McLeod Cormack (1924–1998), South African-born American physicist, who won the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Mulalo Doyoyo (born 1970), South African professor, engineer and inventor.
The 16th century invention, the Runcible Spoon, outshined the spork even though it failed to become the newest, trendiest dining utensil. ... Perhaps the most famous flying car prototype was the ...
Behind many of the world's most important inventions were even more fantastic flops ... 5 flops from the world's most famous inventors. Clinton Nguyen. Updated September 9, 2016 at 5:18 PM.
African historiography became organized at the academic level in the mid-20th century. [219] Members of the Ibadan School, such as Kenneth Dike and Saburi Biobaku, pioneered a new methodology of reconstructing African history using the oral traditions, alongside evidence from European-style histories and other historical sciences.