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1950, Q20 lubricant was invented by Mr. Robertson in Pinetown. [2] Q20 is an all purpose lubricating spray that is owned by the Triton-Leo Group (Pty) Ltd. [3] The name derives from "it has 20 answers to 20 questions". 1957, Flame ionization detector by Harley and Pretorius at the University of Pretoria in Pretoria, South Africa
The Great Rift Valley of Africa provides critical evidence for the evolution of early hominins.The earliest tools in the world can be found there as well: An unidentified hominin, possibly Australopithecus afarensis or Kenyanthropus platyops, created stone tools dating to 3.3 million years ago at Lomekwi in the Turkana Basin, eastern Africa.
This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total. A. ... Pages in category "African inventions" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 ...
South Africa dismantled its nuclear weapons programme in 1989, the first nation in the world to do so, and became a signatory of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1991. [11] South Africa continues to use its surplus of Uranium as part of its nuclear energy programme, supplying the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station and SAFARI-1 research reactors.
The first wind turbine. William Kamkwamba (born August 5, 1987, in Kasungu, Malawi), is a Malawian inventor, engineer, and author. He gained renown in his country in 2001 when he built a wind turbine to power multiple electrical appliances in his family's house in Wimbe, 23 kilometres (14 mi) east of Kasungu, using blue gum trees, bicycle parts, and materials collected in a local scrapyard.
Metalworking in West Africa has been dated as early as 2,500 BC at Egaro west of the Termit in Niger, and iron working was practiced there by 1,500 BC. [69] Iron smelting has been dated to 2,000 BC in southeast Nigeria. [70] Central Africa provides possible evidence of iron working as early as the 3rd millennium BC. [71]
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This category has the following 86 subcategories, out of 86 total. ... South African inventions (1 C, 19 P) South Korean inventions (2 C, 27 P) Soviet inventions (11 ...