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A Young Egyptian Researcher Attracts the Attention of British and European Oil Companies. Dr. Mohammad ElSayed Develops the First Multi-Sensing Robot System for Monitoring Offshore Oil and Gas Platforms in Britain
Egypt News, Energy, Science, Tech

A Young Egyptian Researcher Attracts the Attention of British and European Oil Companies. Dr. Mohammad ElSayed Develops the First Multi-Sensing Robot System for Monitoring Offshore Oil and Gas Platforms in Britain

In an interview with Iris Media Agency, Dr. Mohammed ElSayed, a young Egyptian researcher at the University of Edinburgh, asserted that his success in developing a new multi-sensing robot has attracted the attention of both British and European oil and gas companies. Dr. Mohammad, who is currently spending his vacation in Abu Dhabi, mentioned that his novel invention will be be deployed in large collectives for monitoring offshore oil and gas platforms, as it designed to be low-cost and highly manufacturable. At the age of 25, Dr. Mohammed ElSayed has successfully received a PhD in Robotics from The University of Edinburgh on this research project under the supervision of Dr. Adam Stokes, becoming one of the youngest scientists in the universit...
It’s Time For Africa To Invest In Education, Science And Technology
Kenya News, Main, Science, Senegal News, South Africa News, Tech

It’s Time For Africa To Invest In Education, Science And Technology

Africa produces just 1.1% of global scientific knowledge. There are 79 scientists per million Africans. According to the UNESCO Institute of Statistics (UIS) estimate for 2019 Africa’s funding for Research and Development is 0.4% of the continents GDP which is far below the global average of 1.7% and the lowest in the world. In 2006, the African Union Executive Council established a target for all member states to invest 1% of GDP in Research and Development. Data from the UIS shows that only South Africa, Kenya, and Senegal are close to meeting that target with about 0.8% of GDP dedicated to Research and Development. Africa will continue to be held back in development if we do not immediately invest in Research and Development. Science has the solution for most Africa challenges but we ar...