{"id":111377,"date":"2015-10-02T10:14:39","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T10:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpstaging.afromagazine.eu\/africa-and-technology\/"},"modified":"2015-10-02T10:14:39","modified_gmt":"2015-10-02T10:14:39","slug":"africa-and-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afromagazine.nl\/en\/africa-and-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa and Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"afrom-2620859976\" class=\"afrom-voor-inhoud-singlepost afrom-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ghanatours.nl\/keti-koti-pelgrimstocht\/\" aria-label=\"AFRO-BANNER-728X90\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/afromagazine.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AFRO-BANNER-728X90.webp\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/afromagazine.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AFRO-BANNER-728X90.webp 728w, https:\/\/afromagazine.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AFRO-BANNER-728X90-300x37.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" class=\"no-lazyload\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><p>The Netherlands Association of African Studies (NVAS) organizes its NVAS Africa Day to provide a platform for the presentation and discussion of research on technologies that are present in Africa or are aimed at improving life in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Keynote speakers<\/p>\n<p>-Jeroen van der Sommen: \u2018The data revolution transforming the development sector in Africa\u2019<br \/>\n-Victor Langenberg: \u2018Food safety in Africa \u2013 fishery\u2019<br \/>\n-Jan-Bart Gewald: \u2018Rocketry in Africa. The life and times of Colonel &#8216;Rocket Man&#8217;, E.F.M. Nkoloso\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Speed dating current research<\/p>\n<p>Expert researchers present their current research by means of two questions or statements. You can attend four sessions.<\/p>\n<p>Some themes: Farmers and technology, frugal innovation, medical anthropology, game developers, mobile phones, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Exhibitions<\/p>\n<p>Companies will present their innovative products: frugal thermometer, rope making, affordable housing, stone crushing machine, solar cooking, lighting solutions etc.<\/p>\n<p>Date: Saturday 17 October, 9.30-17.15<br \/>\nVenue: UNESCO-IHE, Westvest 7, Delft, a 2-minute walk from Delft CS<br \/>\nCost: \u20ac 25,- (students and NVAS members: \u20ac 15,-), coffee\/tea, lunch and drinks included<br \/>\nRegister before October 10 by sending the attached registration form to Marieke van Winden: winden@ascleiden.nl<br \/>\nMore information: www.afrikastudies.nl<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Netherlands Association of African Studies (NVAS) organizes its NVAS Africa Day to provide a platform for the presentation and discussion of research on technologies that are present in Africa or are aimed at improving life in Africa. Keynote speakers -Jeroen van der Sommen: \u2018The data revolution transforming the development sector in Africa\u2019 -Victor Langenberg: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":111378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,2564],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[2583],"class_list":{"0":"post-111377","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-seminar-agenda","8":"category-uncategorized"},"authors":[{"term_id":2583,"user_id":1,"is_guest":0,"slug":"mermar","display_name":"mermar","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b97554d899a7ce8df2bc286c2f73beda56ebbc97d5d9ced74f7a04498e0fb0d3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/afromagazine.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/afromagazine.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/afromagazine.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afromagazine.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afromagazine.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/afromagazine.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afromagazine.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/afromagazine.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afromagazine.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afromagazine.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111377"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afromagazine.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=111377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}