The View Point

INNOVATION: Ugandan researchers invent a air-quality monitoring sensor

Ugandan researchers have developed low-cost air quality monitoring sensors that work in extreme conditions and will allow Uganda to switch from expensive imported monitors in its bid to tackle rising air pollution. 

Guest: Prof Engineer Bainomugisha, Associate Professor of Computer Science and the Chair of the Department of Computer Science at Makerere University.

Guest: Sechaba Motsiloa, Head of Marketing and Strategy at ImPower works

Nzinga Qunta is a business news anchor with over a decade of experience in radio and television. She is currently an anchor on SABC News.Nzinga is in conversation with Siphokuhle Mathe - talking about youth unemployment and the economy. What will move us to the utopian version of South Africa?

GUEST Nzinga Qunta- Author, news anchor and facilitator

GUEST Siphokuhle Mathe - Political Economist, Social and Political Commentator

The SBK Leadership Academy empowers the youth in the greater Pretoria area, South Africa, to reach their fullest potential with FUN, INTERACTIVE, and TRANSFORMATIONAL (FIT) sessions. These sessions are focused on having each learner engage with various leadership themes from our intentionally curated SBK Leadership Academy booklet.

GUESTS [PHONE Simphiwe Pedros  Director of SBK Academy

Drought and conflict have left record numbers of people in some states in Africa in dire need of aid, with women and children facing the brunt of the crises. Millions of people are facing humanitarian catastrophe as drought continues to grip the Horn of Africa. The crisis is compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, ongoing conflict, swarms of desert locusts, and surging food prices due to the war in Ukraine.

GUESTS -Djaounsede Madjiangar- Regional Head of Communications-Advocacy & Marketing at World Food Programme – Western Africa 

University of KwaZulu-Natal fourth year student, Mohamed Hoosen Suleman was selected for the prestigious changemaker scholarship in Geneva, Switzerland.

The fourth-year student is one of three medical students globally, who were selected for the scholarship to attend both the Youth Pre-World Health Assembly (Pre-WHA) and World Health Assembly (WHA) held at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The WHA is the WHO’s highest decision-making body that is attended to by world leaders and delegations of its 194 member states. A detailed agenda on global health is discussed with a plan of action on priority health areas that countries should focus on is decided in the meeting.

GUESTS:  Mohamed Hoosen Suleman UKZN medical student

The Cape Peninsula University of Technology, along with Cape Town-based Innovators, Snake Nation, have teamed up with the UK based Manchester Metropolitan University to roll-out a pilot programme to foster digital and entrepreneurial skills for graduates, where they will teach tech entrepreneurs (technopreneurs) to not only start and run their own businesses, but create employment and business opportunities for others.

GUESTSMr ] Name: Karl Carter - CEO of Snake Nation 

The South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) wants the Eastern Cape provincial government to intervene and reverse the reappointment of Amathole district municipal manager Dr Mthandeki Mnyimba.

GUESTS Luzuko - South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) Eastern Cape provincial secretary

Mental disorders among children are described as serious changes in the way children typically learn, behave, or handle their emotions, which cause distress and problems getting through the day. Many children occasionally experience fears and worries or display disruptive behaviors. If symptoms are serious and persistent and interfere with school, home, or play activities, the child may be diagnosed with a mental disorder. Approximately one in seven children have a treatable mental health condition but most will carry the burden through to adulthood due to South Africa’s chronic lack of specialists and facilities to support their unique needs.

GUESTS - Dr. Alicia Porter Contact: Board Member of the South African Society of Psychiatrists

Guest: Johanna Leblanc, National Security Law and Foreign Policy Expertbased in the US