Charles Drew discovered that there was a possibility of storing blood plasma for up to two months or more. An yet, it is popularly told and even transcribed in fiction, such as M*A*S*H TV series, that Drew would have died due to a refusal of a blood transfusion because of his skin color. (Read more...)

Manyika for over 20 years has given counsel to CEOs of world leading companies on product, strategy, growth, and business innovation. (Read more...)

Njidjou has set up an interactive connected incubator called "Mawouo". (Read more...)

Thanks to the Cardiopad, the populations in rural areas can have their heart conditions monitored, by the best heart specialists in the country, without physical displacement of the latter. (Read more...)

Dr. Gladys Mae West has been recognized as the mathematician who laid the groundwork to invent the GPS, due to her contributions to the mathematical modeling of the shape of the Earth and her work on the development of the satellite geodesy models that have been incorporated into the GPS system. (Read more...)

Nahum manufactures and markets medical robots for surgery, the latest of which is a robotic solution for the minimally invasive treatment of liver cancer. (Read more...)

Woods registered close to 60 patents in his lifetime, including a telephone transmitter, a trolley wheel and the multiplex telegraph in which he defeated Thomas Edison's lawsuit. (Read more...)

Sara Menker is working to solve the food crisis with Gro Intelligence, a platform that connects food markets around the world. (Read more...)

William Kamkwamba came to the lamplight in 2001, when he single handedly build a Windmill in his community by observing a picture from a library book. (Read more...)

Brian Gitta was a victim of the malaria disease on several occasions. He suffered most especially from undiagnosed malaria on numerous stints despite the blood tests carried out on him with negative results. (Read more...)