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We are a charity organization, equipping teaching laboratories in Africa and other developing countries. Our goal is to find and acquire usable and reusable laboratory equipment, tools, supplies, and machines and then transfer these items to teaching laboratories in colleges and universities in developing countries. Our partnership with research laboratories, organizations, universities and colleges, and the makers of laboratory equipment and tools is our mechanism of seeking requisite laboratory items for reposing to institutions that could benefit from them. We believe that educational experiments and valuable research using devices acquired through this mechanism would create a better learning environment and opportunities for students in these regions.
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Experiential learning in the sciences is our objective as we seek partners to meek our goal of equipping teaching laboratories within African institutions and beyond. We are convinced that our approach will connect theoretical work and knowledge to hands-on skills that are more engaging and applicable and are of industrial demands that meet real-world needs. We hope to assist institutions in graduating scientists who are prepared to work mentally and empirically to solve challenging problems in their immediate scientific community and contribute globally to scientific inquiries and knowledge creation through research and innovation.
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Lab equipment

A well-equipped laboratory is essential for science education and for state-of-the-art research for any top-ranking university – and this simply cannot be overemphasized. African universities are not yet in this subset of equipped laboratories. There is a colossal need for better-furnished labs for many fields of scientific learning in the developing world. DuLabs is looking to change this undersupply by getting essential laboratory gear, supplies, and other learning tools, into the hands of people that will benefit most from them.
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Science education of africans

When you Have the Resources

Consider Dr. Francisca Nneka Okeke, a Professor of Physics from Nigeria. She headed up the Department of Physics and Astronomy at UNN (University of Nigeria) from 2003-06 before becoming Dean of Physical Sciences (2008-10). She has supervised more than 40 students on their Ph.D. and M.Sc. successes. A member, or fellow, in more than a dozen professional bodies, such as the International Astronomical Union (IAU), she’s made contributions to the study of the electrojet phenomenon, atmospheric physics and, with her ionosphere studies, she hopes to develop a better understanding of climate change, as well as finding precise sources of earthquakes and tsunamis. And all this is because she had a lab in Africa…

Sikhumbuzo Masina

“From an African perspective, I believe it is vital to inspire young, up and coming scientist. If there is inspiration and collaboration, there is learning, and learning can be passed on. There has to be continuity if science and innovation is to flourish across our continent.” – University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa We couldn’t agree more with Sik, and our focus is to put emphasis on science education and innovation in the laboratory – and we believe that it all starts with a well-equipped science laboratory. Dulabs is working with partners to furnish laboratories

Jamil Abass

Consider Jamil Abass, creator and founder of M-Farm.  Abass is a software developer in Kenya who provides vital market data by SMS to small farmers.  This helps them to improve their sales, find markets in commercial farming, and ultimately it lifts people out of poverty. All it takes is access to the right equipment (in this case, computers, and training) and anyone or everyone can be a game-changer!

Science Education of Africans

When you Have the Resources

Consider Dr. Francisca Nneka Okeke, a Professor of Physics from Nigeria. She headed up the Department of Physics and Astronomy at UNN (University of Nigeria) from 2003-06 before becoming Dean of Physical Sciences (2008-10). She has supervised more than 40 students on their Ph.D. and M.Sc. successes. A member, or fellow, in more than a dozen professional bodies, such as the International Astronomical Union (IAU), she’s made contributions to the study of the electrojet phenomenon, atmospheric physics and, with her ionosphere studies, she hopes to develop a better understanding of climate change, as well as finding precise sources of earthquakes and tsunamis. And all this is because she had a lab in Africa…
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The problem

What other new students take for granted, these students have to learn for the first time—so they may spend months lagging behind the others while they are acquiring basic laboratory skills. This additional necessity delays the period of time before they can start to make significant progress to advance their non-laboratory skills and understanding.

Thus begins a deadly spiral with fewer and fewer developing nation students taking up scientific careers. This means that scientific graduates become even rarer, in a time when they are already too few in number to help their countries modernize and grow scientifically.

Because of the problems of poor scientific resources and lack of fully functional laboratories, students that graduate in the sciences, through no fault of theirs, often suffer from lack of practical experience. And if they are lucky to get a science job after graduation, they would have to spend precious months or even years learning the practical aspects of the theory on-the-job. For a very long time this insufficient practical knowledge has made it impossible for African scientist to excel and make vital contributions to the scientific community.

To potential students in the developing world it is axiomatic that science-training is underfunded, poorly supported, and ineffective. As a result, students turn to education in the Arts or other professions where equipment is abundant, or not even required.

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Eliminating poverty

Ultimately, if Africa turned out more applied science graduates, the whole continent would benefit, and by extension, the whole scientific community, and the world. Having more scientists advances society and improves socioeconomic status. Scientists are a functional member of the society and have an immense role to play in the growth of any nation and continent and African and rest of the world should not be left out in this race to the top of training and retaining problem-solvers.

The mission by DULABS is to provide better equipped teaching laboratories, thereby creating more skilled, hands-on scientists, who in future will solve many scientific problems in their immediate communities. Students graduating from colleges and universities with practical laboratory experience become aware that science is a relevant, practical, attainable and significantly beneficial.

An increased scientific presence leads to better infrastructure and quality of life for the continent. A lot of basic infrastructures and amenities depend on the inputs of science professionals: transportation, mines, water treatment, sanitation, electrical systems, and more, all depend on scientists with a practical grasp of the science behind the related task, systems, and processes.

 

Providing scientific skills opens the door to more sophisticated, better-paying jobs for ordinary workers, too. For example, drug development labs need technically trained workers to perform the test and work on vaccine development and storage. No need to fly in expatriates around the world to manage highly skilled projects and processes. Also, it Their above average pay also makes its way into the communities, which prosper, and the standard of living rises for everyone.

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Sikhumbuzo Masina

“From an African perspective, I believe it is vital to inspire young, up and coming scientist. If there is inspiration and collaboration, there

Sikhumbuzo Masina

University of the Witwatersrand
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