Branches of science you must know

The main branches of science also referred to as "sciences", "scientific fields", or "scientific disciplines" are commonly divided into three major groups.

These comprise the natural sciences, which study natural phenomena including fundamental forces and biological life as well as formal sciences such as mathematics and logic, which use an a priori, as opposed to factual methodology, while the social sciences, is study of human behavior and societies.

For the Natural sciences and social sciences which are known as empirical sciences, which means the knowledge must be based on observable phenomena and be capable of being tested for its validity by other researchers working under the same conditions.

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History of science and technology in Africa

Science and technology in Africa has unfolded since the dawn of human history. 

The first evidence of tool use and tool making by our hominid ancestors is interred in valleys across Sub-Saharan Africa.

Currently, forty percent of African-born scientists live in OECD countries, predominantly NATO and EU countries. This has been described as an African brain drain.^[1]

Sub-Saharan African countries spent on average 0.3% of their GDP on S&T (Science and Technology) in 2007. This represents a combined increase from US$1.8bn in 2002 to US$2.8bn in 2007.

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