Technology & Engineering

Engineering knowledge ages quickly, and the cost of falling behind compounds. Nigerian engineering faculties routinely teach from standards and methods a decade old because current work sits behind subscriptions. Open access changes the arithmetic — and engineering has more open venues than almost any other field.

This hub covers computing, electrical and civil engineering, materials, aerospace, and applied technology, prioritising open-access sources and African engineering scholarship.

Explore: 56 open-access journals in this field · Engineering & Technology subject guide

Subfields: Aerospace & Applied Tech · Computing · Engineering

FRELIP Weekly Research Digest — Technology & Engineering (week of 30 June 2026)

This week’s digest features 7 African-led studies and 3 global studies from journals like Nano-Micro Letters, Journal of Economic Asymmetries, and Carbon Energy. This week: a bifunctional catalyst that splits water and cleans wastewater simultaneously, evidence that macroeconomic shocks persistently reduce African income growth, a solar-powered urine concentrator for off-grid sanitation, and an AI agent that outperforms dense retrievers on reasoning-intensive multimodal search.

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Two Nigerians Shortlisted for 2026 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation — Here’s What They’re Building

The Royal Academy of Engineering’s Africa Prize has shortlisted 16 innovators across 11 countries — including two Nigerians with solutions tackling maternal health and medical oxygen access.

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