Portugal / PALOP: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation donates 3D printers; Mozambique will receive five

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Portugal / PALOP: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation donates 3D printers; Mozambique will receive five

10:43 CAT | 07 Aug 2020

Photo: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation announced Thursday that it will donate 12 3D printing ‘kits’ to higher education, technology or research institutions in Portuguese language African countries (PALOP), allowing “free availability of consumables” in the response to Covid-19.

“In a more immediate phase, these ‘kits’ will allow the free availability of health consumables to support the response capacity to Covid-19 of the partner health institutions”, says the foundation, in a statement released today, adding that “each set consists of two 3D printers, consumables, distance training and an ‘online’ support line”.

According to the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the support aims to bring university and scientific institutions closer to health institutions in PALOPs, hoping in the medium term to “strengthen social innovation initiatives, allowing the availability of this equipment for research, teaching and other pilot initiatives”.

Angola will receive four of these sets, two of which will be allocated to Luanda (Agostinho Neto University and Instituto Superior Politécnico de Tecnologias e Ciências), one to Benguela (Instituto Superior Politécnico da Universidade Katyavala Bwila) and Moçâmedes (Academia de Pescas e Ciências do Mar do Namibe).

Mozambique will receive five sets, distributed by Maxixe (Save University), Nampula (Rovuma University and University of Lúrio), Beira (Faculty of Science and Technology of Zambezi University) and Maputo (Association for the Promotion of Development through Science Training “Osuwela”).

The Instituto Superior de Ciências da Saúde Dr. Victor Sá Machado – Universidade de São Tomé e Príncipe will also receive one of these ‘kits’, while the Cape Verdean universities Jean Piaget (Praia) and Técnica do Atlântico (São Vicente) will each receive one of these kits.

A Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian vai entregar 12 kits de impressão 3D a instituições de ensino superior, tecnologia ou de investigação dos PALOP. https://t.co/rjZGB2IS5y #Gulbenkian #PALOP #3dprinter

— Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (@FCGulbenkian) August 6, 2020

Among the African countries that have Portuguese as their official language, Equatorial Guinea leads in the number of cases and deaths (4,821 infected and 83 deaths), followed by Cabo Verde (2,689 cases and 27 deaths), Guinea-Bissau (2,032 cases and 27 deaths), Mozambique (2,120 cases and 15 deaths), Angola (1,344 infected and 59 deaths) and Sao Tome and Principe (878 cases and 15 deaths).

Source: Lusa