NUL ERC SCIENTISTS TAKE CLEAN ELECTRICITY TO 185 HOMES IN THE MOUNTAINS!
Let’s take a trip to the beautiful mountain villages of Motete in Butha-Buthe and Linakaneng in Thaba-Tseka. For a long time, these places had no electricity. People used candles for light, chopped firewood to cook, and walked long distances just to charge their phones. But that all changed when the National University of Lesotho (NUL) […]
FORMER NUL STUDENT BUILDS AN APP THAT FINDS YOU A JOB WHILE YOU SLEEP!
Thabo Maibi, a former student of the National University of Lesotho (NUL), now a PhD student at Stellenbosch University, has built an app called Career Agent. It automatically searches for jobs, matches them to your CV, and even applies for the jobs on your behalf… while you sleep! Career Agent goes out into the big […]
NUL STUDENT TURNS KITCHEN WASTE INTO A HEALTHY TEA!
A Nutrition student at the National University of Lesotho (NUL), Retšepile Thekiso, says the peels of onion, lemon, and ginger—the parts we usually throw away—can be used for more than just compost! “These peels are packed with beneficial compounds. Instead of discarding them as waste, I used them to create a tea that help manage […]
NUL Student is Building a Machine That Sees Inside Your Body!
Khatlako Mareka, an Electronics Engineering student at the National University of Lesotho (NUL), is doing what many thought only big hospitals in rich countries could do—design a small machine to see inside the human body. His work? A low-cost Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) system that can make 3D images of what’s hidden under your skin! […]
NUL STUDENT FINDS THAT SOME ROMA CLAYS ARE GOOD FOR CERAMIC TILES!
Could the ordinary clay found around Lesotho’s Roma Valley become the key to producing beautiful ceramic tiles, bricks, and pottery—right here at home? Lebohang Pule, a student at the National University of Lesotho (NUL), decided to find out. It all started with a simple thought: why is Lesotho still importing most of its ceramic products, […]
NUL STUDENT TURNS MAIZE COBS INTO PAPER
What if Lesotho’s mountains of maize cobs—those usually discarded or burned after harvest—could be turned into something valuable, like paper bags? That’s exactly what Moeketsi Shale, a Chemical Technology student at the National University of Lesotho (NUL) is doing. Lesotho’s paper bag manufacturing company, Molhen Paper Solutions—was the perfect partner in this exciting experiment. The […]
NUL STUDENTS CREATE A MAP THAT TELLS YOU WHERE TO DIG FOR WATER IN ROMA!
Two Geography and Environmental Science students at the National University of Lesotho (NUL), Moroke Khotso and Shale Motlalane, have developed a powerful digital map tool that could help solve water problems in Lesotho—by showing exactly where to drill for water! The duo created a detailed Groundwater Potential Zones (GWPZ) Map using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) […]
NUL STUDEN’S SYSTEM MAKES YOUR CAR REFUSE TO MOVE YOU IF YOU’RE DRUNK!
An Electronics Engineering Student at the National University of Lesotho (NUL), Shoeshoe Mosenene, has designed a prototype that could help save countless lives—by stopping drunk drivers from starting their engines! When someone tries to start the car, the system turns on. First, it takes a photo of the driver’s face with a camera. If the […]
NUL Student Develops Smart Battery Saver to Keep Village Lights On!
The National University of Lesotho (NUL)’s Electronics Engineering student, Mahloli Makhetha, has come up with a cool fix for a big problem in some villages in Lesotho —keeping electricity running without killing the batteries too soon! If the battery is doing okay, everything stays on. But once it starts dropping—say, below 70%—the system gives a […]
NUL Students Find That NUL Dishwasher Is As Good As Big South African Ones!
Lemohang Mathaba and Itumeleng Moiloa, two students from the National University of Lesotho (NUL), had a cool challenge: take a dishwashing soap made right here at NUL and see if it’s as good as the big South African brands. The soap is called Supersuds. It’s made by a small company called ChemConsult, which works right […]