Tanzania
Pedal power may clean up Tanzania slum
afrol News, 19 November - The slums of the Tanzanian capital, Dar es Salaam, are an unhealthy and smelly place due to freely flowing sewage. Now, a researcher has found a low-threshold technology without needing electricity that could clean up the slum.
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Kenya
E-payment for a cup of water in Kenya
afrol News, 22 October - In a rural district grossly neglected by Kenyan authorities, private actors have introduced groundbreaking technology to provide basic services. E-payment, microfinance and solar energy secure safe water for villagers.
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Kenya
Kenyan pupils find teachers in laptops
afrol News, 21 October - Gladys Lokilamak is always cheery in the afternoons. This is the time that she and her colleagues at the remote Asilong Primary School in north-western Kenya normally find fun in education - through laptops.
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South Africa
Microsoft play ‘big brother’ in SA
afrol News, 23 April - Microsoft will want to be a player rather than just a big spender in South Africa’s black empowerment policy, the company has said following the announcement it would spend about half a billion rands (about US$ 64 million) in the next seven years to boost local business partnerships.
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Africa
Is computer learning becoming redundant in Africa?
afrol News, 6 April - Teachers and technologists gathering at the eLearning Africa 2010 conference in Zambia will be debating a billion dollar question, attempting to work out whether future African students will learn from the telephones in their pockets or from the laptops in their classrooms.
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Mauritius
Cold sea water to cool Mauritius pc-s
afrol News, 31 March - The Mauritian government is joining the country's private sector in an exciting project to tap the undersea cold water to cool off operations by data centres on the island. Large resources are currently spent on electricity for cooling.
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