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Africa
Science - Education | Technology

Pan-African parliamentary science forum launched

afrol News / SciDev.Net, 5 May - An Africa-wide forum for parliamentarians which aims to give science, technology and innovation a more central role in the policy-making process was launched this week.

Southern Africa
Economy - Development | Technology

Southern Africa to get infrastructure master plan

afrol News, 17 March - The long-awaited launch of the Regional Infrastructure Master Plan for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) later this year is expected to guide development in key infrastructure such as road, rail, ports and electricity.

Cameroon
Politics | Human rights | Technology

Cameroon limits social media services

afrol News, 9 March - The government of Cameroon has ordered mobile operator MTN to suspend an SMS service that had proven a powerful tool for protest movements in North Africa.

Kenya
Technology | Science - Education

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.

Cape Verde
Environment - Nature | Economy - Development | Technology

Cape Verde gets Africa's first giant wind farm

afrol News, 7 October - Finally, the funding to design, build and operate onshore wind farms on four islands in the Cape Verde archipelago has been granted. The ground-breaking project is seen as a model for renewable energy projects in Africa at large.


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