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OPINION: Whatever Happened to the Machine That Turns Feces Into Water?
Earlier this year, I shared a video where I drank water made from feces. (My review: It was delicious.) Today the machine that produced the water, the Janicki Omni Processor – or JOP – is in Dakar, Senegal, as part of a pilot project that could ultimately save lives and reduce disease in poor countries.
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- Agriculture, Education, Health Care, Technology
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Africa’s Leading Women in Tech 2015
South Africa paid tribute to women across the country on National Woman’s Day, which was held on 9 August 2015.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mobile Banking Apps in Developing Nations Have Weak Security
The developing world is increasingly using mobile banking apps to move money, but new research shows those apps are often poorly coded and pose security risks.
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- Technology
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Mobile Phone Usage to Drive Africa’s Economy
Information communication technologists are optimistic that mass mobile phone usage launched in Africa, will drive the continent’s economy and make the millennial generation to become the leading tellers of the emerging app economy.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Google, Apple, Xiaomi and Foxconn Rush in as India Becomes World’s Hottest Smartphone Market
China may be the world’s biggest mobile market, but all eyes in the tech industry are now turning toward India, with its rapidly growing appetite for smartphones.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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Smaller Players Challenge Telcos for Piece of Kenya’s Mobile Money Market
Kenya’s mobile money transfer market is headed for interesting times, with the latest results from the regulator showing small ‘outlier’ firms eating into the market dominated by the well-established players.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Africa: Workshop Enhances Use of Mobile Phones to Detect Diseases
Health experts from the African continent and beyond are meeting in Tanzania at a workshop to enhance community-based disease outbreak detection and response in East and Southern Africa.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Safaricom Won’t Let Rivals Share M-Pesa
Safaricom has maintained it will not allow its mobile money platform, M-Pesa, to be spun off from the parent company, citing security risks for subscribers due to lack of clear guidelines and standards on cross-network cash transfers.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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