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20,000 Ethiopian smallholders targeted with climate smart technology
CTA together with Farm Africa has launched a new project to promote the resilience of smallholder farmers against climate change in Ethiopia’s Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples’ Region (SNNPR). The launch is the third and final of a CTA initiative that supports the scaling of proven climate smart agriculture technologies in Jamaica, Mali and now Ethiopia.
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- Agriculture, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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This non-profit turns to wealthy, young crypto donors in order to fund social projects
A non-profit called the Social Alpha Foundation is crusading to use cryptocurrency donations as grants. The grants will be awarded to entities dedicated to projects related involving social impact and blockchain education.
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- Technology
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Viewpoint: How AI will transform India’s job scene
It will prod policy-makers to re-skill workers, rethink social policy, and examine the employment potential of new sectors
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- Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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Viewpoint: The Promise of AI in the Developing World
When it comes to technology, there is a common misperception that only the rich benefit. But the innovations behind gadgets like iPhones and robotic vacuums have the potential to boost development and prosperity throughout the Global South.
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- Technology
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India’s Biggest Private Company Gets Paid on a Blockchain
Reliance Industries, India’s largest private sector firm, has successfully participated in its first ever trade finance transaction powered by blockchain technology.
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- Finance, Technology
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- South Asia
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Viewpoint: Should Paraguay invest its energy wealth in bitcoin ‘mining’ or fighting poverty?
The Itaipú dam is already enriching some, and they believe the country should invest more in cryptocurrency, while others argue it should spread Itaipú’s bounty more widely.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Latin America
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Aerospace technology could enable farmers to produce more with less
The researchers say the central challenge for the highly fragmented African agriculture is, therefore, one of farmer access to the satellite data and analysis. “The question … is less about whether space-based and aerial technologies can help the agriculture. The question is, how exactly can these tools be put in the hands of most farmers?”
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- agtech, global development
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Banker proposes new blockchain technology for African market
A new mobile phone blockchain network is under development and is projected to acquire large-scale consumer adoption in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2021.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa