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African Farmers Celebrate Earth Day By Saving The World
Storms are getting more violent, seasonal patterns are shifting, and the weather is seemingly harder to predict.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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AfDB Provides $38m To Aid Entrepreneurship, Job Creation In Rwanda
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is contributing $38 million to boost entrepreneurship and job creation in Rwanda.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Coca-Cola turns to solar energy to increase sales
Coca-Cola has turned to solar energy to consolidate its market share and boost sales through provision of subsidised solar kits to soda kiosks in order to extend their operating hours. Speaking Wednesday during the launch of a partnership with energy solutions provider, One Degree Solar, Managing Director Nairobi Bottlers Patrick Pech said the project will go a long way in helping retailers and kiosk owners extend their operating hours, reduce operating costs and enable them record higher sales.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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World Bank: Africa’s economic growth to outpace average
Economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa should significantly outpace the global average over the next three years, according to the World Bank.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- poverty alleviation, scale
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Sierra Leone: Using Technology to Save Lives
The telecommunications industry and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) have teamed up to use mobile phone technology to save lives in Sierra Leone.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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New Dalhberg Study shows how the Internet will drive development in Africa
Despite widespread agreement on the web’s potential to transform lives and reduce poverty, there is little information about how policymakers and investors should capitalize on this potential.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Africa: Poverty No Bar to Fighting Deadly Undernutrition
Some of the world’s poorest countries, including two in sub-Saharan Africa, are showing the greatest political commitment to tackling hunger and undernutrition.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Africa can leapfrog other regions on energy, power expo hears
Billed as Africa’s biggest power and energy expo, Power and Electricity World Africa launched in Sandton on Tuesday, with exhibits from China, India, Europe, the US and further afield displaying renewable and traditional technologies.
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- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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