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How Digital Inclusion Is Done in Africa

Tech Soup

I've just returned from organizing an electronics recycling conference in Cape Town, South Africa, where I met Dr. Hylton Villet, the chairman of MyDigitalBridge in Namibia. Namibia is a medium-sized country that borders South Africa. It's located on the southwest Atlantic coast of Africa. How 4G Works in Africa.

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Money talks: Why tuning into the Giving Pledge matters 

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Influential Pledgers’ philanthropic approaches The Giving Pledge was formed in 2010 by Bill Gates, Melinda French Gates, and Warren Buffett to encourage the super-rich to publicly elevate and accelerate their giving. Case in point: Through the Gates Foundation , Bill and Melinda Gates have such outsized effect on philanthropy in the U.S.

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Is climate change action the new face of natural disaster relief?

Candid

Whether it’s global heatwaves, flooding in Pakistan, Canadian wildfires that block out the sun, decade-long droughts in Africa, or ever more powerful hurricanes, natural disasters have our attention. As extreme weather makes front-page headlines year-round, each news cycle brings fresh evidence that we are living in unprecedented times.

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The Link Between ICT and Science and Technology in Africa: Implications for Civil Society Organisations

Tech Soup

European Foundation Week Session: Science and Technology partnerships with Africa: Oppor tunities for European Foundations presented by the South African Department of Science and Technology, as part of the European South African Science and Technology Advancement Programme , 31st May 2010.

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A Few of Your Favorite Things (Best of "Things We Like" 2010)

NTEN

Balloon ", let alone our most popular link: Yes, gentle readers, it gives us great pleasure to re-present your 2010 "Things We Like" champion: " An Engineer's Guide to Cats ". (We Maybe it's true what Fast Company wrote, that " Hard Work's Overrated, Maybe Detrimental ". Thanks for the reminder.) Why were the cat videos so popular?

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A Few of Your Favorite Things (Best of "Things We Like" 2010)

NTEN

Balloon ", let alone our most popular link: Yes, gentle readers, it gives us great pleasure to re-present your 2010 "Things We Like" champion: " An Engineer's Guide to Cats ". (We Maybe it's true what Fast Company wrote, that " Hard Work's Overrated, Maybe Detrimental ". Thanks for the reminder.) Why were the cat videos so popular?

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Earth Day 2010: Recycle

Tech Soup

In TechSoup's work to advocate for electronics reuse and recycling, it has become increasingly clear that electronics products are the most complex and difficult goods to recycle. There are just a few industrial electronics recycling companies in all of South America, Africa, and most of Asia. read more.