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4:30
Business
Jan 11, 2018

Solar steam powers homes, new jobs in SA

A Spanish renewable energy company opens three thermal solar plants in the Northern Cape, creating 125 permanent and 5 800 temporary jobs.

3:00
Reuters
Oct 18, 2017

Is your electric car free of slavery?

Rising demand for raw materials needed to get electric cars on the road could increase the risk of slavery in their production.

4:30
Mobile Business
Sept 14, 2017

Text message network connects offline farmers in Kenya

WeFarm, a Kenyan text-based network of small-scale farmers, allows people to ask a question by text message and receive advice from peers.

2:20
Health tech
Aug 30, 2017

Drone drug deliveries take off in Tanzania

California's Zipline will make 2?000 deliveries a day to more than 1?000 health facilities across the east African country.

4:10
Health tech
Aug 4, 2017

WhatsApp finds new uses in conflict zones

Digital messaging services like Facebook's WhatsApp become indispensable in fast-unfolding humanitarian crises.

2:30
Health tech
Jul 11, 2017

Poor nations need help using big data

Big data analytics is being used by poor nations to address development challenges, but a lack of tech infrastructure is slowing efforts.

2:10
Internet
Jun 8, 2017

Zuckerberg hails Nigerian founder of women support group

The Facebook founder praises a US-based Nigerian woman for running a secret support group on the social media platform.

3:40
Reuters
Apr 7, 2017

Solar start-up seeks to plug in African rural homes

Azuri Technologies' solar system provides Senegalese rural homes with eight hours of lighting each day, using mobile phone payments.

2:30
Business
Mar 8, 2017

Kenyan women lead rise of Airbnb female entrepreneurs

The home-renting site empowers Kenyan women to earn money, with one-third of female hosts' annual household expenditure coming from Airbnb.

2:20
Computing
Aug 19, 2016

Artificial intelligence can map poverty

Computer scientists and satellite experts create a self-updating world map to locate poverty and show where help is most needed.