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A Spanish renewable energy company opens three thermal solar plants in the Northern Cape, creating 125 permanent and 5 800 temporary jobs.
Rising demand for raw materials needed to get electric cars on the road could increase the risk of slavery in their production.
WeFarm, a Kenyan text-based network of small-scale farmers, allows people to ask a question by text message and receive advice from peers.
California's Zipline will make 2?000 deliveries a day to more than 1?000 health facilities across the east African country.
Digital messaging services like Facebook's WhatsApp become indispensable in fast-unfolding humanitarian crises.
Big data analytics is being used by poor nations to address development challenges, but a lack of tech infrastructure is slowing efforts.
The Facebook founder praises a US-based Nigerian woman for running a secret support group on the social media platform.
Azuri Technologies' solar system provides Senegalese rural homes with eight hours of lighting each day, using mobile phone payments.
The home-renting site empowers Kenyan women to earn money, with one-third of female hosts' annual household expenditure coming from Airbnb.
Computer scientists and satellite experts create a self-updating world map to locate poverty and show where help is most needed.