Renewable energy is Africa’s poverty trap – The Australian Financial Review
Europe and North America became rich thanks to cheap, plentiful power. In 1800, 94 per cent of all global energy came from renewables, almost all of it wood and plant material. In 1900, renewables...
View ArticleFrom Africa to Arizona: A trail of troubles – Arizona Daily Sun
Images of wide open grasslands, a rural village surrounded by lush trees and a group of African children linking arms flash across Good Earth Power’s homepage. Bold text talks about technologies and...
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South Africa: Nelson Mandela’s friend Goldberg seeks ANC clearout – BBC News
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Mr Goldberg called for a leadership clearout of the ANC Veteran African National Congress (ANC) activist Denis Goldberg has called for leaders of the party...
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South Africa v England: fourth Test, day three – as it happened – The Guardian
11th over: South Africa 28-1 (Cook 18, Amla 9) Chris Woakes replaces Anderson. Finds a good length with his second ball, which has Amla neither forward nor back and almost squares him up. Single...
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Climate change negotiations, is Africa benefitting? – NewsDay
Follow AFRICAN countries appear to have unwavering interests in climate change negotiations especially those international ones such as the recent UNCOP21 held in Paris in December 2015. The nature of...
View ArticleAfrican Economies, and Hopes for New Era, Are Shaken by China – New York Times
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View ArticleSouth Africa v England: fourth Test, day four – live! – The Guardian
I mentioned earlier that England wasted the new ball yesterday. That’s an accusation we’ve heard levelled at them a hell of a lot over the last few years – certainly less than it’s been said about the...
View ArticleSouth Africa beat England by 280 runs in fourth Test – as it happened – The...
Crawl, walk, run. That’s how it used to work. Emerging Test sides had to become hard to beat before they could even contemplate regular victory. Think of Allan Border’s Australia, Nasser Hussain’s...
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South Africa’s startups are turning out to be the silver lining in a...
In recent weeks South Africa’s economy has faced one trial after another leaving investors worried about the state of the government and its leadership. But in the midst of all the economic dreariness...
View ArticleSmart Africa: Smartphones pave way for huge opportunities – Financial Times
January 26, 2016 1:05 pm William Wallis, African affairs writer Print Clip Gift Article Smart Africa: Smartphones pave way for huge opportunities – Financial Times
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Scholarships for virgins: Outrage over South Africa ‘maiden’s bursary’– CNN
To qualify for the so-called “Maiden’s Bursary Award,” Thube will need to undergo virginity testing every vacation. A female elder in the community will determine if she has remained a “maiden” by...
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South Africa’s startups are turning out to be the silver lining in a...
In recent weeks South Africa’s economy has faced one trial after another leaving investors worried about the state of the government and its leadership. But in the midst of all the economic dreariness...
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Africa’s 2015 Election Experiences Present Dilemmas for 2016 Polls –...
Kealeboga J Maphunye, University of South Africa This year, like 2015, promises to be yet another busy year in Africa’s electoral democracy stakes. More than a third of the continent’s 54 countries...
View ArticleSmart Africa: Tencent in bid to loosen Facebook’s grip – Financial Times
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View ArticleAfrica’s first foot-powered football field – South Africa.info
. @Akon, @Shell, and the football pitch where players running keeps the lights on https://t.co/nUHyZvkE0l @Pavegen pic.twitter.com/ifZjzYsTR7 Will Nichols (@WillNicholsRisk) January 18, 2016 Africa’s...
View ArticleIn South Africa, Anger in a Hashtag – U.S. News & World Report
The protests – dubbed “Fees Must Fall,” which quickly became a popular hash tag – began to die down after President Jacob Zuma said there would be no fee increases for 2016. But they didn’t go away....
View ArticleAfrica appeals to the discerning – BDlive
THE private equity or financial sponsor industry centred on sub-Saharan Africa (excluding SA) has had an unprecedented fund-raising boom in recent years, driven by attractive returns realised on...
View ArticleAfrica’s first foot-powered football field – South Africa.info
. @Akon, @Shell, and the football pitch where players running keeps the lights on https://t.co/nUHyZvkE0l @Pavegen pic.twitter.com/ifZjzYsTR7 Will Nichols (@WillNicholsRisk) January 18, 2016 Africa’s...
View ArticleThe world’s most cutting-edge renewable tech is powering rural Africa – Quartz
Distributed power—where electricity is generated locally, instead of delivered via complex grid infrastructure—makes lots of sense for Africa. About 600 million Africans don’t have electricity. But...
View ArticleKristen Bell And Dax Shepard Are Beyond Cute in Their ‘Africa’ Vacation Video...
Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard are giving us serious #RelationshipGoals with their very own “Africa” music video. The couple paid tribute to the band Toto, and their African vacation, in a music video –...
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