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Connect Uganda, a rural library project for local farmers. (via Rising Voices)
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Dati sull'uso e consumo di rete mobile in Africa dall'evento Mobile East Africa 2014.
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If you want to study computer programming at a sub-Saharan African university, bring a pencil.
Does Ikea Hold The Secret To The Future Of College? | Fast Company | Business Innovation
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Sud Sudan.
"Project Daniel", un progetto open source per la produzione di protesi low cost realizzate tramite stampa 3D (via Not Impossible | Project Daniel)
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Oggi alla conferenza #innovafrique presentate 100 innovazioni per sviluppo sostenibile in Africa, come il caricatore per cellulari dove nelle aree dove manca elettricità. Qui i video di presentazione dei 21 progetti selezionati dal ministro degli affari esteri francese.
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Africa is not an UNDERdeveloped continent, it is an OVERexploited one.
Dean Steed (via supamodo)
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Su Wired Italia racconto il progetto Parlez Vous Global, per formare giovani mobile reporter (via Smartphone alla mano, piccoli citizen journalist crescono - Wired.it).
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Wikipedia sperimenta un servizio di articoli via sms per gli utenti del continente africano. Il progetto pilota parte in Kenya grazie alla partnership con Airtel.
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A Nairobi comincia oggi #DemoAfrica 2013, con 40 startup da tutto il continente. (via Live Blog: Top 40 startups launch at DEMO Africa 2013 | VC4Africa)
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Se amate i dati, le statistiche, le infografiche...e l'Africa, date un'occhiata al progetto #Statfrica (via Introducing Statfrica! Open Data, Research, and Insights from Africa «)
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Il problema dell'Africa è il traffico (e se hai mai guidato in una grande città del continente sai di cosa stiamo parlando), ma potrà essere risolto grazie ai big data.
Kamal Bhattacharya, IBM Research Africa on using traffic flow data in Nairobi to improve the city (di SmartMonkeyTV)
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10 leader del business e dell'innovazione in Africa da seguire su Twitter. (via Ten African business leaders and thinkers to follow on Twitter)
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"When you have rain crops can grow, when you have wifi things can happen".
Toby @shapshak about Africa & innovation.
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Mobile phones are being used to detect fake medicine sold in Nigeria.
Customers send a text message to the country’s drug enforcement agency and get a reply confirming the medicine’s authenticity.
Al Jazeera’s Yvonne Ndege reports from Lagos.
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In Ruanda una compagnia di bus a lunga percorrenza ha installato la connessione wifi per i passeggeri. (via ICT on wheels as Jaguar buses get Wi-Fi Internet - The New Times Rwanda)
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Una mappa dei centri di innovazione e degli iHub in Africa, by @mHealth_Africa. http://bit.ly/15qFMm4
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