PUBLIC MARKS with tag afrique

Zambia is home to more than 80,000 Chinese of an estimated population of 925,000 Chinese now living and working in Africa, the majority of whom are men working in various jobs in urban and rural areas.

"China has always insisted upon a policy of self-sufficiency in grain. Instead of purchasing piles of land in Africa, it has, to the best of its ability, offered aid in agricultural technology to African countries and helped their agricultural production, as well as boosted the indigenous exploitation of their own natural resources and the capacity to cope with climate change and food security," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei told a daily news briefing in Beijing.

Terracotta chandeliers inspired by recurrent power cuts in Senegal, West Africa.

Le site est dédié à la langue songhay, surtout à la lexicographie songhay, qui s’est amorcée à la fin du dix-neuvième siècle et a généré, entre-temps, un nombre important de lexiques et manuels décrivant les différents dialectes de la langue. Il s’agit de produire une base de données qui consolide et approfondit la documentation existante.

Half of Africa's one billion population has a mobile phone – and not just for talking. The power of telephony is forging a new enterprise culture, from banking to agriculture to healthcare

The Radio Marché Service will help farmers in Mali to broadcast their offerings of produces like sheabutter and honey on the local radio using innovative Voice Technologies.

Many people in africa only access the web on a phone. Combine this with Opera Mini which compresses traffic by up to 90% and you have a viable and affordable way to access the internet, perhaps for the first time.

But Nigerian developers can’t sell their apps. At least not yet. Which begs the question: Is Google really interested in building an ecosystem of Android developers in Nigeria?

internet penetration in Ghana now stood at five per cent because very few Ghanaians could own computers and the necessary accessories for internet access, but almost every home owned a television.

Google Trader launched in Ghana on Thursday December 2nd, 2010 with 5 flash mobs of 100 dancers performing across Accra. Google Trader is a classifieds service that allows people to buy and sell products and services, on Web, Mobile Web and SMS. Visit http://www.google.com.gh/africa/trader

Mobius is an early stage social business working to enable mobility across Africa by transforming its automotive market.

Worldreader.org vient de ter­mi­ner une expé­ri­men­ta­tion concer­nant l’usage des liseuses élec­tro­niques au Ghana en Afrique. Verdict ? Positif : ils aident à l’alphabétisation. Du coup, ils vont pous­ser l’expérience plus loin.

How long can a tower run on only generator power?

Three months. Each tower with two generators has a 5,000L tank of fuel. The generators take shifts running with each rotating out every six hours to properly cool down and rest. They can run for three months uninterrupted