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Tech

Here’s how Bono and Mark Zuckerberg aim to bring the Internet to the globe

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September 27, 2015
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Tech

This famous architect is building the world’s first ‘droneport’ in Africa

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September 21, 2015
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Facebook just revealed stats about these two countries for the first time

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September 10, 2015
2014 December - Lamwo district, East Acholi province, Uganda. When children are on break from school (as these children, on Christmas holiday) they join their parents in the sesame fields for harvest. Sesame is an increasingly important crop in this region, both as a healthy food and as a valuable commodity. Agriculture employs about 80% of Uganda's workforce, so Mercy Corps partners with private agricultural businesses to build a more robust market where farmers have the information and knowledge they need to maximize the quality and yield of their crops as well as to successfully sell at market. Mercy Corps has pioneered the practice of contract farming, through its partnership with local output buyer, GADC. The contracts reduce the risk for famers to invest in a relatively new crop like sesame, and help them anticipate the prices they'll attain for their crops at the market. On average, farmers who have contracted with GADC report a 100% increase in their income earned from sesame.
Leadership

Uganda and the consequences of boom-bust farming

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August 18, 2015
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International

What happened to Bill Gates’ feces water machine

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August 13, 2015
Meet Africa’s first all-women safari guide team
MPW

Meet Africa’s first all-women safari guide team

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August 11, 2015
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International

How much Delta’s lion head trophy ban could cost Africa’s economy

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August 7, 2015
U.S. President Barack Obama embraces his half-sister Auma Obama as he arrives aboard Air Force One at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi
International

Kenya pulls ad dollars from CNN after ‘Hotbed of Terror’ slur

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August 7, 2015
Liberia Races To Expand Ebola Treatment Facilities
International

New Ebola vaccine found to be 100% effective in recent trial

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July 31, 2015
World’s first malaria vaccine, from GlaxoSmithKline, wins approval from EU
International

World’s first malaria vaccine, from GlaxoSmithKline, wins approval from EU

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July 24, 2015
A mural of President Barack Obama at the GoDown Arts Centre in Nairobi, Kenya
Leadership

Obama’s Africa trip is all about trade, investment, and tech

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July 23, 2015
Credit: David Parry
Retail

The first Starbucks are coming to sub-Saharan Africa

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July 14, 2015
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Leadership

Here’s what Kofi Annan thinks about Bill Gates and the modern philanthropist

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July 10, 2015
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Tech

Facebook is opening an office in a vital emerging market

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June 29, 2015
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International

This surprising country leads the world in feeling good

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June 24, 2015

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