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2012-2013 King Baudouin African Development Prize

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The King Baudouin Foundation has launched the King Baudouin African Development Prize. The King Baudouin African Development Prize rewards outstanding contributions of individuals or organizations in the development field in Africa. The Prize spotlights innovative initiatives which improve quality-of-life and empower local communities to take development into their own hands. The King Baudouin Af

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Kenya: Livestock Insurance – A Chance to Outsmart Drought?

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Marsabit District — The first thing that hits a visitor to Ginda village in northern Kenya is the smell. Farmer Haro Sora’s land is littered with the carcasses of cattle and donkeys that have collapsed following an intense, prolonged drought. A skull here; half a ribcage there. In some places there are whole animals slumped [...]

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Africa: Opec Oil Production Hits Three – Year High

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Crude oil output of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) rose in December to the highest since October 2008, mainly due to a further recovery in Libya’s production, a Reuters survey has revealed. The survey of sources at oil companies, OPEC officials and analysts showed that supply from all 12 members of the OPEC [...]

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West African research programme to investigate Buruli ulcer

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[ABIDJAN] West African researchers hope to identify how Buruli ulcer bacteria (Mycobacterium ulcerans) are transmitted to humans, through the development of an international and multidisciplinary research programme. Buruli ulcer can cause deformities, leading to a loss of work and education Flickr/ Buruli ulcer A handbook of procedures for fieldwork was drawn up last month (27 [...]

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Africa: Scientists call for global neglected disease database

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[ABUJA] A global database for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) ”is feasible and should be expanded without delay”, the developers of a first ‘proof of concept’ for such a tool have said. Schistosomiasis affectes more than 700 million people worldwide Flickr/Pulmonary Pathology While efforts to eliminate NTDs have improvedover the years, a georeferenced, global, open-acce

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Infrastructure sharing vital to African telecoms

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AFRICA is changing fast — and for the better. While huge challenges remain, there is a new sense of optimism across the continent. There is no more obvious sign of this change, and the possibilities it brings, than in the extraordinary way Africa has adopted the cellphone. The growth has been staggering. The 16-million mobile [...]

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BSS and Intersat Announce Strategic Tie-in to Expand

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Belgium Satellite Services s.a. (BSS), a leading player in teleport services and satellite communications, and Intersat Africa Limited, one of the major satellite communications providers in Africa, today announced the signing of a partnership agreement to expand their operations and service delivery in the Middle East and African markets. Intersat currently offers Internet via Satellite [...]

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Africa Analysis: Seize the moment on climate tech

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Africa must make sure its grassroots innovations can benefit from a new global green technology support mechanism, argues Linda Nordling. When exhausted environment ministers pushed through an agreement after extended negotiations at the Durban climate summit last month (December), it kicked off another process that deserves Africa’s full attention. This month, the UN will issue a call [...