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Africa’s Urbanizing, But Not How You Think

Oct 2, 2012

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in Africa, Demography, Sociology, Trends: Social

Atlantic Cities: Africa's Urbanizing, But Not How You Think … Deborah Potts, a demographer from Kings College London who studies urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa, says that more people are moving from urban areas to rural ones in countries like Ivory Coast, Mali, Zambia and Central African Republic. She says these "counter-movements" are the result of…

How Hybrid Solar Energy Systems Empower Remote Communities

Sep 11, 2012

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in Africa, Economic Development, Technology (Energy)

SunTech Connect: How Hybrid Solar Energy Systems Empower Remote Communities In my previous blog post, we discussed the potential and need to drive the adoption of hybrid solar energy systems to empower remote communities in developing nations with reliable access to electricity. In this blog, I will focus on some communities who have successfully implemented…

The future of education in Africa is mobile

Aug 28, 2012

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mwkruse

in Africa, Education, Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet)

BBC: The future of education in Africa is mobile Over the coming months, A Matter of Life and Tech will feature a range of voices from people building Africa’s tech future. This week, United Nation’s mobile learning specialist Steve Vosloo argues phones could be the future of education on the continent. … If mobile learning…

A continent goes shopping

Aug 17, 2012

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in Africa, Economic Development, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

Economist: A continent goes shopping Africa’s fast-growing middle class has money to spend … Africa already has a $1.8 trillion economy and is forecast to have a population of 1.3 billion by 2020. “Lion” economies such as Ghana and Rwanda have grown faster than South Korea, Taiwan and other East Asian “tiger” economies in five…

The Perception Gap About Africa

May 25, 2012

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in Africa, Economic Development, Trends: Economic

All Africa: Africa: Continent – the Next Frontier for Investors Washington — Economists say Africa will grow by 5.5 percent in 2012, with seven African countries expected to rank among the 10 fastest-growing economies in the world during the next five years, projections that are making the continent an increasingly popular destination for foreign investors.…

The best story in development: African child mortality

May 24, 2012

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in Africa, Demography, Health and Medicine, Human Progress, Poverty, Trends: Social

Economist: The best story in development: African child mortality … The decline in African child mortality is speeding up. In most countries it now falling about twice as fast as during the early 2000s and 1990s. More striking, the average fall is faster than it was in China in the early 1980s, when child mortality…

America’s Foreign Born 13 percent of the nation wasn’t born in the U.S.

May 17, 2012

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mwkruse

in Africa, Central America, Demography, Immigration, Race, Sociology, Trends: Social

AdWeek: America’s Foreign Born 13 percent of the nation wasn’t born in the U.S. The massive wave of Latin American immigration in the 1990s and 2000s has forever changed the tapestry of America. But the foreign born population represents a wider swath than just the boom in the Hispanic population. In 2010, America’s foreign-born population…

African Men. Hollywood Stereotypes.

Apr 26, 2012

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in Africa, Culture, Humor, Race, Sociology, Sports and Entertainment

This is hysterical. I love it.

Boom time for Mozambique, once the basket case of Africa

Mar 29, 2012

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mwkruse

in Africa, Economic Development

The Guardian: Boom time for Mozambique, once the basket case of Africa As African lions outpace Asian tigers, one of the world's poorest states is moving from civil war bust to boom – but who will gain? … A construction boom is under way here, concrete proof of the economic revolution in Mozambique. Growth hit…

The Economics of The Hunger Games

Mar 23, 2012

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mwkruse

in Africa, Economic Development, Economics, History, Sports and Entertainment

Slate: The Economics of The Hunger Games Could any real country have an economy like Panem’s? Actually, yes. At first glance, the economic landscape depicted in Suzanne Collins’ best-selling Hunger Games trilogy doesn’t make much sense. Despite its post-apocalyptic condition, the fictional nation of Panem is quite technologically advanced. It has high-speed trains, hovercrafts, extraordinary…

Category: Africa