Archive for January, 2009

New digital map of Africa& depleted soils to offer insights critical for boosting food production

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Responding to sub-Saharan Africa's soil health crisis, the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) announced today an ambitious new effort to produce the first-ever, detailed digital soil map for all 42 countries of the region. This project combines the latest soil science and technology with remote satellite imagery and on-the-ground efforts to analyze thousands...
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Aide au développement et investissements : l’Afrique se tourne vers l’Orient

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Soucieux de maintenir la croissance qui tiré des centaines de millions de gens de la pauvreté, les pays asiatiques aux économies en forte expansion courtisent les pays africains, démunis d’argent mais riches en ressources naturelles, leur proposant des milliards de dollars d’investissement, des accords commerciaux et de l’aide au développement. D’après la Banque mondiale,...
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L’électricité, une nécessité vitale pour l’Afrique

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.!.   Par Mary Kimani En juin, les habitants de Zanzibar en Tanzanie ont célébré le retour de l’électricité après une panne totale d’un mois qui avait été provoquée par la défaillance des câbles sous-marins qui alimentent l’île à partir du continent. Cette panne a été la plus longue d’une série récente, mais l’île...
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New EU trade deals divide Africa

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To do that, the European Union (EU) has for decades agreed to suspend or reduce tariffs on some poor-country exports entering Europe to help them sell more. On paper at least, these agreements give poor developing countries easier access to the European market than exporters from richer nations.
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Mobile Payment: Potential and reality for Nigeria

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The ability to pay for goods and services without having to carry cash or cards has universal appeal. In Africa it is being driven by the need to reduce the risk of theft. The mobile is ideal because it is cheap and ubiquitous and can authenticate the payer and payee and record the...
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