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Monday, 18 August 2008 |
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The vast web of intercontinental submarine cables have brought the possibility of cheap high-speed internet and clear long-distance telephone calls to all major parts of the globe. Except one. East Africa remains the only large, inhabited coastline cut off from the global fibre-optic network. Reliant entirely on expensive satellite connections, people on the world's poorest continent pay some of the highest rates for logging on or phoning. Local universities are charged up to 50 times more for bandwidth than a typical American college, making online research slow or impossible. &quo... |
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Sunday, 20 July 2008 |
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Environmental and community groups have taken Kenya's government to court over a controversial project to grow sugar in the River Tana Delta. The $369m project aims to grow sugarcane to produce et... |
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Monday, 19 May 2008 |
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Tanzania plans a comprehensive survey of its information and communication technology infrastructure. According to the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority, the study will help establish the e... |
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Wednesday, 26 March 2008 |
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Nigeria has inaugurated an International Scientific Committee to fast track the contributions of science to national development. A statement signed by the Spokesman of the National Mathematical Cent... |
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Monday, 04 February 2008 |
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Two hydroelectricity dams appear to be threatening the health of Lake Victoria -- and of the people living along its shores who depend on the lake for food. A new study¹ suggests that the dams... |
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Monday, 28 January 2008 |
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Construction of permanent premises for the Tanzania Atomic Energy Commission, which has its head offices in Arusha, has started. The premises will be located at Njiro about 12 kilometres south east o... |
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Monday, 07 January 2008 |
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Citing "philosophical" differences, Intel has withdrawn its funding and technical help from the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project. OLPC aimed to boost learning in poorer nations via a cust... |
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