AllAfrica.com has a briefing on Securing Food Production in Africa, with stories on everything from William Kamkwamba’s homemade windmill to Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa to agroforestry to genetically modified crops.
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Women in Business: Africa’s Secret Weapon.
Gahaya Links: the story of two Rwandan women who started a business assisting women to manufacture their own goods and sell them internationally.
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Rules for Kenya Internet Trading and Idea Exchange: Local Techies.
Mo Faya in Nairobi and Financial Times Special Report on Kenya.
An African Tech List on Twitter.
An HIV-positive muppet in South Africa’s Sesame Street.
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I read about the HIV positive muppet. In South Africa statistically there would be more than one HIV positive muppet on sesame street. I was glad to see that they were addressing that in a place where that has become part of life.