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AID POLICY: Communication technologies transform relief and development

NAIROBI 18 December 2012 (IRIN) - Since Africa's first mobile phone network went live in 1994, mobile phone penetration has shot up to 65 percent; access to the internet is also increasing rapidly. Today, information and communications technology (ICT) plays a central role in promoting development and humanitarian assistance.

África: mosca blanca invasora amenaza cultivos de yuca

Especie no nativa de mosca blanca manchada podría arruinar esfuerzos sudafricanos contra virus del mosaico de yuca, dicen investigadores.

African voices on water presented to the UN High Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the post-2015 development agenda

The outcomes of the full day consultation session on water in the post-2015 development agenda, on 29 January 2013, were presented the following day by Bai Mass Taal, executive secretary of AMCOW, to the UN Secretary General’s High Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the post 2015 development agenda at their meeting in Monrovia, Liberia.

Análisis de África: ciencias oceánicas requieren inversión urgente

Próxima gran inversión científica de África debe ser en sus océanos, pero apoyo financiero y político requiere ser sostenible, dice Linda Nordling.

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