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Kenyan Mobile Phone Innovations

A couple of enterprising Kenyan engineering students are showing how mobile phones are an inventor’s dream. Their two inventions – one a way to re-charge phones while bicycling, the other an aid for catching fish – show the potential for adapting this technology to the...

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created by Hopenow | 7 wks ago
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Bamboo Becomes Transport Option for the South

The sturdy bamboo plant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo) is enjoying a revival around the world as a building material. A strong, fast-growing and highly renewable woody plant, it is becoming increasingly...

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created by Hopenow | 7 wks ago | updated 7 wks ago
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Joana Breidenbach at Betterplace HQ: betterplace.org

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Making the World a Better Place for Southern Projects

A new way to raise money for projects is changing how people interact with those who seek to do good. Good ideas are plentiful, but how to fund life-improving projects has always been a thorny issue. Judging how...

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created by Hopenow | 7 wks ago | updated 4 wks ago
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Crowdsourcing Mobile Phones to Make the Poor Money

The spread of mobile phones across the developing world is one of the great success stories of the past 9 years. They have become critical tools for the world's poor and are being used in many ways to earn an...

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created by Hopenow | 12 wks ago | updated 7 wks ago
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Protecting Threatened Fruits and Nuts in Central Asia

Many fruits and nuts on sale in supermarkets have their origins in the countries of Central Asia. But years of neglect has led to many of the original species coming under threat of extinction. These valuable and...

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created by Hopenow | 12 wks ago | updated 7 wks ago
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African Theatre Becomes European Success

The rich cultural experiences of Africa and Africans have now become a hit in London's theatreland. A flurry of plays are successfully drawing in audiences over the past year. In Britain, the country that gave...

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created by Hopenow | 12 wks ago | updated 7 wks ago
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Taxis Promote African Music Beats

Around the world, musicians are trying to find ways to make money and have sustainable lives in the new digital age. This struggle is even harder in countries where illegal copying of music is the norm and where...

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created by Hopenow | 12 wks ago | updated 7 wks ago
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Successful Fuel-Efficient Cookers Show the Way

The pressure on the environment from cooking is being blamed for a range of problems, from deforestation to creating gases contributing to global warming. And then there is people's health: many die in the...

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created by Hopenow | 12 wks ago | updated 12 wks ago
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A New Mobile Phone Aimed at the Poor

A new mobile phone from Venezuela has grabbed the world's attention for two reasons: its cheap price and how it is made for poor people. And its naughty name that shows the bravado of its business model. The rapid...

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created by Hopenow | 12 wks ago | updated 12 wks ago
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Kenyan Eco-Village Being Built by Slum-Dwellers

Around the world, many initiatives are striving to balance the needs of humans and the environment. Ambitious projects to build eco-cities have so far had mixed results. In Shanghai, China a joint project with a...

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created by Hopenow | 20 wks ago | updated 18 wks ago
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Rebuilding After Chinese Earthquake: Beautiful Bamboo Homes

It has been a year since the May 12, 2008 Sichuan earthquake in China that killed more than 70,000 people. China’s strongest earthquake for more than half a century, with a magnitude of 8.0 (en.wikipedia.org),...

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created by Hopenow | 21 wks ago | updated 18 wks ago
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Cleaner Stoves To Reduce Global Warming

The use of polluting fuel-burning stoves by half the world’s population – including 80 percent of rural households – is a documented contributor to a host of health problems. Poor households not only have to...

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created by Hopenow | 21 wks ago | updated 18 wks ago
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SOS Shops Keep Food Affordable for Poor, Unemployed

As the global downturn bears down on country after country, governments around the world are introducing austerity measures to try to keep their economies going. Many countries are now facing financial crisis and...

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created by Hopenow | 21 wks ago | updated 18 wks ago
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African Online Supermarket Set to Boost Trade

Online retailing and marketing strategies are revolutionizing how people around the world buy products and services – but so far they have not benefited most of Africa’s small businesses and traders. On a...

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created by Hopenow | 21 wks ago | updated 18 wks ago
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Bamboo Bicycles Help Ghanaians Peddle Towards Prosperity

Bamboo is the world’s longest grass and a sturdy building material, used for an ever-wider range of products around the world. In Ghana (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana) bamboo bicycles offer a solution to a...

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created by Hopenow | 27 wks ago | updated 27 wks ago
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