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Ghana:
Home for Some, E-Waste Dump for the World
DW, 7 January 2014
The e-waste dump Agbogbloshie exemplifies the downside of globalization: It's the bitter end of a supply chain where children, instead of going to school, wander barefoot gathering… Read more »
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Africa:
UN Warns of Hazards of Electronic Waste
VOA, 15 December 2013
The United Nations predicts that the amount of electronic waste disposed of annually worldwide will surge 33 percent by 2017. Read more »
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Liberia:
LTA Alarms of Electronic Waste
New Dawn, 2 April 2013
The Liberia Telecommunication Authority (LTA) has warned electronic consumers, particularly those involved in the purchase of analogue electronic materials that they risk becoming… Read more »
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Malawi:
Malawi Has No Concrete Plan for Electronic Waste Management
Malawi News Agency, 27 May 2013
Government has no concrete plans of managing electronic waste despite the problem increasing due to high rise in use of electronic gadgets in the country. Read more »
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Kenya:
Electronic Waste Poses Environmental Challenge in Kenya
Sabahi, 17 July 2013
Unregulated disposal of discarded electronic devices and appliances, known as electronic waste, or "e-waste", is creating an environmental challenge in Kenya. Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Identifying Key Strategies for E-Waste in Zim
Zimbabwe Standard, 10 November 2013
The worldwide technological revolution and globalisation has helped in increasing connectivity and trans-boundary linkages; however, this has created a new and dangerous… Read more »
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East Africa:
Dell to Create Job Opportunities Through Their E-Waste Hub
CIO, 4 December 2013
Dell leaders together with members of the E-Waste Solutions Alliance today came together in Nairobi to mark the opening of East Africa Compliant Recycling which is the region's… Read more »
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Rwanda:
Electronic Waste Clogging Government Institutions
New Times, 2 February 2013
Electronic waste (e-Waste) is becoming a serious challenge as more and more used electronic equipment is lying idle in various institutions in the country. Read more »
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Kenya:
Calls for University Curriculum to Teach E-Waste Management
The Star, 25 January 2013
KISII University principal John Akama yesterday said that there is need to develop e-waste curriculum in schools and institutions of higher learning for the sake of effective… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Electronic Waste Can Destroy Human Cells, Environment - Neurologist Warns
Vanguard, 29 January 2013
Tunde Adetunji, a Consultant Neurologist at Bingham University College of Health Science, Karu, Nasarawa State, said on Tuesday that electro-magnetic transmission from electronic… Read more »
