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Africa: Can Solving Problems Virtually Lead to Real World Solutions?
SACSIS, 6 January 2015
Can video games crowdsource more democratic solutions to the world's problems? Read more »
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West Africa: Computer Gaming Grows
Digital Content Africa, 1 November 2014
The latest video clip interviews from Smart Monkey TV can be found at the bottom of this e-letter Read more »
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Africa: Highlights From Humanitarian Innovation Conference
SciDev.Net, 22 July 2014
Around 200 academics and humanitarian experts gathered in the United Kingdom at Keble College, University of Oxford, last weekend (19-20 July) for the Humanitarian Innovation… Read more »
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Africa: Fun and Games Help Communicate Disaster Science
SciDev.Net, 23 May 2013
Playing games is helping to engage communities with the complex scientific information used to forecast natural disasters, as well as encouraging people to take steps to mitigate… Read more »
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Africa: Open-Source Through the Lens of a Microscope
SciDev.Net, 29 September 2013
A cheap professional microscope based on open-source technologies has been developed by a group of engineers at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Read more »
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South Africa: The Pros and Cons of Crowdsourcing Translation
Biz-Community, 29 January 2014
Crowdsourcing translation services - what an intriguing, even shocking concept! Subscribing to the philosophy of grassroots movements such as open source software, Wikipedia and… Read more »