13-year-old Somali inventor Guled Adan Abdi (left), Makote Tours' Virtual Gorilla app (top right), WhatsApp logo (bottom left).
This Week In Other News, 8 - 15 January 2016
Read about 13-year-old Somali inventor Guled Adan Abdi who crafts toys out of discarded objects, the proposed regulation of services like WhatsApp in South Africa, the introduction of virtual reality into Uganda's tourism sector and more.
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Guled Adan Abdi taught himself how to make plastic toys from bits of discarded objects. Read more »
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Africa: Ugandan Firm Unveils Virtual Reality Travel Brochure
EA Business, 10 January 2016
Matoke Tours has unveiled the travel industry's first true virtual reality (VR) travel brochure designed to be experienced in your home or on the go with an Android app. Read more »
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Online women's magazine All4Women.co.za has startedRead more »
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Africa: Continent's Space Policy Opens a New Front in Aid
SciDev.Net, 7 January 2016
With a billion people still in poverty, could rocket science be just what development needs? Read more »
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South Africa: Granny, 66, Gets Matric Certificate So She Can Start Crèche
News24Wire, 15 January 2016
A 66-year-old grandmother from Durban has just received her matric certificate, passing with great aplomb to boot so she can open up her own crèche facility. Read more »
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South Africa: Kid Who Beat the Odds Against Cancer Starts Grade 1
News24Wire, 14 January 2016
Three years ago, Lizel and Jaco Esterhuizen were told their son had only a month to live because of a tumour in his abdomen. Read more »
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Controversial pastor T.B. Joshua has predicted trouble for some Southern African presidents between February and April this year. Read more »
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The country's second president, Ketumile Masire, who is also a renowned farmer and game rancher, has said the animals died due to water scarcity. Read more »
