allAfrica.com is at the eLearning conference in Windhoek, Namibia, and these are the highlights of the first day. Read more »
Ushahidi, a Kenyan ICT company, has designed a modem specifically for areas with intermittent power outages and devices that can not share conenctions. Read more »
Researchers from the University of the Western Cape in South Africa have developed a low-cost tool to test for HIV drug resistance. This could potentially lead to improved ... Read more »
Fashionista blogger Njamz gives tips to curvy ladies on how to rock printed pants. Read more »
When it came to keeping lions at bay, an old-fashioned scarecrow just wasn't up to the job. So a 13-year-old Maasai cattle herder combined basic technology with teenage ingenuity ... Read more »
According to a new study, while climate change could slash global crop yields in the 2030s, in some regions, including southern Africa, agricultural output could increase with ... Read more »
An umbrella organization for women’s self-help groups has launched a new initiative that aims to build peace networks by engaging communities in communal, income-generating ... Read more »
A new online data tool can help governments and aid agencies analyse the impact of conflict on communities by combining real-time data, maps and analysis, its creators say. Read more »
A study has suggested that strategies be developed to exploit the knowledge of Benin's traditional healers regarding the treatment of malaria with medicinal plants. Read more »
A new UN initiative in South Sudan supported by the French government aims to boost the quality of seeds used to grow key crops. Read more »
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