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  Gambia's 'Riders For Health' Expands

  By John Casey | Wed Sep 30, 2009 4:00 PM ET

  Health grew out of motorcycle racing, according to the Riders Web site, which says the group is working in three countries: Gambia, Zimbabwe and Nigeria. "All programs are managed by wholly-African, wholly-professional teams, and not by volunteers or expatriates," the site states. "This mean Read More

  More like this in: Clinton Global Initiative, Zimbabwe, Niger, Skoll Foundation, Riders for Health, World, Science, Social Responsibility, Africa, Healthcare, Fundraising, Activism, Development
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  The Great Web Shiva - How the Internet Transforms

  By Kirk Bromley | Tue Sep 8, 2009 6:00 PM ET

  privately ensconced in their rooms and desensitized by the abundance of such content on the web, are freed of such humiliation.- The Dignity of Nigerian Entrepreneurs and Princesses: Will you ever again trust someone from the most populous country in Africa?- Sharing Media Together: Gone ar Read More

  More like this in: Google, Music, Africa, YouTube, iPhone, Sex, The Telegraph
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  Pot-in-Pot Refrigerator Changes Lives

  By Katherine Gustafson | Mon Aug 17, 2009 2:00 PM ET

  sweating person gets relief -- thereby refrigerating the area inside the inner pot.The invention was cooked up by Mohammed Bah Abba, a teacher from Nigeria, under the auspices of a fellowship from the organization Ashoka, which supports the work of social entrepreneurs, and Lemelson Foundation Read More

  More like this in: Ashoka, Technology, Egypt, Niger, World, Science, Social Responsibility, Africa, Innovation & Discovery, Activism, Development
• Poll Power

  By Jimmy Langman | Fri Jul 24, 2009 2:08 PM ET

  about where Obama’s speeches are most viewed around the world. Obama’s June 4 speech to the Muslim world at Cairo? Along with the US and Egypt, Nigeria and Tanzania were the most interested in viewing the speech. His March 19 message to the Iranian people, which has been seen by nearly 610,0 Read More

  More like this in: Barack Obama, Technology, Europe, YouTube, White House, Politics, Iran, Tanzania, Pakistan, Egypt, Capitalism
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  A Very Bright Idea

  By Kendall Hunter | Wed Jul 22, 2009 4:00 AM ET

  between UC Berkeley's Bixby Center for Population, Health and Sustainability, and Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital in Northern Nigeria. Stachel's mission was to research emergency obstetrics care in Northern Nigeria, an area that has one of the highest rates of materna Read More

  More like this in: Health, Technology, California, Energy, Sustainability, Nepal, Indonesia, Pakistan
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  Brewing Interest in Creative Writing

  By Marc Hertz | Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:34 AM ET

  as the Caine Prize, the PEN/Faulkner Malamud Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize. For more information, go to the Nigerian Breweries website. Nigerian Breweries' record of corporate social responsibility features work in areas such as education, the environment and sports, so it's nice t Read More

  More like this in: Corporate Social Responsibility, Sports, Literacy, World, Social Responsibility, Africa, Giving
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  Obama Stirs Africa

  By Jimmy Langman | Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:00 AM ET

  address to the Ghana parliament. Judging from news reports, his speech appears to have been well-received by Africans (it was also Tweeted). As one Nigerian journalist puts it, Obama delivered “a wake-up call for Africa.”  The Obama speech was part hopeful, holding up for example the hos Read More

  More like this in: Bono, Barack Obama, Oxfam, The New York Times, Africa, White House, Kenya, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Niger
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  Farming Carbon

  By Katherine Gustafson | Sun Jul 12, 2009 5:42 PM ET

  the UN Environment Programme, aims to find out how much carbon is locked up in the soils and trees of small farms in China, western Kenya, Niger and Nigeria. If the project can use these sites to work up a cost effective, accessible and accurate method for measuring and monitoring carbon stocks Read More

  More like this in: China, Kenya, Environment, Deforestation, Niger, Soybeans, Copenhagen Climate Conference
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  Put Your Thinking Caps On

  By Katherine Gustafson | Sat Jun 20, 2009 6:24 AM ET

  in East and West Africa. So we can expect a lot of well-researched ideas to emerge in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania and Uganda. In August, TTI will turn its attention to Latin America and Sout Read More

  More like this in: Africa, Asia, Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (B&MGF), Rwanda, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Mali, Senegal