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Quick Hits for Tech and Africa
Posted By Theresa Carpenter Sondjo On October 6, 2009 @ 11:39 pm In Web | 2 Comments
Wayan Vota reports that broadband boosts GDP more than mobiles [1].
WorldChanging has a series of posts listing their favorite blogs [2], divided by subject.
The NYT features African fashion glossies [3], highlighting both the purchasing power of wealthy Africans and the large divide between the rich and the poor.
Changemakers [4] and kiwanja.net [5] are soliciting input for an SMS How To Guide [6].
3 South African companies [7] make it into BusinessWeek’s Top 40.
And finally, Make Magazine [8] shows us how to make some Augmented Reality cookies [9].
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[1] broadband boosts GDP more than mobiles: http://www.ictworks.org/news/2009/10/04/broadband-beats-mobile-phones-boosting-gdp
[2] listing their favorite blogs: http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/010520.html
[3] African fashion glossies: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/05/business/media/05magazine.html?_r=3&pagewanted=1
[4] Changemakers: http://www.changemakers.com/en-us/about
[5] kiwanja.net: http://kiwanja.net/
[6] SMS How To Guide: http://www.changemakers.com/en-us/SMSHowToGuide
[7] 3 South African companies: http://www.sagoodnews.co.za/south_africa_in_the_world/three_sa_companies_included_in_worlds_top_40_list_2.html
[8] Make Magazine: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/10/make_your_food_look_better_with_aug.html
[9] Augmented Reality cookies: http://stream.tellart.com/2009/10/06/sweet-sweet-reality/
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