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Nokia is World’s Most Sustainable Tech Company

The Dow Jones named Nokia has the world’s most sustainable company in its 2009-2010 Sustainability Index. After leading for several years in Europe and Communications, ...
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The .eco Domain

Can making a website help combat climate change? If a new organization called Dot Eco has it’s say, it very well could… The organization has partnered ...
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This Week In Appfrica [Jan 25 - 31, 2009]

Appfrica Archives | Contact | Twitter | Weekly Digest | Subscribe via E-mail Editorials The Wonderful African Oz The Wizard of Oz as an Allegory for International Development trends in Africa. ... Appfrica Labs is Hiring As part of a string of announcements and recent developments, Appfrica is on the hunt for talented developers and social entrepreneurs in Uganda.

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Avoiding Mass Extinction at AMEE.com

For a recent project, I was exploring how to create a carbon calculator when I came across AMEE.com. AMEE has one of the coolest app ...
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The Micronutrient Initiative

“No other technology offers as large an opportunity to improve lives … at such low cost and in such a short time.” - The World ...
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“Trade Carbon for Food”

Could the key to Africa’s future have been there from day one? In sustainable agriculture, Busani Bufana thinks so… Forget the view of climate change as ...
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Who Killed the Electric Car? Not Africa.

South Africa’s Optimal Energy wants to bring electric cars into mass production in Africa. It’s starting with the innovative and stylish Joule… The entire ...
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Tech Awards Honors Social Entrepreneurs

Al Hammond of Next Billion writes about attending the Tech Museum Awards in San Jose last week where hundreds of CEOs, developers and engineers gathered ...
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In Desperate Need of a Green Revolution

Robert Kaplan recently wrote this take on African development in the 21st century. The Current: Oil production is already booming, and food production may follow suit. ...
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